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For many years I've been involved in interview and selection processes to hire traders at prop firms and hedge funds.  Those years of...

There are two kinds of traders. One views "coach" as a noun:  a person who can help them. The other views "coach"...

Friday, October 30th *  Stocks continued their upside, hitting new highs for this leg even as we continued to see some continued lagging ...

Sometimes, the best path to creative insights is a willingness to challenge one's premises.  Suppose, for example, we don't defin...

Here are three best practices that I observe among the best traders I know and work with: *  Increase your exposure to new and differen...

Friday, October 23rd *  The combination of prospects of further QE from the ECB and positive earnings news breathed fresh life into the m...

Here are a few observations on why so many traders fail.  It's not because of psychology: 1)  The majority of traders think directi...

One of the greatest mistakes traders make is to allow their thought processes to get noisier as they lose money.  They double down in the...

Friday, October 16th *  Yesterday's sharp rally and new high close for this move fits with the "buy weakness, sell strength...

You know a person's dreams are dying when they become solely focused on ways to not lose money in trading.  Risk management is a nece...

OK, so here comes one of my best posts.   Ready?   I'll give you a view you won't hear from any mentor, coach, guru, or furu....

Friday, October 9th *  Morning selling pressure yesterday could not breach overnight and prior day lows, continuing the flat correction. ...

I've long thought that financial markets are master magicians.  They get you looking at the one hand that's waving around, ...

You have to risk money to make money.  You have to make sure you don't risk so much money that you can lose your stake and go out of ...