Trader Characteristics

Failure is part and parcel of trading but till a certain limit. At first if you don’t succeed, try, try again. And when you fail as a trader repeatedly fail and bust your trading account, is it’s wise to continue trading ? Long ago psychologists mapped out something called the inverted U theory of stress and … Read more Trading the Stock Market – Why Most Traders Fail

A frequent mistake most of  trader do  is to focus on making money. If a trader is not profitable which 0% of traders are , the primary focus must be to first stop the bleeding. I know we all come to trading with ideas of making money, and of course, that is the goal, but … Read more Secret of Trading Success :Learn How to Lose

Most of us want to be as perfect as we can. We do not want to experience failure or setbacks or roadblocks.  In fact, most of us have been raised that failure, in any case and at any time, is ‘bad’ and success is ‘good’. So if that is the case, then thinking in a very simplistic and … Read more Learn from Trading Losses ?

The day the trader stops blaming the markets, politicians, or ‘They’ and ‘Them’ for losses and starts taking responsibility for their own trading could be the day that they begin to change from losing money to making money. In the end the market is like the ocean and we are the surfer, we choose the … Read more Are you Fighting The Tape ?

Trading is Buying and selling securities or commodities on a short-term basis, hoping to make quick profits.You might hear of rags to riches stories or traders boasting about the money they made in a trade. Its am exciting business but the fact is only 5% of traders are able to make money on a consistent … Read more The Psychological Pressure in Intraday Trading

Trading  is all about playing against the mind of the masses. The big guys and Fund Houses successfully will beat your mind by making you think, think and think. Is the right time to get in, will the market fall, and so many times people have asked me when the BIG correction is going to … Read more Trading is Art of Capital and Risk Management

“In trading, you have to be both defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive you will not make money, and if you are not defensive you will not keep money.”– Ray Dalio We will discuss on  how to keep the two in balance in aggressive and conservative trading so that … Read more How to Aggressive and Defensive in Trading

Most of trader who are attracted to trading look at a price chart as below and think trading is very easy to make money. As shown in below chart Most of new traders have a thought process “If I had gotten in there, I could have made a fortune.” Adopting such a perspective can lead many … Read more Why Is Trading So Simple, Yet So Hard