Category: News & Updates

News, announcements, and updates of information, upcoming events and other items that are generally of more immediate interest.


Update Digest for Week of 2012-05-19

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Broker rankings for the equity traders out …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-05-12

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: So You Wanna Be A Trader The …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-05-05

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Emotions, Decisions and Discipline Sell in May? …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-04-28

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Do you involve others in your trading? …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-04-21

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: My first ever market participation was a …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-04-14

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Never Buy Stock Again! Here’s a shocker. …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-04-07

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Forget that Perfect Trade Five Things I …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-03-31

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Do Stocks Always Outperform (in the Long …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-03-24

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Be A Trader With A Scientific Mindset …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-03-17

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Citi On The Really Simple Currency Trade …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-03-10

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: I’m sorry, but “..aggressive and misleading marketing …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-03-03

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Understanding Black Swan Investing I guess greed …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-02-25

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: This is one of the reasons I …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-02-18

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Thoughts from one of my FAQ contributors: …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-02-11

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Latest forex volume figures from the NY …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-02-04

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Further evidence that the field of Behavioral …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-01-28

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: I’ve mentioned attending a Behavioral Finance conference …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-01-21

Updates from the past week shared via Facebook and Twitter: Greed is the Flip Side of Fear …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-01-14

Why it always makes sense to understand how the ETFs you trade are backed. Careful with the …

Update Digest for Week of 2012-01-07

This week’s postings to Facebook and Twitter. Top Trading Reads from 2011: In case you have an …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-12-31

What didn’t you get that you wanted?: I’ve been thinking about doing some fun stuff with my …

The Best of the Essentials of Trading in 2011

The year 2011 is just about over. This will be my last post to the blog, so …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-12-24

When Do Trading Frictions Increase Liquidity? – Liberty Street Economics Read here Knowledge does not equate to …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-12-17

Forex broker arbitrage: There’s been a new “automatic profits” systems launched recently (and I think you know …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-12-10

Getting sucked in by easy, automated trading: A poster on the BabyPips forum decided to share some …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-12-03

Where can I find a mentor?: I came across this post on one of the trading forums …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-11-26

Question for you on digital media length: I asked this question of my mailing list members the …

Update Digest for Week of 2011-11-19

One trading forum post, numerous trader mistakes: The following is a post I came across on a …

Facebook/Twitter Updates for 2011-11-11 Week

If you made 1% or better last month you outperformed the hedge funds. http://t.co/2XRaFQN6 # Maintaining a …

Sometimes it helps to circle back around

Looking at some “fundamental truths” and considering the value of revisiting old readings as you develop as a trader.

On demo trading and trading contests

There’s a post on one of the BabyPips blogs today about how you can take demo trading …

Anyone attending the World Money Show in London?

I’m going to be over in the UK next month on a trip that happens to coincide …

Improving site speed and performance

For a while now I haven’t been happy with the performance of this blog, particularly in terms …

Back from the world of Academia

I’m back in the real world again today after having attended my first academic conference last week. …

Going academic next week

Next week I’m attending a conference in L.A. I’ve been to conferences before, of course, but this …

Trade2Win Trading FAQs book now available

The new edition of my Trading FAQ book is now available. This new edition has been something …

One Week to the New FAQ Book Edition

Last year I completed work on a book titled New Trader FAQs. It’s a book in which …

What should my next trading book be about?

I’m thinking about writing a new trading book. It’s been a while since I’ve done that. was …

Beating up on another journalist, and a professor too

Dave from Currensee wrote a post on the blog there the other day addressing a Reuters blog …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from June

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …

Moderating a QE2 panel on Thursday

Currensee has asked me to moderate a panel discussion on the subject of the end of the …

New site look and feel

For the last few months I have been working behind the scenes with a development group to …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from May

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from April

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …

A very pleasant surprise

I had a nice little surprise this morning when I was checking out my personal finances. My …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from March

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …

Seasonals Trading System Performance Q1 2011

As promised, here’s a look at the performance of the trading system I’ve been running based on …

Updating Progress on my 2011 Plans

It occurred to me yesterday that it’s worth looking back at the things I wrote about at …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from Febuary

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …

Interesting Trading and Market Links from January

I follow a large number of trading/markets related blogs and websites. When I find stuff I think …