The Trader Test

Here is a test. If a bat and a ball cost $1.10 together and the bat costs $1 more than the ball, how much is the ball? Do you have your answer? If you are like the majority of people, you will say that the ball costs $0.10. That is the wrong answer since that…

Losing Teaches A Lesson

I have yet to meet a trader who has made money on 100% of his or her trades. We recognize that losing in the stock market is part of trading, understanding that the stock market can not be predicted with complete certainty. Despite this admission, most people still get very frustrated with losing and often…

7 Common Trading Problems… And Their Solutions

Once you learn basic technical analysis techniques, have good tools to identify opportunities and gain some experience at identifying good trading opportunities, the actual job of picking stocks is relatively straightforward. Where most traders fail is in the application of a methodology. The simple and undeniable fact is that we are all human, and therefore,…