trading goals

How to Set Effective Investment Goals

Most beginner traders have wildly unrealistic expectations of how much they can make trading. Such unrealistic expectations can lead to an array of bad trading habits and ultimately blowing up your account. The purpose of this article is to present some realistic expectations for beginners as well as how to set the most effective investment goals. Regardless of your trading or investing style, setting smart goals can be very beneficial to your bottom line. What Read more

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Trading Psychology: 10 Biases to Avoid!

Especially when money is on the line and time is scarce, human decision making can be very flawed. Trading is one of the fields where erroneous and irrational behavior patterns are especially common. In this article, we’re going to look at the most common cognitive biases and irrational decision making patterns, and how to avoid them. Being aware of these thinking flaws has two main advantages. Firstly, it helps you avoid them in your own Read more

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Options Adjustment Strategies

When trading, things sometimes don’t turn out to go entirely according to your plan. But what do you do if this happens? Do you sit tight and wait, close the trade or do something else? In this article, you will learn about a few options adjustment strategies that will help you deal with struggling options trades. These adjustment techniques will help you minimize your risk without eliminating the potential for profit. Options Adjustments Video Guide Read more

Complete Trade Entry Guide

The Complete Trade Entry & Exit Guide

One of the worst mistakes beginning traders make is to not pay enough attention to their trade entries. Neglecting the importance of a good entry and exit can make a huge difference to your bottom line. In this artcile, you will learn everything you need to know about opening and closing trades. Video Lesson First of all, make sure to check out the following video lesson in which I cover the most important points of Read more

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Top 7 Traits of Successful Traders

In my opinion, not all profitable traders are also successful traders. You can certainly be a profitable trader without being a good, successful trader. For instance, if you always risk all your capital on every trade, you might be profitable for a while, but you certainly wouldn’t be a good trader. Enough time, however, will separate the profitable traders from the truly good and successful ones. In this article, you will learn what distinguishes a Read more

Do This for 1 Minute After Every Trade and Transform Your Trading!

Imagine you could take your trading to the next level with as little as 1 minute per trade. Wouldn’t that be awesome? If you answered yes to this question, I have good news for you. I will present to you a method to cut out all your bad trades so that you can fully focus on the best, winning trades. This method only takes about a minute per trade. Tim Grittani (Famous for turning $1500 into Read more

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7 Stock Market Stats You Should Know

Throughout the past few years, data has become increasingly important. While a few decades ago, most traders relied on their own discretion and manual analysis, today, the majority of the volume traded in public equities is being traded by algorithms. These algorithms heavily rely on data. It is very likely that data will become even more important in the future. With that being said, how can retail traders incorporate some elements of data science into Read more

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How To Trade The News – The Truth

Some people consider news essential information for successful trading. However, other people claim that news is nothing but useless noise. So should you ever trade the news and if so, how should you do it? After reading this article, you should have a pretty good idea about the actual role of news in trading. How Important is News Really? There is no question about that news can be a good way to stay updated about Read more

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An In-Depth Guide to How Dividend Stocks Work

There are basically two major categories when it comes to investment styles. The first is investing for capital appreciation. An example of this is buying stocks or other assets hoping to profit from an increase in the asset’s price. The second investing style is investing for cash flow. One of the most popular ways to invest for cash flow is investing in dividend stocks. Dividend stocks allow you to receive payments from your stocks at Read more

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Why You Should Always Scale in to Trades!

Scaling in and out of trades can be a real game changer when it comes to consistently profitable trading. No matter if you trade stocks, options, futures, forex or whatever, if you are currently entering and exiting your trades in one step, you are making trading much harder for yourself. In this article, you won’t only learn what scaling in and out of trades is. You will also learn why and how you should scale Read more