Category: Trading Wisdom
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2019 Review
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 a break from trading to spend…
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How I Shifted My Focus From Money to Trading
10 years ago, I lost a whopping $700k in the market. That was 70% of all the money I had at the time.The details are not that important, but it is something 99% of traders went through, or will go through: a mentally devastating loss. To add pain to injury, as you might have noticed,…
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My 2018 Trading Results – Another Turning Point
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 party…. but NONE of this will change anything to…
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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 for me to reduce…
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Do The Things You Don’t Want To Do
Are You Currently Struggling As a Trader? Are you currently, despite having some good trades, losing money overall? Don’t worry. You’re not alone. You’re actually in the vast majority. It is a well-known fact, backed by several studies that 80% to 90% of traders lose money consistently in the markets. Trading doesn’t escape the 20-80…
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8 Life Lessons I Learned From Becoming a Trader
Although I’ve only been involved in the markets for about 10 years now, looking back, becoming a trader had a huge impact on me, and it profoundly changed me. It changed my way of thinking and looking at things, it challenged many of my previous beliefs and ultimately changed part of my personality. And it…
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13 Invaluable Lessons From Jesse Stine – Part 2 of 2
(This is Part 2 of 2. Click here to read Part 1 in case you’ve missed it) Jesse Stine is not the regular stock guru you see on the Internet selling services. Nope. And he’s not a hedge fund manager trading other people’s money either. Nope. Jesse Stine is an independent stock trader, just like…
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13 Invaluable Lessons From Jesse Stine – Part 1 of 2
Jesse Stine is not the regular stock guru you see on the Internet selling services. Nope. And he’s not a hedge fund manager trading other people’s money either. Nope. Jesse Stine is an independent stock trader, just like you and me, trading his own hard-earned money. And Jesse Stine produced a mind-boggling (and fully audited)…
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Weekend Knowledge #2 – Video Conference with Jack Schwager
In this footage, Jack Schwager, the famous trader who wrote, among many other books, the famous “Market Wizards” book series, explains what are the common traits among the most successful traders he interviewed in his career. This video is an absolute gold mine of valuable advice. It’s about trading strategy, hard work, risk management, discipline,…
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Weekend Knowledge #1 – Video Interview With Dan Zanger
Dan Zanger is a legend in the trading community. He is the World Record holder of the biggest one-year portfolio appreciation with an astonishing 29,233%! He actually turned $10,775 to over $18,000,000… The man did a video interview in 2005. It’s not only inspiring. It also contains nuggets of essential advice.