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Several traders have asked me to resolve a seeming contradiction: On one hand, I post indicators that track the market's trend status; ...

* Removing the Self, Not Positive Thinking , Aids the Active Trader; * The Tricky Psychology of P/L ; * Indications of Shift in Monetary ...

A huge predictor of a trader's success, I find, is the amount of time they spend in learning and guiding their own development. I call ...

It only takes a few minutes of conversation to figure out who knows something about markets and who doesn't. One unerring confession of ...

Note how we're retracing much of the multi-day trading range in the ES contract, responding to the themes identified in my earlier post ...

The market is a magician: It calls attention to the right hand, while performing the tricks with the left. A big part of becoming a good t...

"How could I have traded so poorly?" a trader recently asked me. Looking back on his performance, he was shocked to see that he h...

Note how volume has accumulated at two price areas so far today in the ES contract: the 1141 area and the 1144 area. This accumulation occ...

I've talked with a few traders this morning who found themselves fighting the move higher in stocks. A common refrain was, "We sho...

Note how NYSE TICK (above) and the moving average of TICK (blue line) have stayed above the zero line throughout the morning. At the same t...

8:18 AM CT - I've added the Market Delta chart (at top) to show how we broke support in the 1127 area, only to find eager buyers pushing...

My recent post discussed some of the dynamics behind job satisfaction and outlined factors that account for satisfaction and dissatisfactio...

A recent poll shows that job satisfaction among U.S. workers has fallen to a record low , with only 45% of workers expressing satisfaction. ...

* Trading like a card counter ; * Staying emotionally resilient as a trader; * Assessing your coping style in trading; * Mastering you...

Going back a little over five years, if you had sold the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) when it rose above its 20-day moving average and...

Last week's indicator review found a strengthening stock market, with bullish trending among a majority of sectors and new highs in the...

This post continues the catalog of best TraderFeed psychology posts from 2009, focusing on the third quarter. The best posts of the first q...

Here's a nice calculator of risk of ruin for poker players that easily adapts to trading. Risk of ruin represents the odds of losing a...

I've refined a proprietary measure of short-term momentum that I am incorporating into a short-term trading system. Readings from the i...

* Using imagery to accelerate change; * Posts on trading best practices ; * My interview with FX Trader Magazine has been posted (free ...