Tag Archives: trading plan

The Primary Trade Size Forumla

Position sizing is something that comes up ALL THE TIME in the discussions among new and developing …

What do you trade and why?

A question came up on Trade2Win recently on a new thread. It asked the question of the …

Trader looking for angel investors

A recent site visitor sent me a question via the contact form. It brings up something I’m …

The new trader system loop

A poster at Trade2win started a discussion recently which I think is very worth addressing here. It …

Getting sucked in by easy, automated trading

A poster on the BabyPips forum decided to share some of their experience as a developing trader. …

One trading forum post, numerous trader mistakes

Here’s a trading forum post which highlights several of the common new trader mistakes.

Maintaining a Position Mindset in a Portfolio

I met with the head of a PhD program yesterday. We had a good discussion of markets …

It’s only a paper loss if you don’t sell

Here’s the sort of attitude about taking losses that ruins traders and investors on a regular basis, advised by a financial planner no less.

It’s not your broker stop-hunting you

Stop-hunting is a very commonly discussed topic in the retail forex community – probably more so than …

Trade2Win Trading FAQs book now available

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

Testing Trading Exits vs. Reversals

I’ve been reading a book of late that I will shortly be reviewing. There was a comment …

Quick and Dirty Position Sizing Rule for Traders

There’s all kinds of discussion and advice about how much risk should be taken on a trade-by-trade …

Using Daily or Weekly Trading Goals

Day traders usually talk about their daily and weekly goals. Someone told me that this is typical …

Comparing Your Trading to the Alternatives

I wrote the original version of this for the Currensee blog, but it has a broad based focus, …

Positive Points, Negative Profits

A subject of conversation in the blogosphere in recent weeks has been the idea that you can …

Taxes and Cutting Your Losers

I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading on the subject of Behavioral Finance of late (and …

Top 10 Ways New Traders Lose Money

If you frequent trading oriented websites you’ll probably have notice ads from the forex broker Oanda. Those familiar with Oanda …

TCTC

Book Review: The Complete Trading Course

A front-to-back approach to applying technical analysis to trading

An All Too Common Trading Tale

There was a new thread started on the BabyPips forum under the title I blew it again. …

Investing vs. Trading in Forex

With the advent of the Currensee Trade Leaders program, the idea of investing in the currency market …

The Down Side of Day Trading

I’ve written on several occasions about the considerations involved in trading for a living and trading full-time. Most …

Don’t Be Like This Trader

A reader of the market analysis service I work for emailed me after I posted a comment …

What about the Forex Market?

Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …

BDH

Book Review: Buy Don’t Hold

A practical text focused on the application of asset allocation looking at the market trend status

Some Trading Links and Observations

I’ve gone off on a rant about poor market analysis before (see this post, and this follow-up), …

Five Observations from Successful Traders

Tim Bourquin has an article at TradingMarkets in which he discusses what he calls 5 Uncommon Rules of Wealthy Traders. …

Seven Deadly Sins of Trading

The idea of the seven deadly sins of trading was tossed my way last week. After giving it …

Entering Trading Positions Around News

Last week I took part in a Currensee panel discussion titled Scalper, Swinger, or Holder. The main discussion, as …

Do you know a good end of day strategy?

Here’s a question which came in by email from a trader named Adam. Do you know about …

On Elliott Wave, Implusive Trading, and Trading Plans

I’ve had a few questions come in over the last several days which don’t really require a …

Why You Shouldn’t Fixate on Winning Percentage in Your Trading

I’ve been reading Curtis Faith’s new book Trading From Your Gut, a review of which will follow …

Taking Your Trading to the Next Level

A really interesting question came in overnight from a trader who is still relatively new to it …

SFO Article on Part-Time Trading

A while back I was interviewed by a reporter for SFO Magazine on the subject of part-time …

Alternative Ways to Play Interest Rate Moves

I’ve written in the past about ways to play moves interest rates. Among the ETFs I’ve mentioned …

Correlation analysis for trading position diversification

I got the following inquiry from the ever-curious Trader Rod. A few questions concerning correlation between two …

How much do traders lose before becoming winners?

The following was posted by a trader on a forum recently. It’s a question which comes up …

I don’t use stops. What do you think?

I got the question in the title of this post from a “fan” of The Essentials of …

RMAM

Book Review: Reading Minds and Markets

Primarily about asset allocation – picking the best place(s) to put money to work

Trading System Testing and Risk Management with Multiple Securities

A reader of my book sent me a question that combines system design and testing issues with …

Criteria for Position Trading

I was asked the question “What criteria is important with position trading?” by a recent site visitor. …

Whenever I trade the market goes against me.

Here’s an email I recieved from a clearly frustrated new forex trader. My problem is most of …

Scalping Individual Stocks

What is the best way to approach trading only 1 stock over and over during the trading …

Fighting the Ignorance of Traders Who Claim They Know

It’s ranting time! There’s a certain blogger out there who’s only purpose for posting (seemingly) is to …

Computer Requirements for Traders

There comes up from time to time the question of the type of computer hardward and software …

An Emailer Struggling to Trade for a Living

I received the following email from a trader struggling with trading for a living. Ho John, If …

Three Ways to Know You Shouldn’t Trade

The question of whether someone really should not be a trader is one that’s not often brought …

Three Big Reasons Small Trading Accounts Fail

I get and have frequently seen on trading discussion sites the question “How much do I need to …

Over Two Years Trading and Nothing But Losses

A member of my mailing list – from New Zealand, I believe – wrote in to express …

Minimum Stop Loss

A question came up on Trade2Win that I thought probably was of interest to readers here as …