The way you express yourself successfully in markets

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I want to share with you an awesome video from Sherri Coale, Head Coach Women’s Basketball, that will make you a better trader.  But exactly how needs some context, so first a few comments. It is really hard to start as a discretionary trader these days. HFTs cut and stop you out of positions. The media has been warning of … Read More

Taking that next step forward in your trading with sizing

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I sit in a unique seat in the trading community.  For the past decade, I have trained traders from new to consistently profitable or failed trader.  As the author of two trading books, gratefully many reach out to me sharing their trading challenges and triumphs with the why and how.  What I do in my writing is share my observations … Read More

Old School Market Manipulation

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So my friend JC Parets tweeted recently that he is miffed by traders and investors complaining about market manipulation and not formulating a plan to profit from said manipulation. His point is, I think, as market participants our job is to find ways to extract profit from the market and if we recognize patterns/manipulations then we should have a plan … Read More

How this trader improved

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I was chatting in the hallway at our firm in NYC, with a developing trader who was verbally proud of his improvement on that day.  He was really proud. I asked him what progress he had made and how.  In detail, he offered his improvement.  When he was done, I asked him to memorialize the improvement in an email to … Read More

A trading journal that works for you

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I trade intraday futures by reading the tape and looking at historically significant price action levels. I start to really get a feel for the process, but I still trade only one future until the process is internalized. To be able to assess myself I keep a detailed journal where I fill in trade information (entry, exit etc.) and trading … Read More