General Comments
[dc]I[/dc] receive a lot of notes and messages from people who are struggling to learn to trade. One of the common threads is that many of them are discretionary traders, and they find that their decisions, made in the heat of battle, often result in the worst possible
General Comments
I thought I'd share a few thoughts today, kind of a "what I've learned in the past 10 years" post. This list was refined and crystallized by the process of writing the book, but this list was also a major reason why I wrote
General Comments
A look at one reason why daytraders may struggle...
Individual Traders
Wisdom from ancient Eastern texts offer guidance for modern traders in all markets.
Individual Traders
This is the third post in a series. Please read part 1 and part 2 first. So if you've gotten this far you see the title of this series maybe should have been So You Really Want to be a Trader? I don't mean to be
Individual Traders
This post is a continuation from the first post in this series, and the last post can be found here. In that first post, I suggested a set of books to build a good foundation for market knowledge. Most of those topics were foundational, somewhat abstract, and removed from actual
Individual Traders
My involvement with markets is nearing the two-decade mark, and one thing that never seems to change is the number of courses, books or services sold to the public that promise easy profits if you can only learn a specific system or pattern. My message is very different: I believe
Individual Traders
Truth be told, I'm a little embarrassed about how I got started trading, but I guess I'm about to share my humble beginnings with the internet... When I graduated from college, I got a ridiculous brochure in the mail with a guy in a cowboy hat