Trading Funk: Stress
It should come as no surprise that trading is a difficult profession. It's even more difficult if you're not wired correctly to deal with the side-effects of market/portfolio swings, time-frames…
It should come as no surprise that trading is a difficult profession. It's even more difficult if you're not wired correctly to deal with the side-effects of market/portfolio swings, time-frames…
Of the five traits measured in the Big 5, neuroticism, has the best potential to impact your trading negatively. Those who score high on Neuroticism experience primarily one specific negative…
Unless you were fishing in the remote mountains of Montana you were witness to a market squeeze that seems to only happens when most aren't expecting it. I had pointed…
We are half way through 2011 as another quarter has just ended and smart traders are reviewing their prior trades (metrics) and journal entries between back yard barbeques this weekend.…
Q2 is officially over along with QE2 so what's a market participant to do without the Bernanke put !?! Trade your plan. If you don't have one then shame on…
I've had several requests to share what my trading space looks like. I've always believed that if there is a dedicated space to trade that your performance will benefit from…
I have a few copies of the excellent book by members of the StockTwits community and wanted to give one to a deserving reader. This book is a great read…
The end of quarter window dressing that tends to occur at this time of year along with the front-running of the 1st of the month seasonality may trump everything else…
I was asked more than once on twitter this week how I use the RSI information that I tweet on occasion so I thought I'd write a quick post to…
Let's assume, for arguments sake, that you were able to pick the bottom (or close to it) back in 2009 shortly after taking the reigns from that #*&@!^% "money manger"…