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Trading is much like playing a sport. You’ve got to find the right moment, and when it happens to come along, you must act decisively. You can’t choke; otherwise, you’ll miss a major trading opp ..

Are you going to make any New Year’s resolutions for 2006? Whether it is a personal or professional resolution, here are a few tips for making your New Year’s resolutions a reality. Not to ..

What are the latest headlines? Do they impact the markets? Well, it depends. On Monday, October 17, 2005, here were some of the headlines that may have impacted you. GM reached a tentative agreement w ..

Have you ever talked to people who traded stocks in the 1970s? Many say, “I learned my lesson a long time ago. I put my money in the markets and lost it. Never again.” In the 1970s most in ..

Jack is an engineer turned trader. He was the valedictorian of his college graduating class and was a successful engineer for about a decade until his company was bought out. He decided to pursue trad ..

The creative process is somewhat of a mystery, even to scientists who study it. There are a few common characteristics that all creative persons possess (such as an openness to a variety of internal a ..

When your money is on the line, you have a strong need to be in complete control. The desire for total control is so powerful that when we aren’t in control, we start to delude ourselves into th ..

Sometimes trading with a winning edge is a matter of being able to identify those key moments when you don’t have it. As much as we would like to always trade with a peak performance mindset, it ..

Have you ever been stuck in a rut? All you can think about is how behind you are and how hard it will be to come back: “I haven’t made enough winning trades. What am I going to do? I’ll never ma ..

A common belief among novice traders is that one always needs to be right.  Many believe that a trading strategy must always produce a profit.  Although it is true that a long losing streak can wipe ..