Category Archives: Trading Snippets

Source: Profitable Trader I began trading 14 years ago in 2008. I began trading with commodities. I was neither successful nor a failure. I used to earn profits and lose them subsequently. This went on for three years upto 2011. … Continue reading →

Source: Investopedia When you begin trading, there are a lot of questions. With all the information out there it can be hard to decide where to start. Setting goals can help, but often novice traders set the wrong type of … Continue reading →

Source: Trading View As your time spent with the market increases, you start to discover things about the nature of the trading game. Why they say its simple not easy. Why do 95% of traders end up losing money? Why … Continue reading →

Source: CMT Association There are three premises on which the technical approach is based: Market action discounts everything. Prices move in trends. History repeats itself. Market Action Discounts Everything: The statement “market action discounts everything” forms what is probably the cornerstone … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns Trading discipline involves making yourself follow your own trading rules. Self discipline enables a trader to trade a system consistently over time like they planned to with the right position sizing, stop losses, and trailing stops. Many … Continue reading →

Source: Zerodha Varsity Winning Traders are humble. It is important to reward yourself for a job well done. We feel pride after making a significant achievement and are especially proud when the achievement has increased our social status. Pride can … Continue reading →

Source : Scanz Often times, it’s the little life lessons that have the biggest impact. A simple piece of advice from a friend or family member can have a stronger impact than ten self-help books combined. It’s a lot easier … Continue reading →

Source: Motilal Oswal We have seen in the past that trading is less about great insights and more about great discipline. If you are a serious trader, then you need discipline in trading and that can only come from setting … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns Qualitative analysis seeks to understand human behavior from the perspective of the researcher of information. It looks for the dynamic in an integrated reality. Information can be gathered through observation, historical research, and interviews of human behavior. … Continue reading →

Source: Divergent Trader One of the biggest problems I see constantly is a lack of patience, traders think they need to trade every day to make money. You don’t… This is the rat race mentality, if you come from an … Continue reading →

Source: Day Trading Adda Very few career can offer you this kind of freedom, flexibility, and income that day trading gives. As a day trader, you can work from anywhere in the world. You can decide when you want to … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns A traders emotions, ego, and thinking can become very distorted when real money is at risk in the markets. Hormones like serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline can cause impulses and emotions to drown out thinking and decision making … Continue reading →

Warren Buffett says “Risk comes from not knowing what we are doing.  We only have to do a very few things right in our life so long as we don’t do too many things wrong.” These words fit so well … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns To be a profitable trader you need three things: A trading system with an edge.  Proper position sizing per trade. The right trading mindset.  If you don’t have the right mindset for trading then the other two will … Continue reading →

Source: TraderLion We’ve all heard it before: Some guy on Twitter bet the farm on a trade that he believed would solve all his money worries and bring him to early retirement. Two weeks later, he’s disappeared completely from social … Continue reading →

Source: Milan Cutkovic Losses are an inevitable part of trading. With experience, traders will learn how to accept them and actually gather useful lessons from them. Key points: Traders don’t need to put all their focus into their win/loss ratio, … Continue reading →

Source: Indrazith Shantaraj Only two people never lose in trading – 1) God and 2) Liar. It is quite often said that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. We would add a third to that list ‘losses in trading.’ Everyone who has ever … Continue reading →

Source: Nataraj Malavade Long ago, Japanese rice traders began technical analysis in the 1600s, and they marked rice prices on charts. By repeatedly using these charts, some traders realized that the chart’s price pattern indicates the direction of the possible … Continue reading →

Source: The Divergent Trader You don’t need a degree or high-level education to become a trader. In fact, I believe this can in fact be a burden to some. The reason being is they expect to come into trading with … Continue reading →

Source: Andrian Reid Quitting your full-time job to trade for a living is a fantastic goal to strive for but there’s a couple of things you need to have in place before you should consider chasing after the dream to … Continue reading →

Source: Investopedia When you begin trading, there are a lot of questions. With all the information out there it can be hard to decide where to start. Setting goals can help, but often novice traders set the wrong type of … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns. Passion for trading: Only passion can fuel the work ethic needed to do all the homework that leads to success. Goal-oriented traders succeed: If you know why you are trading and the goals you want to accomplish … Continue reading →

Source: Pivot Points Advantages of starting your trading business from your home without any big investment….. No Boss – Not answerable to anyone in your office… No fixed timing – Work whenever you feel like… No Meetings – No stressful boring meetings, presentations, sales … Continue reading →

Source: VRD Nation Introduction This is a very common and obvious question, especially for beginners. Moreover, since this is a serious question, it also deserves a serious answer. So, I will answer this question from the several years of my … Continue reading →

Source: Robust Trader A lot of people would like to have their computer execute their trades for them but may find algorithmic trading a bit confusing. Many new traders find algorithmic trading hard to grasp and often wonder whether algorithmic … Continue reading →

Trading is just like any other business. A business has its ups and downs. You make profits and incur losses in business. Trading is similar to that. That said it is not easy to learn trading because it is too … Continue reading →

Source: Yvan Byeajee The market likes to play with our nerves. It will do what it does best: shake as many monkeys as possible off its branches. This means that stress and high-pressure situations (as a result of uncertainty) are … Continue reading →

Source: Steve Burns Today, let’s delve into these similarities and the key takeaways that traders can apply to their everyday profession. From the get-go, you can already notice that it’s all about mindset. Here’s what traders can learn from this … Continue reading →

Source: Investopedia Containing fear and greed are key to making money Many skills are required for trading successfully in the financial markets. They include the abilities to evaluate a company’s fundamentals and to determine the direction of a stock’s trend. But neither of these … Continue reading →

Source: Profile Traders A few years back, I used to conduct stock market workshops once in a while.   In one such workshop, an elderly gentleman (60 years+) asked – ‘Why this stock market is so unpredictable? Is there any … Continue reading →