Monthly Archives: February 2008

How Does One Develop Trading Plan?

This is the second part of a series on creating a trading plan for yourself. The material …

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Creating Your Own Trading Plan

Every trader needs to have a solid, well-developed trading plan of their own. This post will get you started putting one together that will help you get the most of your trading.

What is Scalping?

If you spend much time in trading circles you will almost certainly come across the term scalping. …

I’ll Take Experience Every Time

When I was a volleyball coach (youth and college) one of the things that was very readily …

Can You Beat the Market?

How are your stock picking skills? Do you think you can beat the S&P 500? If so, …

Sometimes You Need to Trade Scared

It is very often true that doing the easy thing is not the right thing. I’ve been …

Help Me Trade Forex With Candles!

I am a newbie forex trader. My greatest challenge is identifying entry and exit using candlestick. I’ll be …

Am I Ready to Trade Live?

How do I know that I am ready to trade forex live? This, I’m sure, is a …

Is it still feasible to trade forex?

One of my mailing list members sent me the following inquiry:  Is it still feasible to trade forex …

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Book Review: Way of the Turtle

A deep discussion of the philosophy behind the Turtle trend following methodology

A Reason to Know Your Broker’s Financial Strength

There’s an article in on the Financial Time’s site that is worth giving a read. It involves …

Recessions and Bear Markets – A Visual Guide

There’s a really neat (to me at least) animated graph which highlights the recessions and stock bear markets …

Trading Bias – Do You Do Better Long or Short?

Do you find that you trade better short than long? Or maybe you trade more profitably long …

Tight Stops Make Me Nervous

Any time I see someone comment on a blog or in a forum, or hear someone say, …

Should I Use Price Targets in My Trading?

I have come across a number of discussions in forums and on blogs in which people state …

Treat the Disease, Not the Symptoms

I’ve recently been involved in a discussion on the StockTickr blog on the subject of trading mistakes. …

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Book Review: American Sucker

A really interesting perspective on the thought process of the individual investor

Internet Stocks Crash Redux?

I had an interesting conversation recently. The main subject wasn’t at all about trading or investing, but …

Are You Addicted to Trading?

There’s a New York Times article that’s caused some buzz among the trading bloggers today. Naturally, the …

Trading Education and Trader Development – What You Need to Think About

In response to my Take the Trading Long View post from the other day, Brett Steenbarger has …

What Does This Chart Tell You?

Charles Kirk (Kirk Report) has put up something a little bit sneaky, but which has important implications. Check …

Putting Together a Trading Plan

I recently received an inquiry about trading plans. I’m thinking of having a proper trading plan for …

The Superbowl Indicator

I know this might mean a bad year in the stock market for 2008, but I’m pulling …

Take the Trading Long View

One of the most important keys to success in trading is to take the long-run view of …