The Lone Stock Trader’s Blog

Living Off Trading: Is It Possible?
I receive quite a lot of questions revolving around full-time trading. Here's a recent one I received on Twittah from @StrengthTrading: Hi There!I've been following you for a while and enjoy every post you make. I also read your free Ebook and really enjoyed that so...

New Trader Rich Trader 2nd Edition – Book Review
Steve and Holly Burns just released a new edition of the classic trading book "New Trader Rich Trader". Who Is Steve Burns? Steve Burns is a trader who hasn't had a losing year since 2002 and has successfully navigated through the nasty 2008 bear market, averaging...

Making It Impossible NOT To Be Consistently Profitable
There is a simple mathematical fact in trading, which, although well-known, most traders immensely underestimate. Understanding the implication of such a fact can be of tremendous help in turning you into a consistently profitable trader, and helping you stay in that...

Journaling & Real-time Analysis – A Crucial Step Toward Making Money Consistently
If you've been following me for a while, you probably know that what I consider to be "the Holy Grail of trading" is post-analysis. Post-analysis is the process of reviewing your past trades, analyzing your mistakes, finding ways to avoid those mistakes, and improving...

How To Make Better Trading Decisions
Cognitive Biases We all have a tendency to think we are right most of the time, even when we are wrong. This is caused by what is known in psychology as "cognitive biases", and it often results in bad trading decisions, which over time results in losing money....

Honest Review – My Trading Results H1 2017
It's this period of the year. The first half of the year is over. Which means post-analysis. I absolutely love it. This is the exercise that turned my trading around a couple of years back. It allows me to discover the mistakes I do over and over again, to find ways...