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Seasoned traders aren’t afraid to go with their gut instinct. After years of experience, an astute trader’s gut is the unconscious integration of all essential market information, the mini ..

On Thursday, tech stocks took a dive. Mark lost $5000 on his AAPL position alone. It’s Friday morning, but he still feels guilty. He can’t get the losses out of his mind. He has been tryin ..

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss is a parable of modern life. The Grinch sneaked into town and tried to ruin everyone’s Christmas by stealing the presents and materialis ..

In the movie “Wall Street,” Gordon Geckko argues, “Greed is good.” Greed can motivate you to strive for perfection and keep you persisting in the face of adversity, but greed h ..

Have you felt under extreme pressure while putting on a trade, and found that you just couldn’t think straight? You questioned your trading plan, and suddenly, you hesitated at a critical moment dur ..

The outcome of a trade is never a sure thing. There’s always an element of chance. When going long, for example, all indicators may suggest a strong and solid trend, but it’s possible that ..

If you’ve spent any time around trading, you’ve probably run into the Golden Mean. You may have seen it represented as Fibonacci lines on a price chart. The Fibonacci sequence is a string of numbe ..

When your money is on the line, you can’t help but act cautiously. You don’t want to impulsively gamble with your account, dig yourself into a financial hole, and need to work twice as har ..

The goals we set often dictate our motivation level. In his book, “The Mentally Tough Online Trader,” Robert Koppel (2000) argues, “Setting goals is imperative for the trader to enha ..

With the New Year upon us, it’s time to make plans for the future, and set exciting new goals. Goals can be motivating. When we think of where we want to go next in our lives, and when we formul ..