Some people start trading because of the allure of big profits. That is not the case for Brian G. of Brisbane, Australia. He says he was drawn to the markets for a different reason entirely: for the...
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." — Benjamin Franklin
The market is not going to give you anything. If you don't prepare for the trading day, your screen won't flash a message to...
There is a difference between reviewing your trades and being a Monday morning quarterback. Being a Monday morning quarterback is about the ifs and buts. If I would have held onto that /ES short, I...
You love trading. And you may think you were born to do this. You weren't. No one was.
In fact, everything about our biology is working against our success. Think about it. What are the traits of a...
The next financial crisis will not look like the last. That we can be sure. But while that may be true, there are a lot of lessons and gems packed into the financial crisis that hit hardest in...
One of the things that have helped humans progress is the fact that we've been able to build on our sum of knowledge over the course of our existence.
If you are trying to become a better trader —...
Seven years ago, in September 2011, trader Kweku Adoboli lost UBS $2.3 billion in one of the largest rogue trading incidents in history. Adoboli was later convicted of booking fictitious trades in...
Overtrading. It's one thing that has killed more trading accounts than nearly any other trading vice. That's because as much as we want there to be, there is just not an opportunity in the market...
Dr. Brett Steenbarger has helped thousands of traders maximize their performance, from portfolio managers at hedge funds running billions to individual traders at proprietary trading firms. So let’s...
Jack Schwager is the legendary author of the Market Wizards series of books, including Market Wizards, The New Market Wizards, Stock Market Wizards and Hedge Fund Market Wizards. He’s interviewed...
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