Monthly Archives: April 2008

How Should Leverage Influence Trade Size?

The question “How should the size of your leverage influence the size of your trades?” was recently …

What is Your Trading R?

Do you know your trading R? Do you even know what R is? In trading parlance, R …

Taking Time Off from Your Trading

Do you take trading breaks? Do you take vacations from the screens and prices and CNBC coverage …

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The Secret to Trading Success

Do you want to know what the secret to profitable trading is? Then give this blog post a read. You just might be surprised at what you read.

Understanding Open Interest in Futures and Options Trading

One of the less well understood statistics in the basic daily trading data set is open interest. …

My First Major Lesson: Trade to Your Personality

I was interviewed for an upcoming podcast/internet radio thing earlier this week. I was asked what my …

New Trading and Investing Education Efforts Coming

A couple of weeks ago I posted a survey of sorts about trading podcasts. Thanks to those …

Do You Do Trader Coaching John?

Do I do trader coaching? This is a question I get from time to time. I have, …

Want to Learn Forex Trading?

The forex market (also known at foreign exchange or currency) is one that offers a great deal of …

Want to Learn Futures Trading?

The futures market is one that offers a great deal of opportunity to traders. If there’s a …

Trend Trading Methods Music Video

Ed Seykota is one of the featured interviews in Market Wizards. What he says about trading has …

If You’re Going to Provide Advice on Trading, Don’t Be Ignorant

Yesterday I started answering a LinkedIn question post about trading for a living. I mentioned then that …

What’s the secret to making a living from internet based forex trading?

I recently saw the question “What is the secrets of making a living from internet based forex …

Good Trading Doesn’t Happen Overnight

One of the biggest problems I see new traders struggle with is the mindset that somehow trading can …

Learning Trading from Books, Courses, and Websites

I frequently come across traders in websites and on their blogs talking about the value or uselessness …

What Currency Pairs Can I Day Trade at Night?

I received the following forex trading question from Loren the other day: Thanks for all the great …

What Trading Resources are Your Favorites?

What resources do you use in your trading? By that I mean what do you use to …

Including Slippage and Other Expenses in Your Trade Figuring

Here’s a type of technical question relating to determing your trade position size that I came across on one …

Is the Turtle Trading System a Good One?

I addressed a question on LinkedIn the other day that I thought would be something of interest …

A New Trading Blog for You to Check Out

Over the last month I have been building out a new website (well, at least the content …