Weekend learning for traders from the prop desk

BellaBella Daily Update

Links to help you improve as a trader The path and setup with edge that helped one firm trader gain his confidence The path and trading setup to help you become a consistently profitable trader Become a pattern recognition machine How to buy a stock that is oversold The trading technique to improve results for a top day trader *no … Read More

Fear This

Merritt BlackFutures, Futures TOTD, Trader Development

I see a whole lot of traders afraid of a whole lot of things: Being wrong Losing money Open profits evaporating Not catching the next big move Failing in general Taking a loss, therefore letting it get worse Having objective trade processes, therefore being fully responsible for results and More Do you identify with any of these? Do you experience … Read More

Stop Deleting!

Merritt BlackFutures, Futures TOTD, Trader Development

I often get requests from traders in our Futures Tryout asking us to delete their prior trade history from Tradervue. They haven’t performed well, and mentally want a “fresh start.” I promptly respond with, “No way Jose!” Why? I think this is a big issue that relates to a common hurdle to getting better as a trader… avoiding discomfort! There are … Read More

Farnam Street Principles & Trading

Merritt BlackFutures TOTD

I really loved the post recently by Farnam Street regarding their own Principles. I couldn’t help but think, as I almost always do, as to how what I was reading relates to trading. Not only trading itself, but very much around trader development, which if you’re a trader, should be an extremely important topic for you regardless of where you … Read More