The last three weeks have made for some incredibly difficult trading. Why? Well, of course we had the macro reasons like… The President got diagnosed with COVID while there was a confirmation hearing ongoing on a disputed Supreme Court justice, while the pandemic raged. Then, as the polls continued to note a possible shift in … Read more
You’ve reached the last of my Trade monster series! In case you missed the first few, we’ve covered how to define a Trade Monster, recognize its symptoms, and its triggers. You can view the first part of the series on my homepage. In the last part of this series, I’ll be talking about overcoming and … Read more
Just to recap, in the last two episodes of the Tame Your Trade Monster series, we discussed what a Trade Monster is and how to recognize its symptoms. Today, we’re discussing what causes your trading monster to be triggered, and ultimately rear its ugly head. It can be triggered by many different things… Sickness Life … Read more
Last week, we talked about what a Trading Monster is. To recap, a Trading Monster lives inside of you and it that takes over, distracting you from your trading plan and causing you to make foolish decisions and mistakes. These mistakes can ultimately make you lose money. So I felt it was appropriate to actually … Read more
In a perfect world, all of us could trade with emotions aside. But, try as we might, as human beings sometimes that can be an impossible task. We aren’t robots, we’re not trading machines — and it’s important to know that but also know how to control it. Because we aren’t robots. What happens is … Read more