Posts Tagged ‘Trading Psychology’
Gregory Krupinski — Multiple timeframe swing trading framework
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 6 Hello everybody, our guest today is Gregory Krupinski. Greg has been trading markets for about 20 years, all while working a full time job, raising kids, blogging, and continuing to find time to learn and improve his process. In this episode we talk about having balance, juggling real life…
Read MoreSean McLaughlin — Options trading, implied volatility & trading truths
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 5 Hello everybody, our guest today is Sean McLaughlin, aka @chicagosean on social media. Sean is the chief options strategist for All Star Charts and Senior Market Strategist at Trade Ideas. He’s been trading for over 20 years starting out as a prop trader during the late 90s, founded a…
Read MoreAnne-Marie Baiynd — Patience, process, and placing trades on your own terms
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 4 Anne-Marie Baiynd joins us in Episode 4 of Smarter Trading to share her insights from nearly 20 years trading futures, stocks, and options. We discuss her dynamic strategy of analyzing the battle of supply and demand across multiple time-frames. We also get into techniques to avoid beating yourself up…
Read MorePatrick Walker — Quit day trading! Focus on price, volume, and daily charts
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 1 Patrick Walker joins us in Episode 1 of Smarter Trading to share his 30+ years of insights as a technical trader in the stock market. About Patrick Walker Patrick is the founder of Mission Winners. He has had the privilege of meeting and learning from legendary traders like: Martin Zweig,…
Read MoreAre Intraday or End of Day Stop Losses Better?
About Beyond The Charts Welcome back to the Trade Risk’s educational series, Beyond the Charts. It is designed to give you insights into our research process, which for nearly a decade has helped fine-tune our expertise and products, such as the market-beating Merlin and Lamorak trading systems. We hope the technical tools and code we’ll…
Read MoreTrading Mistakes and Bad Habits to Avoid
I was recently asked about some of the trading mistakes new traders run into when getting started trading. It was easy to come up with a lengthy list, mainly because I’ve personally made all of these mistakes myself, and in most cases, more than once. I thought it would be fun to put together a…
Read MoreHow to Emerge From a Trading Drawdown
Trading can really suck sometimes. Especially during those times where everything you touch turns out to be wrong. Those dark periods are part of the business, and unfortunately, it’s just a matter of time before you find yourself in the next trading drawdown. Recently, I found myself in a very challenging environment. Choppy price action and quick shakeouts…
Read MoreHow I Took my Trading to the Next Level
It’s that time of year again: going to ugly sweater Christmas parties, planning for the new year, and looking back over the accomplishments and mistakes of the year. This is my favorite time of the year, and, no, it’s not for the Christmas parties. It’s because it’s a time I take a detailed look at…
Read MoreHow to Emotionally Manage Winning and Losing Trades
How to emotionally manage winning and losing trades dives into the much less discussed, mental side of the equation around trade management. Your specific trading strategy is going to be a key determining factor in how you manage positions, but it’s your emotional state and internal dialogue, that will ultimately dictate whether or not you manage…
Read MoreFive tips for holding winning trades
Letting a winning trade ride is difficult. How many times have you had winners evaporate in front of your eyes, stop you out at break-even, or even worse, turn into a loser? It is no surprise holding onto a winning trade is one of the most difficult skills for a trader to develop.
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