So many traders look for a winning trading system not understanding that even after they find one that making a few crucial mistakes can turn a winning system into a losing one. Once you have a system that seems robust from historical data, chart studies, or back testing be careful not to make these crucial […]
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“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” – Unknown When I was a teenager, I was fascinated with compounded return tables. They seemed like magic to me. I knew that at some point in the future, I could build up
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This is a great book on trading because it does not examine just one topic in trading it brings together all the areas of trading one must master in the markets and shows the reader how to turn it into a complete trading system. This book points out that technical
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Do you use moving averages in your trading? It is very interesting to lay a 50 day and 200 day moving average on to a chart over a year time frame. You will begin to see patterns develop. Bounce off the 50 day, a last chance for support at the 200 day etc. Each index,
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The biggest question I have received today from everyone, new traders, friends, family, even my wife is “What will happen to the stock market if Obama wins?’ or “If Romney wins will the market rally?” How should we trade the election results? …..Don’t. Do not let the results color your
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In trading, activity alone does not make money, the right activity at the right time is what makes money. Many times the right thing is to do nothing. Over trading is one thing that causes traders to lose money. You can not make money every day in every trade. Every
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Where is the Apple that we use to know? It is crucial that we stay mentally flexible and trade what the chart is saying. Anything could happen next week. Apple could reverse and make a run for the 50 day as institutions start loading up at bargain prices or if we lose the 200 day
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Since the whole world is waiting on Apple earnings I felt I had no choice but to tell my blog readers how I see it. I have good news and I have bad news, which would you like first? Okay I will give them both to you straight. The bad
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Trading is a process of learning and relearning key lessons in psychology, risk management, and using a proper method. Trading is like building a wall with the right bricks and when you leave a brick out, the whole wall eventually collapses. Or if you use the wrong quality of bricks even though the wall
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1. Managing the risk of ruin. Do not risk so much on any one trade that 10 losing trades in a row will destroy your account. risking 1% to 2% of your trading capital per trade is a great baseline for eliminating the risk of ruin. 2. Only trade with
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