A word on stocks and current conditions. Between 2009 and January 2018, an unprecedented bull run drove stock prices into the stratosphere. An entire generation has never known anything but a bull market. An entire generation had no idea that markets could behave the way they have been behaving since February 2nd, 2018. This is […]
Adapting to change
February 16th, 2016 – A blog post which will hopefully help some traders who may be struggling in the current market conditions. There are some things which can be taught but there are some things which have to be experienced in order to fully understand them. The stock market meltdown at the beginning of the […]
The problems with SIM trading
Trading on a simulator (aka ‘paper trading’) is highly overrated. I frequently tell people they need to get off the sim as fast as possible. It offers an illusionary blanket of security which is actually counterproductive. No one trades the same way on a sim as he does for real money. The idea behind the simulator […]
Spoofing is still here.
I have received many emails over the last several months from people who are wondering if I’ve changed my material so as to adapt to the new “anti-spoofing” rules. I felt a blog post was in order because there is a lot of misunderstanding about the effects of spoofing as well as what role it […]
Methodology vs. Psychology
Dorian Yates is a bodybuilder who won the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times. During an interview, he shared this bit of wisdom: “People are always asking me to break it down. How much of your success is due to type of training? How much is due to number of reps? How much is due […]