Articles on institutional positioning, options flow, price action, and the neuroscience of trading.
The A+ Setups, The Trades That ‘Kick You In The Chin’ There is one mistake I see beginning traders constantly making. They wait on the sidelines for days, waiting for A+ setups, waiting for setups that ‘kick them in the chin‘, or ‘knock them over the head‘. If you need to get kicked in the…
In part 1 of What You Need to Do to Make Money Trading, I wrote about how you need to get comfortable – particularly with uncertainty as to what will happen next. Your ability to sit in the saddle of uncertainty will determine your ability to make good trading decisions which leads to more profitable…
Hello Traders, It is now the end of my trading week and I wanted to ask a critical question: When the trading week ends, whether it has been a winning or losing week, and you know you will not make any more trades, what do you do? Most typically shut down the charts, close the…
Over the last two weeks, I wrote on the subjects of ‘Quality vs Quantity – Which is Better For Trading?’ and ‘What is A High Quality Signal‘. The main theme has been around dispelling some freshman arguments and confusions others have written espousing the quality is better than quantity argument, and what really constitutes a…
Inspired by watching The Dark Knight Rises on my recent flight, I wanted to write an article about trading and fear. Of all the emotions that affect a trader negatively, fear would be at the top of the list. Ask yourself; -Have you ever not pulled the trigger when your system gave you a…