Reading Nicholas Taleb’s newest book Anti-Fragile really got me thinking about how traders are broken. Traders can become fragile and be broken in several ways: They can quit because they believe that trading successfully is impossible. They can lose half their account or all of their account and just give up. They can become emotionally […]
Fragile Traders vs. Anti-Fragile Traders. Who breaks First? Read More »
This is a crucial time to remember the 1% rule in this current market environment or better yet stay in cash until a trend emerges. The very first rule we live by is: Never risk more than 1% of total equity on any trade. -Larry Hite (Market Wizard) I try very hard not to risk
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Trading is not all fun and games. We do not make money on every trade. It is not like other careers or jobs where you work and then get paid. Our pursuit is more like the life of an entrepreneur than an employee even for part time traders with full
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Due to the discretionary nature of trend lines I trade using moving averages to identify trends along with support, and resistance levels for price action. I am already a rule based discretionary trader so I do not need to add any more discretion into my trading. I like that moving
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“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” -Bruce Lee Quitting is not always the wrong thing to do. There is a time when you have to decide what you want and go get it, you do not stop your journey to your destination but
Quitters Sometimes Win and Winners Know When to Quit Read More »
You have to love trading to do the work that takes you over the hump to winning. Successful traders are not born, they are built through hard work and discipline. Trading is not complicated, discipline, perseverance, risk management, passion, and a winning method that fits your personality is all you
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Ever have that day when you were 100% sure about a trade. You just could not lose, the stock was a real buy, it had already fallen a great deal and it could not possibly fall any farther. So you waited and then plunged in, you couldn’t lose so why
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“Plans are plans until they aren’t. Don’t confuse trading ideas with prophecy. You don’t know the future. Unless you cause it.” -Curtis Faith This morning I went in very biased about buying Apple long, my mind was clouded with the support level of the 50 week moving average holding up
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I do not look at weekly charts much but when I do it is for a very important key support level. When under the 200 day moving average it is more difficult to find obvious support levels for stocks, most traders look at trend lines or price levels, I look
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Well it was a wild day today, shorts did very well, longs got clobbered, traders coming into today in cash were pleased with their position unless they went bottom fishing. It was a strange 24 hours with futures gyrating over night deep in the red then it recovered
Todays Chart Action:What I see Read More »