Tag Archives: trading

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 …

Gauging trading performance

There’s a recent post from the SMB blog that brings up an issue a lot of traders …

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 …

The new trader system loop

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

Picking the right indicator(s)

This question came in the other day from a developing trader on the subject of technical indicators. …

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Book Review: Currency Trading for Dummies

A very expansive look at trading the foreign exchange market for newbies

One trading forum post, numerous trader mistakes

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

Drawbacks to packaged trading systems

Here are some of the major issues with purchasing a trading system from someone else.

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.

Looking at 97 Trading Mistakes

There’s a post up on the Winner’s Trading Edge site that proports to list the 97 top …

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 Secondary Indications in Your Market Analysis

Yesterday Adam at Forex Blog put up a blog post looking at the British Pound, specifically in …

Non-Arguments Against Fundamental Analysis

I’m going to join Adam from Forex Blog in taking on a post at Counting Pips titled …

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 …

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 …

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 …

My Tools of the Trade

Trader Mike and Blain at StockToGo both posted recently on the various tools they use in their trading. …

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 …

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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. …

8 Ways to Limit Your Trading Education Tuition

Learning to trade is going to cost you in one fashion or another (and remember that your …

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 …

Looking at Random Trading

Every once in a while, the topic of random trading comes up. Normally, it’s part of a …

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Book Review: Trading Realities by Jeff Augen

Laying out some option strategies that could be used along with or in place of holding stocks

Expanding Margin Rates in Silver

The CME Group yesterday announced that it would be bumping the margin on the silver futures contract …

Be Careful Trading Against the Masses

A post on Zero Hedge inspired me to talk about something in the area of contrary indications …

Video Interviews from the Futures & Forex Expo

While I was at the Futures & Forex Expo last month out in Vegas I did a …

Trader Performance May Not Be as Bad as They Say

Here’s an interesting forex broker table posted at Forex Magnates. It lays out the % of profitable …

A Couple of Trading Related Films

Question. Have you seen the new Wall Street film, Money Never Sleeps? If so, what did you …

Addressing Expo and Trading Education Skepticism

A recent post comment left by a reader on the subject of trading conferences begs to be …

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 …

New CFTC Rules for Retail Forex Trading

Can I say I told you so? The CFTC has finally come through with its new rules …

I’m Floored by Amazing Feedback for the Trading FAQ

I received a pair of emails yesterday from readers of my new Trading FAQ book that blew me away. …

Thinking about trading the months to year-end

It’s almost September. That means the not just an end to the summer doldrums in the forex …

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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), …

Penny Stocks vs. Forex Trading

Tim Sykes seems to be someone people either love or hate. He is upfront and straightforward with his opinions, which …

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. …

Subscription Services as Part of Trader Development

During the Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did with Currensee a little while back, a question on …

Seven Deadly Sins of Trading

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

It’s gold Jerry!

OK, I don’t normally make old television references, but in this case I couldn’t help myself. A …

Working Out Position Size in Forex Trading

I got this (slightly edited) private message inquiry from a Trade2Win member yesterday. It gives me a chance to …