If it didn't I would want to go back to the drawing board and find a new strat. This is over a Month and a lot of round turns, some losers, some winners and some scratches. If I gave up on the strat early on it would be blah but over the course of the month it performed well. Just like any other...
Many are online but prob 2% of them are profitable. Be very careful looking for an online trader. I've been in the industry for a while and know of many "online trader guru types" that make there living selling crap systems and teachings. Just make sure to do your homework. Best of luck to you!
http://www.safalniveshak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Why-Do-Investors-Trade-Too-Much.pdf
http://www.etfmagic.com/articles/011711.html
http://www.investorhome.com/psych.htm
These are some good reads for anyone new to trading. Could be able to help in the Psychology part of the game.
Hedge Funds Charge 2 and 20.
Hedge Funds and CTA's charge a 2% management fee per year broken up over 12 months and 20% of trading profits is the industry norm. If he wants to trade the account for you he will need to become a CTA and have you fill out his disclosures etc. Most firms offer...
I only trade Futures and Commodities but started in stocks 13 years ago. I would advise reading Jessy Livermore and some Richard Wyckoff books to get ya thinking. You are going to want to research a decent feed for level 2 and Time and Sales for stocks, it will help you with the supply and...
That's great news
Great to hear you are expanding your trading.
It is very hard to find anything supply and demand related that actually works in Forex unless you are trading Futures on Forex. The supply and demand edge in futures is found in the Depth of Market (one with a time and sales in...
Hope you are better now John
Great work on your trading strategy, sounds impressive. As for the psychology situation. It might be beneficial for you to look into behavioral finance and how the brain works. In short, I find the brain works in a Cognitive and a Intuitive way. If I ask you what...
Gold is at a interesting spot. It shows weakness at 1250 and strength at 1210. It will be nice to see if anything plays on these areas. Going to be boring until then. A good game of golf sounds like a winner right now:)
Interesting Article
Good read, the market is made up 100% of humans and the psychology that comes along with being human:) I found other reads into Behavioral Finance to compliment this article. Such a great topic to shine light on especially for the new trader.
How is life in Bali?
Hi Jim,
How is life in Bali? Looks like an awesome place to live. Regarding price action there is a ton of stuff on the web but most is garbage. Price Action doesn't only deal with the chart but also the Supply and Demand health of the market if looked at properly. It is...