By: amantrader | 2011-07-12 | Stock Market Managing your emotions Quite often, the greatest opponent you have while trading is not the market but yourself. When trading, greed and fear often limits the potential returns from profiting trades and on the opposite side of the spectrum can result in greater losses than necessary or turn potentially profitable trades in to losing trades. read more
By: Gary Dayton, Psy. D. | 2010-03-28 | Day trading What does trading psychology say about being frustrated? Here's the scenario: you've been sitting on the sidelines while watching the market rally 50% off the March lows. Are you itching to jump in and buy? Are you frustrated because you are missing profits? read more
By: Anil Kumar Raju Addipalli | 2010-12-06 | Currency Trading The fundamentals and techniques are undeniably essential in determining dynamics of foreign exchange. There are, however, two additional factors that are essential to understand about short-term movements in the market.This are the expectations and sentiment. They may be similar, but remain separate. Expectations are formed before the publication of economic statistics and financial data. Pay attention to the figures just published is not enough predict the future price of a currency. read more
By: Andrew Hely | 2011-04-06 | Finance
Trading psychology is essential for traders to come up with new effective trading strategy. It is the ability of a trader to control his emotions before, during and after trading. read more
By: Gary Dayton, Psy. D. | 2010-03-29 | Day trading Although we all like to be right and may believe that others must know more than we do, when it comes to trading the markets, this is just not true. When we listen to experts we are affecting our own trading psychology in negative ways. This article explains why this is so. read more
By: Taro Hideyoshi | 2011-09-24 | Day trading Although the psychology is a important key for trading, you do not need to spend your money and your effort attending seminars to learn it. read more
By: Daniel Shaw | 2010-09-25 | Currency Trading Traders' psychology means a lot in Forex market. All emotions and feelings of the traders are reflected in price movements. Read this article to learn more about psychological factor in Forex trading. read more
By: Simon Brad | 2010-11-11 | Finance The activity we call trading, whatever the type of securities we might focus on, requires not only a sophisticated understanding of technical tools of analysis and interpretation, but also a very high level of psychological fortitude in order to properly implement those tools under uncertain and oftentimes adverse conditions. Nowhere else are we so much at the mercy of our hopes and fears as in trading the markets. Even though I understood this concept at a relatively early stage in my trading d read more
By: Kurt Ferguson | 2011-03-28 | Marketing tips A person can be rational, they can be educated, intelligent, pragmatic, they can be talked to, convinced, swayed and argued with. A crowd, on the other hand, is more like a force of nature, something that you can perhaps harness, but rarely control. read more
By: Gary Clucas | 2010-04-02 | Investing I have often said that the psychological aspect of trading is the difference between winning and losing. So I thought I would discuss one of my major failings which is something you would do well to consider yourself. read more
By: Gary Dayton, Psy. D. | 2010-04-02 | Day trading Top traders know that a trade journal is a vital tool that helps them on their path to success. Most traders, however, either don't keep a journal or don't know how to use one. Here are seven key tips on using the trade journal for maximum benefit. read more
By: Gary Dayton, Psy. D. | 2010-04-01 | Day trading How a trader starts the day is important. Many set themselves up for stress and distraction without even realizing it. Learn three simple things you can do to start your trading day right. read more
By: Nial Fuller | 2010-03-26 | Currency Trading It is critically important that you get started in your forex trading career by learning from someone who has made all the common mistakes so that you can learn these lessons without having to pay your hard earned money to do so. This way, not only will you save yourself a very large amount of money from avoiding common mistakes, but you will also greatly shorten your learning curve in becoming a forex trader. read more
By: Anil Kumar Raju Addipalli | 2010-11-26 | Currency Trading Momentum trading strategies in the field of foreign exchange market, using instruments of technical analysis. They involve a good understanding of various technical indicators that help assess the dynamics of the foreign exchange market and align your trading strategies accordingly. In addition, the trade movement is a trading strategy in the short term and requires high standards of discipline. read more
By: Erik Rose | 2010-11-23 | Day trading Is there a difference between paper trading and trading with real money? The short answer is yes, and it comes down to two key elements: you and your broker. It doesn't matter if your paper trading involves actually pen and paper, if it consists of a watchlist, or if you use a demo trading account online – these difference will still apply. read more