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Thursday, April 30, 2020

How To Size Up Your Trading

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An issue I hear quite often from developing traders is how to size up their trading.  They've traded in simulation mode and then live...
Monday, April 27, 2020

How Can You Identify A Trend Day In The Stock Market?

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A topic that TraderFeed has covered in the past is identifying trend days in the market.  (For example, see here and here and here ).  ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Why Volatility Makes Such A Difference In Your Trading

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Many traders have what Taleb would call fragile trading.  Their returns are vulnerable to changes in market volatility.  Interestingly,...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Your Trading Edge Is *Inside* The Bars On Your Chart

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In the last post , I explained where true short-term trading edges in the market can be found.  I used as an example the Delta indicator ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Where To Look For True Edges In The Market

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In yesterday's webinar , we took a look at how new and different information can help us identify turning points in the market.  Spec...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Biggest Mistake New Traders Will Make

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We're hearing about record numbers of new traders opening accounts at brokerage firms lately in the U.S. and in Asia .  Why?  Commis...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Can We Master Trading Psychology By Learning the Techniques of Psychotherapy?

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Rollo May had it exactly right:  All psychological problems are ultimately limitations on our free will.  We seek help when our patterns...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Why Relative Performance Is A Key To This Market

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Most of us look at a particular index, stock, or asset and try to figure out from charts whether it is weak or strong.  In the current ma...
Monday, April 13, 2020

Have We Put In A Bottom?

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To a person, the smartest traders I know acknowledge the uncertainty of the current market situation.  That is because the fate of econom...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

How Are You Going To Grow Through This Crisis?

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The Radical Renewal blog book ( free download here ) that discusses the spirituality of trading covers an important topic relevant to our...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Real Time Market Sentiment And Why It Matters

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Just thought I'd share this screen shot with you of the market this morning.  Once again we see the pattern that I had shared earlier...
Monday, April 06, 2020

How To Trade With Discipline

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Here are a few key trading psychology ideas: *  It is impossible to trade with focus and discipline if we are in states of high emotio...
Saturday, April 04, 2020

Tracking Breadth Spreads In The Stock Market

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In the recent post , I mentioned how traders who are successful in the current environment have been flexible in their approach to tradin...
Friday, April 03, 2020

Three Things I'm Seeing Among Currently Profitable Traders

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I'm seeing lots of commonalities among traders who had a very profitable March during volatile markets and uncertain times.  Here are...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Trading Process: Information Flow Versus Idea Flow

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We often hear about the importance of following a trading process.  This is helpful, but not quite accurate.  Good trading is like good m...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Two Charts That Concern Me Right Now

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I encourage readers to take a look at the most recent Forbes article .  I've identified several excellent sources of information for ...
Friday, March 27, 2020

A Great Trading Psychology Exercise For This Market

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Here's a great use of your time this weekend: Get sleep.  Get exercise.  Get sunshine.  Get connected with the people who matter to...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Finding Unique Opportunity In The Current Market

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Here's a helpful pattern for developing traders looking for edges in the current market.  It's a great way of looking underneath ...
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Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.
Author of The Psychology of Trading (Wiley, 2003), Enhancing Trader Performance (Wiley, 2006), The Daily Trading Coach (Wiley, 2009), Trading Psychology 2.0 (Wiley, 2015), The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies (APPI, 2018) and Radical Renewal (2019) with an interest in using historical patterns in markets to find a trading edge. Currently writing a book on performance psychology and spirituality. As a performance coach for portfolio managers and traders at financial organizations, I am also interested in performance enhancement among traders, drawing upon research from expert performers in various fields. I took a leave from blogging starting May, 2010 due to my role at a global macro hedge fund. Blogging resumed in February, 2014.
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