There are some common things that happen to most participants in the financial markets on their path to success or during their failures. Some start out with beginners luck only to see it run out and realize they have to build skills. Others have to go through failures for a long period of time before they […]
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Trading Bias Definition: A trading bias is the tendency that leads traders and investors to follow a predetermined path in a trade or investment even when it appears they are wrong from a fundamental or technical perspective or both. A bias about a trade occurs when there is a loss of perspective because their opinions or predictions are held even
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“The game taught me the game. And it didn’t spare the rod while teaching.” -Jesse Livermore Trading Losses: There are two types of losses, one loss is caused by the market simply not being conducive to the profitability of your system. The other type of loss is caused by a lack of discipline, causing you not
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Before there was a William J. O’Neil or a Nicolas Darvas there was Jesse Livermore. Livermore was considered to be one of the greatest traders to ever live. He is said to have made over $100 million shorting the 1929 crash, an unthinkable amount in his time. He made and lost millions on several occasions, he was
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted at Macro-Ops.com. “The generally accepted view is that markets are always right — that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even when it is unclear what those developments are. I start with the opposite view. I believe the market prices are
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This is a Guest Post by Dante Vincent you can find him on Twitter @DGTrading101. His website is dgtrading101.blogspot.com. Some Key Realizations that Foster Profitability In Trading I lost money for about a year straight once I committed to day trading as a full time profession about 3 years ago. Literally a year straight. About 14 months
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Stop breaking your trading rules. Discipline is an edge. Stop trading such big position sizes. Risk management and self control is an edge. Stop trying to predict what will happen next and learn how to react to what is happening. Stop worrying about other’s trades and trade your own system. Stop thinking every dip will
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Most new traders think their win rate is the most important math in their trading. It is not, you risk/reward ratio will determine your profitability more than a win rate. The reason for stop losses is to limit your losses when you are wrong so you cap your risk. Capping your risk makes it easier
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I get asked a lot how to perform a multi timeframe analysis. I am glad to see that Rolf at Tradeciety has created a great video that explains how to do this with a simple method. This video is from Rolf’s YouTube channel. Rolf is also on twitter.
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One of my all time favorite movies is Moneyball featuring Brad Pitt. What’s not to love? The movie is about how the general manager Billy Bean of the Oakland A’s turns his club on it’s head by using quantified principles to maximize the smaller budget that his team had to work with higher scoring output. Billy Bean hired
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