This is not what an up trending market looks like. Choppiness, uncertainty, leaders getting pummeled, fear running rampant over many, and government interventions to save the economy. As I write this we are looking at possibly 6 straight down days in a row for some indexes. While the $SPY […]
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In the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy’s: You might be a redneck comedy routine, here is my take on bad traders. You Might be a Bad Trader if: …You are 100% sure about a trade being a winner so you have no need to manage risk. …You go all in on
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How is it possible for swing traders, trend followers, position traders, growth investors, value investors, and even some skilled day traders to all make money in the markets even with what is many times opposite strategies? There are three elements that cause profits in the stock market regardless of strategy. They are: Managing risk with
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Investopedia explains ‘Whipsaw’ A condition where a security’s price heads in one direction, but then is followed quickly by a movement in the opposite direction. The origins of term is derived from the push and pull action used by lumberjacks to cut wood with a type of saw with the same name. There are two types of
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I love facebook, I think it had all the potential of being a monster stock. Unfortunately, Zuckerberg and company were able to wait long enough, (8 years) and then to issue enough shares (2.14 Billion) at a high enough price ($38) to leave no money on the table for retail investors. Traditionally a growth company
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How do I make money in trading? I seek to profit from market trends. I am a short term trend trader. I seek to be long or short a stock or ETF that is in a trend and has the potential to trend for several days or weeks. I will trade anything that is
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This book may be one of the greatest trading books ever published. Jack Schwager set about interviewing some of the world’s top traders in 1988 and the principles these traders were kind enough to share has stood the test of time. These were not one year wonders these traders
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The trader that changes survives. Stubborn traders do not make it very long in the markets. The first time they are wrong in a big trade and refuse to cut their losses they are ruined. A perma-bull in a bear market loses money as does a perma-bear in a bull market. The market is the
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Price tops are strange things, they tend to happen when the maximum bullishness is in place and the company underlying the stock is as profitable as ever. What gives? Well many things cause tops, whether they are short term or long term. Here are some examples. Profit taking sets
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I have been trading successfully for thirteen years, I have studied trading intensely for seven years. I have read and reviewed hundreds of trading books on Amazon.com. and I have also used most trading styles along with option strategies. I even had three books published on trading. What have I
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