“It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” -George Soros One element of trading that is over looked as traders chase hot stocks, trends, and chart patterns is the importance of taking […]
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There are two different types of traders, one that wins and one that whines. Whiners never win and winners never whine. Trading is a tough business and your have to be able to keep the right mind set to get you through the rough spots when the markets starts try
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Lose your money,but keep your discipline. Trading is about following a method, system, or rules that give you an advantage over other market participants in the long run. There are good bets and bad bets. There are traders who follow a trading plan with discipline and others that start trading out of fear and greed
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Charts are my best mentors and moving averages are my best teachers. Entering into Monday Morning I am long Apple with an in the money $610 strike weekly call option but I am hedged with an out of the money $620 weekly put. Like me many traders see indecision
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Every new trader loves to focus on entries, hot stocks, what to buy, what stock might double, and how long they want to hold their stock. Stops are a very neglected subject with new traders, the best shot many new traders give to an exit strategy is either a price target or a quick scalp
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“If you diversify, control your risk, and go with the trend, it just has to work.” -Larry Hite. We often hear of trading with an edge, but how do we know for sure we have an edge? How do we know that the odds are in our favor, and that the more we trade,
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There are warning signs that a trader is going down the road road in a trade or in their trading in general. Traders have to go with the flow of the market, manage risk, and keep their mind open to actual price action. Departing from these principles
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There are young people in the market that are really bad traders and there is also old traders that are very good, but there are no old bad traders in the market because they went broke and gave up a long time ago. You might be a bad trader if………. …your primary method
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This morning one of the best short play stocks of the year gapped up on earnings and provided a new opportunity for beat up longs to get out with their shirts and bears a chance to get short at a much better entry price. I took the entry and went
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Who is Dan Zanger? Dan Zanger is the modern day version of the legender trader Nicolas Darvas. His mother Elaine loved the stock market and Dan would often watch the business channel with her. One day in 1978 Dan saw a stock explode across the ticker tape at the bottom of the screen hitting $1.
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