How are you feeling? Were your palms sweating as you placed that last trade? Was your heart pounding the whole time you had the big trade on? Are you trading for excitement or to make money? The hardest part of trading is not math, it is not even developing a good methodology and system. Risk […]
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Eighty-five years ago, on Thursday, November 28, 1940, Jesse Lauriston Livermore entered the Sherry Netherland Hotel, where he took a seat near the bar and enjoyed a couple of old-fashioneds. After an hour, Jesse Livermore got up and went into the cloakroom, seated himself on a stool, and then shot himself in the head with
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Oh my! Europe may implode! The euro may become worthless! Many European countries could go bankrupt! Do I go long? Is this support? Do I short based on fundamentals, surely the market will be going lower, right? Do I scoop up hot stocks at a bargain? What should I do? Follow your system, methodology, and
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Have you ever heard of the legendary Turtle traders? Legendary millionaire trader Richard Dennis set off to find out if traders were just born to trade or if they could be trained to be successful in the markets from scratch. The answer? If they could follow rules they could be successful. Founder of the ‘Turtle
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On this thanksgiving day let us be thankful for what we have as traders. Most of the world lives in poverty with out the opportunities we enjoy in capitalist markets. Let us count our blessings. We live in a country where we can trade. Entrepreneurs have created stocks and markets for us to trade. We
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Systems don’t need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible. -Ed Seykota Traders can make psychological mistakes that can quickly endanger their career. Here are a few examples: They take on more risk than they can deal with. When stress takes over, traders start making bad
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