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Jim is a novice trader who has had three straight losses. He thinks, “I’m such a failure. I can’t stand losing. I’m disappointed. I just don’t want to think about it. I t ..

Do you ever make big plans for the trading day, but fall short of your expectations? Maybe during the off-hours, you decide to make a dozen trades, but when you get down to actually doing the work, yo ..

Are you putting time and money into honing your trading skills yet wondering how to justify it? As a novice trader, you may often wonder if it will be worth the time and effort in the end. Honing your ..

Trading can be fast-paced. The astute trader knows how to make quick, intuitive decisions. Seasoned traders have learned to trust their hunches. They have extensive experience with the markets, and as ..

Stan and John have been following a stock and trying to anticipate the pivot point. Stan declares, “After looking at the troughs and moving averages over the past 30 periods, the facts indicate ..

Skillful traders know how to use their intuition to make quick, conclusive decisions. There are times when going with your “gut” instinct can be shrewdly accurate. There are also times, though, wh ..

Seasoned traders have learned to trust their intuition. Do you? How do you observe the world and gather information about it? Do you just want the facts and the specific details and none of that ̶ ..

Many people who begin trading think of it in purely mathematical terms: If the ultimate multiple regression equation could be devised, one could simply put in the inputs and get the outputs. And the o ..

Ever see a pattern emerge, and instinctively trust your gut instinct even though your logical mind told you otherwise? Sometimes it works, but other times your intuition may fail you. Scientists are f ..

Many investment psychology books tout the virtues of thinking independently and acting like a rugged individualist: “Don’t follow the crowd. Be a contrarian.” It’s often useful ..