Tag Archives: trading psychology

Traders can do what athletes can’t

There’s a post on one of the BabyPips blogs which discusses the comparisons between elite athletes and …

Relaxing, not blowing up, and always learning

In this post I’m going to continue addressing points made by a new trader posting on the …

Getting sucked in by easy, automated trading

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

Learning from life, learning from trading

The emotional issues which impact traders are the same as those which crop up in our life beyond the markets.

Maintaining a Position Mindset in a Portfolio

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

Rogue trading isn’t just an institutional issue

A recent discussion of rogue traders looks to address the reasons why they do what they do. …

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.

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.

Some Steps Toward Emotional Control

While surfing the BabyPips forum recently I came upon a thread linked to a discussion of emotional …

IVT

Book Review: The Inner Voice of Trading

This books takes a good look at trader emotional intelligence and how it, combined with trading to your personality, is critical.

Lessons for traders from neurofinance research

Neurofinance is one of the sub-fields in the area of Behavioral Finance research. It’s the area which …

A Trader’s Epiphany

A regular poster on Baby Pips recently went through a financial advisory training course. My initial reaction …

Be Sure to Diversify Your Life

The Financial Blogger posted Wednesday that he doesn’t believe in burnout. Ironically, even though he claims burnout doesn’t …

Using Daily or Weekly Trading Goals

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

A Few Bits of Trading and Market Wisdom

At the beginning of the year, Barry Ritholtz published a list of Market Truisms and Axioms from Arthur …

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 …

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 …

The Doctor is Out

For those who may not have heard, Brett Steenbarger has called a halt to his blogging. Brett, …

TFYG

Book Review: Trading From Your Gut by Curtis Faith

Integrating the right-brain instincts and intuition you develop as a trader

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 …

What I Wish I Knew When I Started Trading

Brett Steenbarger started a new series of posts a couple weeks ago which revolve around Lessons Learned …

Professional Trading: How Long to Get There, Are Good Genes Required?

I got a set of questions from a member of my mailing list over the weekend. They …

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 …

Adding to Your Winning Trades

At some point just about every trader starts pondering the question of if, when, and how to …

Trading Discipline and Playing to Your Strengths

In my regular scanning of what other bloggers are posting I came across a post on the …

Big Trading Risk On Small Accounts – Bad Idea

If you’ve been reading my postings here for any length of time you’ll know that one of …

Help! I Can’t Stick to My Trading Plan

Here’s a question I received over the weekend that I know is one a great many traders …

5 Things to Do Before Trading

I came across a post on another blog which outlines the 5 things to do before investing …

DTC

Book Review: The Daily Trading Coach by Brett Steenbarger

Pretty much every trader can find useful lessons in this book

Being a Focused Trader

Here’s an email from a member of my mailing list which brings up a lot of the …

Live Trading Performance Not Matching Demo Trading Success

I have long been a proponent of new traders getting their feet wet in live trading as …

Looking at Risk and Stops Across Markets

Here’s the core of a note I received from a member of my mailing list a short …

Afraid to Trade? Build Your Trading Confidence

Confidence is a HUGE factor in trading. On the one side, the lack of it can create …

The Trade that Hurts the Most

Way back in the day I was a newbie trader. I know, it’s hard to believe, but …

Improving your trading by thinking less

Analysis paralysis. We’ll all heard of it. Have we all experienced it? I know I have. My …

Trading discipline isn’t a matter of just deciding to be disciplined

The other day, Brett Steenbarger posted something which I think really is worth some thought and follow-up. …