Trading Psychology

A Crucial Question from All Traders A positive expectancy method makes you risk less than you plan to win; reverse the logic for a negative expectancy method. Therefore, a negative expectancy trading method is what you must abandon, for there is no reason for you to abandon a positive expectancy method. There is no trading […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 7 “Of all of the lies my traders tell themselves, the one that shows up the most frequently is “I don’t think I can do this.” – Louise Bedford Name: Toni Hansen Nationality: American Occupation: Full-time trader and mentor Website: Tonihansen.com ADRRESING THE TOUGHEST TRADING […]

“Although I’ve witnessed uncountable demo contests the world over, these are the most impressive results I’ve ever seen, despite the vagaries of the markets.” – Analyst75 Honestly, my plan for this week was to post an article about Alan Howard, a self-made billionaire trader, in our Master Traders series. Nonetheless, I’d to change my mind […]

“In tutoring others, I realized that most of the people attempting to trade had no idea what the markets were about, and no idea of what they were doing.” – Joe Ross Helping People Is Almost Impossible Many people disturb trading pros, begging for help in their trading. They want to learn good trading approaches […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 6 “We do not have a crystal ball, so we do not know when this current losing period will end. However, we can look in the rear view mirror and see that when we experienced periods like this before, not only did we survive, but […]

“I realised that the best way to free myself from worries about uncertain outcomes, is to make sure a negative outcome of a specific trade will not affect me.” – Christiaan van der Meer I recently came across a popular social trading program that enables signals providers to go through various career levels. This social […]

USDJPY = Buy AUDJPY = Buy CADJPY = Buy CHFJPY = Buy EURJPY = Buy GBPJPY = Buy NZDJPY = Buy NB: Every trade could be entered with a stop loss of 100 pips and a take profit of 200 pips. Only 0.5% is risked per trade. With an account balance of $20,000, a position […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 5 “Attach yourself to a trading mentor. The cost will be far less than trying to do it yourself. Swallow your pride and get help. If you cannot afford a mentor, then you have no business trading. Why? Because you are starting out undercapitalised. When […]

One of the most devilish conundrums faced by traders is what to do when an instrument they are following gives a valid signal but this signal is either at an all-time high or low. Such a situation has recently occurred with wheat, which according to my system gave a valid sell signal as it moved […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 4 “When I encounter traders who lack enthusiasm for trading, I know their foray into the financial markets will be short lived. They seem puzzled that their mediocre efforts, and a tendency to be pessimistic, haven’t led to a bank account full of gold.” – […]