Simplicity in Trading

September 18, 2012

The other day I was going through my old trading files, charts, word documents, etc and I found a picture of my trading desk that I used to have about 6 years ago. At that point in my trading career I thought I had arrived, I was a full time professional trader complete with a […]

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What are you thinking?

July 29, 2012

When trading there are only two types of thinking that goes on. There’s “Task oriented thinking” and what I call “Outcome oriented thinking”. Task oriented thinking focuses on what is the next right thing to do. It is focused on what is happening in the moment, right now, with the market and your current position. […]

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Patterns to Profits

July 21, 2012

In a follow up to our last post about patterns of losses in trading, you also have patterns to profits. When you have a winning trade, or a series of winning trades, have you taken a look at your trades to see what you did to create that series of wins? You will find there […]

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Pattern to Losses

July 14, 2012

People are creatures of habit. It’s been said we are what we do repeatedly. Traders are no different. They are are also creatures of habit. When it comes to losses in your trading, if you take a closer look, you will see there are patterns to your losses. Some may be obvious, some you may […]

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