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Posted by TopstepTrader on October 01, 2018

A Poker Champion on Making Better Decisions

You may know Annie Duke as the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions winner in 2004. But you don't make more than $4.2 million in lifetime earnings on the professional poker circuit without...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 23, 2018

3 Stunning Lessons in the Collapse of a $5 Billion Hedge Fund Run by Geniuses

Today, we continue our September series about how to get better trading every day. And like so many lessons, this one focuses on what you can learn from someone else's missteps. Before there were...

Posted by Mark Meadows, TopstepTrader on September 21, 2018

Are You the Tiger Woods of Trading?

Was I planning on relating trading to Tiger Woods' epic 2018 comeback today? No.

Maybe I am doing it because I was caught watching The TOUR Championship in the office yesterday and said it was for...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 19, 2018

4 Things to Do When There's No Trade to be Made

Overtrading. It's a bad habit.

Sometimes, we make trades for the simple fact that we are in front of our computers and the markets are open. Then, we hold onto those trades and make them positions —...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 18, 2018

Learn by Doing, Learn by Teaching

Experts say that there is no better way to learn to trade than to teach. That's something that Steve Burns, trader and the founder of New Trader U, has taken to heart. From his time trading the...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 16, 2018

You Need a Trading Community - And We Have One

We are halfway through our September series focused on helping traders get better every day. We've covered the importance of preparation. We've taken a look at some funded traders (Brian from Brisbane

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 15, 2018

This is How Crazy the Market was in 2008

This is our second piece in a three-part series on the 2008 Financial Crisis. For the first piece, please see “10 Years Later: 4 Universal Trading Lessons from the Great Recession.”

Under normal...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 14, 2018

$150+ Million Loss: Bond Legend Bill Gross Just Made This Amateur Trading Mistake

You think that trading legends don't make the same mistakes that you do? You'd be wrong. This year, Bill Gross cost his investors more than $150 million in losses — 8% of his $2 billion portfolio —...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 13, 2018

Funded Trader Advice: Realize What Drives You to Profitability

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...

Posted by TopstepTrader on September 11, 2018

This One Key to Preparation Can Eliminate Your Market Bias

"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...

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