“Trading” and “hard” are words many novice traders often find synonymous. The intricate dance of numbers, charts, and emotions can be overwhelming. However, the complexity of trading began to become more simplified for me when I delved deeper into three pivotal concepts. In this article, we’ll journey through these transformative insights that shifted my perspective […]
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I’ve always been fascinated by the best traders in history. Trading is my favorite professional sport. It piqued my interest when I first heard about the Turtle Trading System. You see, it’s a trend-following trading system created by Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt in the 1980s. They wanted to prove that anyone could learn to
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The book Trade Like a Casino by Richard Weissman first explained using the casino paradigm for trading. His book has been one of the most influential books in my trading career. Let me explain what he taught me in his book. It’s commonly thought that traders are nothing more than gamblers; this is not true
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Trading can be exciting and lucrative for those who take it seriously and approach it with the right mindset. However, it can be a frustrating and costly experience for many new traders, leaving them with little to show for their efforts. Based on several brokers’ studies, as many as 90% of traders are estimated to
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Trading the markets can be a profitable way to grow your investment capital, but it can also be risky if not done correctly. One of the keys to successful trading is having a set of criteria to evaluate each potential trade. This article will outline a five-step test that you can use to determine if
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How do you become a profitable trader? A trading system with a positive expectancy is the fastest path to profitable trading. A trader’s focus should not be on predictions, stock picking, opinions, or being right all the time. The best focus is creating a quantified system with a repeatable edge that creates small wins, big
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Trading can be a complex and challenging endeavor. It requires a combination of technical knowledge, emotional control, and patience. For those new to trading, knowing where to start and what to focus on can be difficult. In this blog post, I will share five golden tips I wish I knew before trading. These tips will
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There are board games that do have many of the same principles of trading the financial markets. The following games can help a trader develop winning strategies, create an edge, understand game theory, probabilities, math, and human psychology. Chess is a game of pure skill with little to no luck involved. It can teach traders
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Here are ten of the best trading books that tell the ups and downs of the trading journeys of successful traders. Unlike other trading books that discuss technical patterns, systems, and psychology, these books tell how a trader experienced the markets in real time. They can be very educational to hear how they navigated different
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A Cantillon effect is a change in prices related to one another that was caused due to a change in the money supply, first discovered by Richard Cantillon an 18th-century economist. History shows that some assets are favored over other ones when extra money is available in the economy for spending and investing. These preferences