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 […]
Technical analysis can be both an art or a science based on how you use it. It is very easy to become too rigid in its practice believing it can become a crystal ball or too flexible and see whatever you want to see. Here are ten common mistakes people make in the practice of […]
A candlestick is a type of chart used in trading as a visual representation of past and current price action in specified timeframes. Depending on the timeframe of the chart each candlestick consists of each minute, day, week, or month trading range represented in a single candle. A candlestick consists of the ‘body’ with an […]
In most professions working more is what makes you more money. If you are paid for your time the more you work the more money you make. This does not transfer into trading. Over trading can be expensive in trading losses, losing in the bid/ask spread, and commission cost. The best trades come when you […]
In studying a chart for any liquid instrument, traders will observe that prices usually move in a series of peaks and valleys. The direction of these peaks and valleys provide us with a lot of valuable information about price action and direction. They also help us in determining the direction of a trend and levels […]
I recently accompanied my father to a real estate sale in the southern part of Florida. That market for homes and condos had been among the hottest in the country. When we looked at the number of properties on the market at present, however, and the (paltry) number that were selling, we could see that […]
A new article on Search Engine Land reports that those who were duped lost over half a million dollars by cryptocurrency scammers. Those who are new to cryptocurrency may not totally understand how every aspect of virtual currency works. Many will go to Google and other search engines to search for things like “What is cryptocurrency?” “How […]
How much did they start you out with? I don’t remember the exact amount, but I remember that I made $350,000 in my first year, $800,000 in my second, over $1 million in my third, and I never looked back. Do you ever use fundamentals? No, never. There was a three-year period when I had […]
Lesson learned from Jamie Mai and Charlie Ledley of “The Big Short” Early 2003, Jamie Mai and Charlie Ledley, a pair of thirty-year-old men, Cornwall Capital Management, Schwab account containing $110,000, neither had made actual investment decisions, they decided, would not merely search for market inefficiency but search for it globally, in every market: stocks, […]