Trading Psychology

Fragile Traders vs. Anti-Fragile Traders. Who breaks First?

Reading Nicholas Taleb’s newest book Anti-Fragile really got me thinking about how traders are broken. Traders can become fragile and be broken in several ways: They can quit because they believe that trading successfully is impossible. They can lose half their account or all of their account and just give up. They can become emotionally

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The Top Ten Scariest Things A Trader Can Do…..

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg7RBwhgj6E On this scary holiday of ghouls and goblins, trick or treating, and haunted houses it made me think of what is really scary for traders to do. Emotions sometimes are sending traders messages, fear can mean that you have not done enough homework or that you are trading too big. Fear can be

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Ten Different Types Of Traders. Which One Are You?

  In the markets there are many different types of traders and many motivations that drive them.  Everyone has heard of  different types of traders based on their trading method: Swing Traders, Day Traders, Momentum Traders, etc. But what about different types of traders based on their psychology, their purpose And motivation?  Some trade for

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