Tag Archives: plan

What are three things traders can do to coach themselves?

Brett Steenbarger asked me to help him with the new book he’s writing on the subject of …

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 …

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 …

The Most Important Trading Plan Element – Sticking to It!

Seemingly way back when I started my sequence of posts on creating a personlized trading plan with …

Which Forex Pair Should I Start Trading?

Here’s another question from a trader:  In Ten New Trader Pitfalls you mention that a trader must …

Bear Stearns and Enron – Learn the Lessons of Diversification

Diversification is talked about quite readily in investing discussions. We all know it’s something very worth applying …

How Much Trading Capital is Enough to Start?

I received this trader question rececently: In your Ten New Trader Pitfalls article you mention a trader should start …

Putting Together Your Personal Trading Plan – Part II

Yesterday we started looking at the real details of your trading plan. Today that continues. As has been …

Putting Together Your Personal Trading Plan – Part I

In my last post, The Required Elements for Your Trading Plan, I started taking you into the …

The Required Elements for Your Trading Plan

Now that we’ve gone through the personal trader assessment process as the precursor to developing your trading …

Assessing Your Trading Skills

Here’s the next installment in the trading plan sequence of posts I have been running as excerpted from …

Assessing Your Trading Market Knowledge

Here’s the next installment in the trading plan sequence of posts I have been running over the …

Assessing Your Trading Expectations for Your Trading Plan

I took a bit of unexpected hiatus from the trading plan discussion yesterday, but today we get …

Continuing to Assess Your Trading

Yesterday I started you on the process of working through your Personal Assessment. Today I will continue on that path. Again, this …

Your Personal Trading Assessment

In this post I will continue on the series I started last week relating to developing a strong, …

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. …

Sometimes You Need to Trade Scared

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

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 …

How Do I Find Good Trades?

Here’s a question I received on identifying good trading opportunities. what troubles me the most is finding …

Which Timeframe Signals Should I Take?

I had an inquiry about trading timeframes yesterday. A new trader was confused about what trading signals …