Sunday, January 31, 2016

Mental and Emotional Preparation for Trading

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An important implication of the recent post on how to avoid bad trading decisions is that it is not enough to plan trades, write in a jo...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

The State of Our States: Trading With Self-Awareness

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The recent post on burnout emphasized an important--but often unrecognized--point: We derive energy not just from the state we're in...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Trading Notes; Week of January 25, 2016

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Friday, January 29th *  Easy to get burned out sitting in front of screens all day and trying to stay disciplined.  Here is an important ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

The Key To Overcoming Frustration In Trading

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Dale Carnegie was right; many times it's not our work that runs us down, but our emotional responses to the work.  Fear and greed oft...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Going Back To School For Your Trading

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Well, it's a snowy Saturday in the next station to heaven , so Mia and I are listening to love songs and going back to school.  The...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Trading Notes, Week of January 18, 2016

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Friday, January 22nd *  Yesterday's post noted the possibility that we had put in a momentum low for the recent market cycle.  Price ...
Monday, January 18, 2016

How To Be Your Own Trading Coach

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Here is a coaching exercise that can make a meaningful difference in your trading: At the end of the day or week (depending on your fre...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Money Management in Trading: Gaining the Upper Hand by Playing Your Hand Correctly

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Yesterday's post on how to renew yourself after a challenging market week is an important one.  It's easy to become so caught up...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Cure for Market Fatigue and Frustration

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To say it's been an eventful start to the new year is quite the understatement.  As I've chronicled in the market updates, there ...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Trading Notes, Week of January 11, 2016

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Friday, January 15th *  Thursday's rally was short-lived, and that has been the outstanding feature of the recent downturn in the sto...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Fears, Excuses, and the Path to Our Ideals

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Consider the following traders: *  Trader A experiences a fear of missing market moves and takes too many trades in too many stocks.  H...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

Achieving Distinctive Trading Returns by Trading Distinctively

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So let's say you wanted to start a grocery store in your community. How are you going to succeed? After all, the WalMarts of the ...
Monday, January 04, 2016

Trading Notes, Week of January 4th, 2016

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Friday, January 8th *  We finished Thursday with very weak breadth, as over 2000 stocks across all exchanges registered fresh monthly low...
Sunday, January 03, 2016

Doing More By Doing Less

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Jeff Davis has recently posted on goals for 2016 and the importance of focus .  The idea is that we can often achieve more by eliminati...
Saturday, January 02, 2016

Teamwork in Trading: Processing More Information, Better

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There are two great mistakes traders make in processing information. The first is to process market-related information in isolation.  ...