Trading Psychology

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Neutral For the most part of May 2016, EURUSD was in a downtrend. On June 3, a strong bullish breakout led to a bullish signal, but price was unable to continue moving up continuously in the following week, which was last week. Price simply went […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 10 “There’s no way to start a business without being bad at those things. People who are good, are good because they spent ten years being bad. Note: You have to love being incompetent in order to be competent.” – James Altucher Name: Alfred Jones […]

“Trading requires you to be wrong on a regular basis – in fact you are wrong more often than you are right. And this constant grind requires a certain degree of fortitude to endure.” – Chris Tate There’s no way to become victorious easily. You don’t become victorious by trying to be victorious. You become […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 9 “As a trader, the brutal truth is that you only get paid for your results. There is no ‘time and a half’, or over-time rates. We live in a results economy, not a time economy, like people who have ‘jobs.’’ – Louise Bedford Name: […]

“Trading can be a matter of probabilities. Sometimes you’ll be at the right place at the right time; at other times you won’t. That’s all right. If you are consumed with perfection and finding the ultimate trading opportunity, you will often miss the trades that are right in front of your nose.” – Joe Ross […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 8 “Try not to do something just because everyone else is doing it. Successful traders are rare. If the crowd is doing it, watch out!” – Andy Jordan Name: Alan Howard Date of birth: September 11, 1963 Nationality: British Occupation: Hedge fund manager and philanthropist […]

A Crucial Question from All Traders A positive expectancy method makes you risk less than you plan to win; reverse the logic for a negative expectancy method. Therefore, a negative expectancy trading method is what you must abandon, for there is no reason for you to abandon a positive expectancy method. There is no trading […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 7 “Of all of the lies my traders tell themselves, the one that shows up the most frequently is “I don’t think I can do this.” – Louise Bedford Name: Toni Hansen Nationality: American Occupation: Full-time trader and mentor Website: Tonihansen.com ADRRESING THE TOUGHEST TRADING […]

“Although I’ve witnessed uncountable demo contests the world over, these are the most impressive results I’ve ever seen, despite the vagaries of the markets.” – Analyst75 Honestly, my plan for this week was to post an article about Alan Howard, a self-made billionaire trader, in our Master Traders series. Nonetheless, I’d to change my mind […]

“In tutoring others, I realized that most of the people attempting to trade had no idea what the markets were about, and no idea of what they were doing.” – Joe Ross Helping People Is Almost Impossible Many people disturb trading pros, begging for help in their trading. They want to learn good trading approaches […]