by Fred | Sep 29, 2020 | Trading Psychology, Trading Strategy
R and R-Multiples R (aka R-value) and R-multiples is a concept developed by Dr. Van K. Tharp., the well-known professional trading coach who wrote several trading books such as “Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom” or “The Definitive Guide to Position Sizing”. So what...
by Fred | Jan 1, 2020 | Trading Strategy, Trading Wisdom
Timeline 2009I lost $700,000, or 70% of all the money I had in a trade gone seriously wrong.2010I lost another $100,000 in a failed start-up business. I then decided to go back to trading.2013I reached a low point of $35,000 left in my trading account.But after taking...
by Fred | Jul 28, 2019 | Trading Lifestyle, Trading Strategy, Trading Way of Life
It’s this period of the year. The period when I reflect about my first half of the year, both on a personal level, and of course on a trading level. This is the period when I dare facing the harsh reality of what happened in my life, how I performed...
by Fred | Jan 25, 2019 | Trading Strategy
I’ve just spent the last 2 months creating myself a new trading journal on Google Sheets. The reason it took me that long was that I’ve added new personalized tools to it in order to: 1- help me reduce my trading mistakes2- make it easy to check...
by Fred | Dec 28, 2018 | Trading Strategy, Trading Wisdom
My 2018 Trading Results Alright. I’m not going to lie. 2018 was brutal. Savage.I was up 40%+ at some point this year. And here’s how I ended the year: Yup. Brutal.Anyways. I could blame the market, the algos, Trump, China, and just throw myself a pity...
by Fred | Jun 10, 2018 | Trading Lifestyle, Trading Strategy
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...