Here are 25 rules to consider if you plan to trade or are already trading part time. Trading for capital appreciation while working a full time job is possible but you must consider how to optimize your trading process so it doesn’t interfere with your work and also that you can execute your trading system […]
Even though cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have had huge run ups over time, they don’t go straight up and holding them is not as easy as people think in hindsight. The prices have moved both up and down many times creating a lot of emotions both good and bad at times in the people […]
There has been three distinct World Wide Web phases so far in its evolution. Web 1.0 was the first stage of the World Wide Web’s evolution that lasted from approximately 1991 to 2004. The first phase had fewer content creators than later phases. Most users on the early internet were simply consumers of website content, […]
William O’Neil is likely one of the greatest stock traders of our time. O’Neil made a large amount of money while he was only in his twenties, enough to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Today, he runs a successful investment advisory company to big money firms, and is also the creator […]
Many of Hagakure principles can be used in business, sports, trading, and investing to achieve a warrior mindset and overcome your ego and emotions along with your adversaries.
The common held belief in the trading world is that 90% of traders are not profitable long term. This was based off some old studies of brokerage accounts. I read the original source article long ago in a trading book that referenced it. Other more recent studies seem to have found that the failure rate […]
“Mr. Seykota himself has put together a money management track record with returns of roughly +60% net of fees over the three-decade span of his trading career…”-Futures Magazine Ed Seykota, first featured in the book Market Wizards has one of the best records of all time for any trader. Ed Seykota’s record is as good […]
Early on, new traders will want to give up. Particularly when they figure out that the first few years are more about studying and paying tuition in losses, than in making money. Trading is a two-sided competition, and you have to be on the right side of the trade to make profits. Not only does […]
“The key to long-term survival and prosperity has a lot to do with the money management techniques incorporated into the technical system.” -Ed Seykota The above image shows the destruction of capital, not only for a losing streak, but also for a string of 10 trades with a 50% win rate; alternating between wins and […]
The Richard Wyckoff Theory of accumulation and distribution focuses on supply and demand for a stock, cause and effect, and the law of effort for a stock. Here are the five steps to the Wyckoff Method strategy for stock selection and trade entry: 1. What could be the probable future trend of a stock based […]