A Key Question to Ask Yourself NOW
popdoc2013-02-21T08:48:00+00:00After a big move like yesterday, emotions naturally are stronger. On days like today - the day after, the propensity to trade in response to our P&L is much
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02, 2013
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01, 2011
The Psychology of Risk Management
popdoc2011-01-27T16:03:22+00:00If you’ve read my other blogs you know about the dirty little secret in trading, and that it’s not the entries, but the exits that makes a trader consistent. And
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11, 2010
A Practical Approach to Trader Development
popdoc2010-11-09T15:30:23+00:00A common way of looking at the development of any skill, including trading, is to use the psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Four Stages of Learning model. Maslow uses the matrix of
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09, 2010
The Dirty Little Secret, Part 2
popdoc2010-09-13T05:22:39+00:00The first part of the dirty little secret was revealed here The Dirty Little Secret Here’s the new stuff for Part 2. Institutional traders often do a better job attending
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09, 2010
The Cycle of Large Gains and Large Losses
popdoc2010-09-03T18:28:38+00:00I often see them together with the same trader. Simply put, large swings in a trading account can be a sign that the trader is not sizing their positions according