If you still wonder what the dividing line is between an up trending market and a down trending market is here are some charts to look at. In the Apple chart you will see the powerful trend that exploded after Apple over took the 50 day line this year. Also […]
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Even though Apple is THE monster stock of the last 10 years and I love the fundamentals and I love the company story, I still have a rule in my trading plan: I do not hold through earnings. Why? I could catch a $40 pop after
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The biggest question I have received from readers is what are my thoughts on Apple? They have asked my advice on how to play Apple through earnings, my advice “Don’t” instead wait for a trend to emerge after earnings. I captured the move in Apple this year by trading
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Many new traders are taken out of the trading game through bad mental practices. Here are some things that top money managers have shared through interviews and books that may help traders who are making mental mistakes in their trading. Ten Powerful Psychological Traits of the Rich Trader They have the ability to admit they
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” -Albert Einstein “One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height
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1. Identify if you really want to be a trader. Is this truly your desire? Before you can develop persistence and eventually achieve success in the tough trading game, you need to first identify if this is truly what you want to do. If you are only doing this for the money then the odds
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If you are just randomly trading what you like with no real underlying system, method or planning then unfortunately your odds of success in the long term are slim. Trading a winning methodology is what creates an edge in trading. Consistently trading a robust system or methodology enables you to trade in a way
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Here is an excellent video put together by the linchpin of trend following Author Michael Covel covering the winning principles used by some of the world’s greatest traders. These are not theories or opinions these are the common principles used by these rich traders. This is the kind of video
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Today, as I look past the fireworks and cook outs and think about what this July 4th holiday in America is really all about: independence for the United States from Great Britain. The colonies sought independence from taxation without representation, independence from a King, and freedom for the states to profit from its own labors
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In trading as in all other endeavors in life there are people who take full responsibility for their own results and the consequences of their own actions and there are others who blame everybody and everything else for the bad things in their life. There are the winners and
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