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There are a few indicators I follow daily that reflect momentum and strength in the stock market. I look to these indicators to give me an ...

There is much more to good trading than merely eliminating bad habits. Here are six trading behaviors I find among many of the best traders...

* Tracking Weakness and Opportunity - As I mention in my weekly market summary , I'm looking at the market's ability to hold the A...

Researcher Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi describes creativity as an integration of ten seemingly opposing qualities . For example, the creative...

In his book Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior , Chogyam Trungpa lays out a vision of living life as a warrior . His definition of w...

In recent posts, I have taken a look at the relationship between volume and stock market movement . I've also examined market direction...

Contemplating this nugget of wisdom from the wonderful Despair.com site , I reflected upon all those traders who have described their compet...

The first market development that we've seen the last few months is that we're all trading the same market. Above we see charts fo...

* Equity Options on the Rise - We see above (click chart for greater detail) the S&P 500 Index (SPY; blue line) from 2004 to the prese...

Good traders lose money . They also go through slumps. I've seen it with people who have made millions for multiple years running. What ...

Here's a quick update of some of my indicators . The Wednesday drop affected the Technical Strength numbers for the 40 S&P stocks th...

An enlightening analysis of the research literature by Woodman and Hardy found that cognitive anxiety and self-confidence are significantly...

Some people live in a universe of scarcity . Their underlying view is that resources and opportunities are limited. To the person who live...

High levels of stress can interfere with performance, whether in athletics, trading, or the bedroom. Psychological research suggests that m...

Recently we looked at stock market volume and its relationship to intraday market movement , including the likelihood of hitting particular ...

* AD Line Lags - I've sung the praises of Decision Point numerous times on this blog, and this post will be no exception. Carl track...

In a recent post , we saw how stock market volume correlates quite highly with next day volatility. This, along with our understanding of ...

There are stresses inherent to trading, as with any high risk/high reward activity, as fighter pilots, brain surgeons, and poker champions c...

I recently posted on the topic of VIX as a predictor of daily volatility in the S&P 500 market and the role of volatility in money mana...

I receive quite a few emails from aspiring full-time traders. Some hope to land positions with trading firms; others are looking to make a...