Many new traders launch into trading with great excitement and with an urgency to start making money right away. To this I would like to say , whoa there cowboy. There are many things to consider. The markets are not an easy place to make money at will, it is a zero sum game. Which […]
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Arguably one of the greatest traders of the past 30 years both for his annual returns, consistency, and returns versus draw downs. Taken from his interviews and quotes here are ten things I believe he would do in this market. (Of course this is just hypothetical and my opinion based on all that I
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As we enter the half way point of the week of the European summit and the market struggles to find a direction we need to maintain our discipline and follow our trading plan and trade our method. We should not start trading randomly if the markets start to become confusing, stick to your proven plan
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Is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator really the greatest trading book ever written? It was ranked #15 on ‘Fortune’s 75 ‘The Smartest Books We Know’, and Alan Greenspan said it is “a font of investing wisdom.” The majority of top trading book lists name it as recommended reading, and many great traders credit it as
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At 56, Paul Tudor Jonesis a self made billionaire with a net worth of 3.3 billion and is ranked as the 336th richest person in the world, he knows exactly how to trade the biggest money for the biggest returns. One of Jones’ earliest and major successes was anticipating and trading through Black Monday in
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Bennett McDowell has written a very useful and insightful book for traders who want to get serious about their trading. . He takes the trader through every step they will need to consider when turning a favorite hobby into a money making business. Like any business you will need to write a defined business plan
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You better be managing risks on days like today, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average rockets up almost 500 points due to announcements from central banks. Shorts were punished once again, not by the normal market functions of supply and demand or emerging trends, but government interference. Such is life in the markets and trading.
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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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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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