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Prepare for Anything

Learning to purposely manage a malfunction in a controlled environment helps avoid panic should it ever happen unannounced.

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Keys From a 6-Month Streak

Anytime you find yourself in the midst of a streak in your trading, it’s worth paying attention to. When you’re winning, you need to find out why.

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How to Lose Like a Winner

I recently heard that in relationships, you can be happier if you choose to accept the whole person.  The idea is that instead of trying to weigh everything you like vs. everything you dislike, accepting them as generally positive is a better decision.

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Implementing the Time Stop

Staying patient with a position can sometimes pay off nicely.  After all, not every trade works out exactly when we want it to.

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Taking Risks

It’s a known fact that in the market, you get paid to take risks.  We all know that, right?
But are you getting the proper rewards for those risks?  Are you taking the most appropriate kinds of risks?

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Hard Stops vs. Mental Stops

When I’m swing trading, I prefer to place stop and target orders via bracket orders.  That means I’ve got pending orders which will cancel out the other side based upon what gets executed first.

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21 Questions from Last Week’s Chat

Last week’s trader chat generated quite a few questions.  A number of them we were able to address during the chat, but many more went unanswered.
If you were in attendance and didn’t get your question answered, look for it below.