If you truly are serious about being a trader then there are seven things that you will have to accept. You will have to accept that over the long term at best only 60% of your trades will be winners. It will be much less with some strategies. Accept that the key to being […]
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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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Many times, good traders make the right trade but still lose, but it is okay because they will win in the long term because their method is tested, their risk is managed, and their mind set is right for long term trading success. They have developed the skills of a successful trader. Other times a
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“There is nothing more important than your emotional balance.” – Jesse Livermore While taking losses is always uncomfortable, Taking them based on a predetermined exit strategy takes away some of the mental pain. Cutting losses when you know you are wrong also limits the size and extent of the loss and the severe pain of
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Apple appears to currently be at a crossroads after today. The Foxconn riot and the 5 million iPhone 5 ‘s sold did not inspire more longs to come in. The stock grew more volatile and could not find its way. The 5 day ema which acts as support in the
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I am long Apple and Google going into Monday morning via in the money weekly options. I will not be one of those people fighting this tape. We are in an up trend, this is a bull market. Prices are going up not down, yes we could reverse, but we
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Many traders have not done their homework in understanding how the greatest stocks in history acted. How they created products that changed the world and both earnings expectations and real earnings drove these stocks up to dizzying levels. Traders that have not done the homework think these stocks are short plays and just can’t
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Trade Like a Casino: Find Your Edge, Manage Risk, and Win Like the House Anyone who has driven down the strip in Las Vegas can tell who is rolling in the money – the Casinos! Why do gamblers keep going back, despite losing the majority of the time? A combination of misplaced hope, fantasies about
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The Ten Commandments of Trading Thou shalt follow no tips only your trading plan. Thou shalt not make unto thee a pet stock, commodity, or currency, thy shall trade the price action. Thou shalt not take too large a position in any one trade. Risking 1% or 2% of trading capital is enough. Remember the
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