The Parable of Uncle Joe – How the Stock Market Really Works. Definition of a Trading System Two Hidden Virtues of Successful Traders The Ultimate Guide On How To Use Risk Reward Ratio Correctly 2014: The year that nothing worked
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Too many new traders see stock options as lottery tickets, chips in a casino, or a path to getting rich quick. They are not. They can be used as tools for the transference of risk from one person to the other. They can be used to buy insurance on a portfolio of stocks. Options
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When I asked my Facebook trading group what was the cause of their biggest trading losses, no one had any trouble remembering those painful and valuable lessons. These top 30 insightful answers will benefit new traders and provide a nice reminder for those with more experience. “What was the cause of the biggest draw downs
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$IWM is breaking out of a year long price base. Are you ready? This is why I am bullish on breakouts: I will be watching the $118.50 level in $IWM next week that coincides with the 1200 level in the Russell 2000 index. A stronger break and close above this level could result
Electric car companies are all the rage when oil is expensive, but what happens when the oil market takes a dive? Follow along, step-by-step, with my Tesla trade made the week of 12/2/2014. As oil fell day after day, electric car company Tesla showed weakness in price, resulting in several down days in
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Each year, I run a poll to find the most helpful traders on Twitter. This year I had more than 1,000 votes cast, and here are the top 20 most helpful traders according to my readers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote, and for all the retweets and shares. This is
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Albert Einstein on Sifting the Essential from the Non-Essential An Epic Blowout Michael Gervais: Mindfulness and High Performance Training with the Seahawks (video) Howard Marks: Lessons Learned from the Oil Crash Picking the right Trading jungle
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Here are the minutes from the last FOMC meeting. pic.twitter.com/zNEApdrzeb — Rudolf E. Havenstein (@RudyHavenstein) December 19, 2014 Congrats playa pic.twitter.com/21aqHkqU5V — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 19, 2014 So Citi thinks Instagram is worth $35 billion. Do you remember that Citi once thought Vikram Pandit's hedge fund was worth $800 million? — Downtown Josh
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After reading several hundred trading books I have come to the conclusion that the vast majority are a complete waste of time. However the 10% or so that are good can be life changing and improve your trading dramatically. In looking through my trading library for life changing books, checking out the top sellers
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The profitable trading system in the stock market for the past two years has been to but the dip. The question is what level presents the best probabilities for a dip buying bounce? We currently have three key support levels converging: The 50 day moving average at $200.22. The $200 price century mark
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