There are two different types of traders, one that wins and one that whines. Whiners never win and winners never whine. Trading is a tough business and your have to be able to keep the right mind set to get you through the rough spots when the markets starts try […]
The Top 10 Distinctions Between Winning Traders & Whining Traders Read More »
Lose your money,but keep your discipline. Trading is about following a method, system, or rules that give you an advantage over other market participants in the long run. There are good bets and bad bets. There are traders who follow a trading plan with discipline and others that start trading out of fear and greed
Trading: Mistakes versus Losses. 10 BIG MISTAKES Read More »
A draw down is a normal occurrence for a trader. Swing traders experience them in trending markets, trend traders experience them in choppy markets, day traders experience them in markets that whip saw violently, and growth investors experience them in bear markets and corrections. the key to surviving them
Surviving a Drawdown: 7 Steps Read More »
Charts are my best mentors and moving averages are my best teachers. Entering into Monday Morning I am long Apple with an in the money $610 strike weekly call option but I am hedged with an out of the money $620 weekly put. Like me many traders see indecision
$AAPL My Indicators & My Trading Plan Read More »
Every new trader loves to focus on entries, hot stocks, what to buy, what stock might double, and how long they want to hold their stock. Stops are a very neglected subject with new traders, the best shot many new traders give to an exit strategy is either a price target or a quick scalp
Where Do I Get In and Out of a Trade? Read More »
Here is a great article that appeared in Investor’s Business Daily discussing the historical limits Apple can get above the 200 day moving average before a correction. Interesting reading but it may or may not help with your specific trading style, for information purposes only. CLICK ON YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS IN
The 200 day $AAPL Moving Average & When High Prices are Too High Read More »
The market is at a cross roads, we are either at the bottom of a bull market or the beginning of a bear market. The up trend is still technically in place but the bears are fighting to bring us into an official down trend. Below or five key price levels
The Line in the Sand For Bulls Read More »
Like in the movie ‘Fight Club’ where there was a secret group of ‘fighters’ that loved what they did there is also a group of ‘traders’ in the market that love what they do so much that they win. In the markets there is a club of traders that make
If ‘FIGHT CLUB’ Was About Trading, These Would Be The RULES Read More »
One of the most frustrating things a trader can experience is being dead on right about a trade, taking it, BUT.. still losing money! How can this be? This can happen in five different ways, each of the first four contain a lesson for better planning the fifth way
5 Ways To Be Right About a Trade BUT… Still Lose Money. Read More »
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.” -Steve Jobs Is the Apple monster stock run of the century over? Has the Fox Conn labor problems and the Samsung Galaxy 3 finished off the once mighty Apple? Without Steve Jobs is it just over, due to no innovation and a decline? Or is this
How Far Will The Apple Fall From The Tree? My Entry Plan. Read More »