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Find the Least Competitive Stocks (Part II)
“Least Competitive?” At first blush it sounds almost like admitting defeat. Come on, I’m a trader. In order to make it in this profession and derive a good living I have to be able to bang with the big boys right? Let me give you one of the analogies that I use when mentoring that may coax you to think in … Read More
Turning Anger into Trading Performance
@Zmoose12 wrote an honest and excellent post about his negative March that left him sick to his stomach. I sat in my office yesterday listening to an underperforming trader share how miserable his past losses have made him feel. We have learned from The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin that we can use this anger as fuel to trigger … Read More
Loss Aversion and Irrational Focus
A passage from The Economist that may help our trading- The referee’s an anchor: A new book looks at the behavioral economics of sport “Loss aversion”, the tendency for people to care more about avoiding a loss than about making a similar-sized gain, is rife even among the greatest champions. Evidence from a huge database of near-identical putts shows that, along with … Read More
Knowing when a stock should move can be more important than picking its direction
Most traders make a whole lot about picking the direction of a stock. A very important skill talked little about is knowing when a stock should move. After you see something of the Tape you know the stock is now likely to move. We saw that a few times in PCX. Sometimes this skill is more important than actually picking … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – April 1, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.