07th May 2006
Did You Begin Day Trading As An Indicator Only Trader?
Did you start day trading after buying a book on technical analysis, and getting a charting program - probably a free one that you found online - in order to save money? While reading your book ...
16th April 2006
You wake up one morning with a really BAD idea – you have decided to start making your living by becoming a futures day trader. BUT how can this be such a bad idea, don't people get rich day trading futures? Where did that idea come from? Did you see o...
01st April 2006
Paper trading is widely discussed regarding its merits, and whether it is of value to a trader as they try to make the transition to real money trader. One viewpoint is that since paper trading is not real, the profits are meaningless, and are no indicati...
15th March 2006
You go long and the market immediately goes down - you go short and the market immediately goes up. That's 2 consecutive losses, and you are getting a little 'anxious' so you don't take the 'next' trade. Of course, this trade is a winner. Now to make t...
17th February 2006
It is said that trading is 90% psychological and 10% methodological. Does this then imply that regardless of trading method, a trader that has control over their emotional issues will thus be a profitable trader, or will it be impossible to ever control ...
14th February 2006
Did you ever see the movie The Italian Job, and if so do you remember when John Bridger asked: "you see those pillars over there, that's where they used to string up thieves who felt fine." Make the transition from paper trading to real money trading an...
