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Please note, this is a guest chapter, and I’ve not authored this. This chapter on ETFs is authored by my colleague, Bhuvan. However, I’ll try and answer all the follow on queries that you& ..

A fundamental truth of trading is that one must take full and complete responsibility for both failures and successes. It’s easy to take credit for a winning trade, but a losing trade? Our first ..

As traders, we’ve all experienced a memorably bad day when nothing seemed to go right. In fact, it may have seemed as though every decision we made could not have been more wrong, even if we had a c ..

We are all proud of the skills we develop as traders. We work on execution skills with enthusiasm, practising speed and precision. We pour over charts for hours, study indicators and oscillators and p ..

When learning any new skill, one needs to find the right balance between pushing oneself to the limits and setting realistic expectations and goals. But whatever tact you take, you must work with what ..

How do you go about understanding your trading outcomes? Do you feel that it is all about you, that personal factors, such as hard work, talent, or ability are primarily the reason? Or do you tend to ..

Trading involves coping with uncertainty. There are potentially endless factors that may go against your trading plan. For example, your DSL line may go down at a critical moment, an analyst may predi ..

Are you the kind of person who feels butterflies when you’re about to execute a trade? Perhaps you’re a little nervous because you don’t have enough experience with trading, or maybe ..

Jim is a novice trader who has hit upon a winning streak. He can’t seem to lose. Every trade he makes is a winner. He naturally starts thinking, “I’m a natural-born trader. I’m ..

The financial markets are in constant flux, and in the past few years, we’ve seen many changes. The reasons are numerous; the availability of online investing, new government regulations, and te ..