Here are the four steps we have outlined previously regarding Capital Management. Below we will cover the first one in more detail. Determine your risk sizing Identify your stop price or where you will exit if the trade goes against you Calculate your position size Examine the risk/reward profile of the trade before entering Capital management is a crucial element…
Expectation can be a killer. Without getting too philosophical, high and unrealistic expectations lead to disappointment. High expectations by themself are fine but when we add in unrealistic, that’s when they can do more harm than good. In the trading game, it’s no different. Tempered expectations will keep us grounded. Unrealistic expectations will lead to…
Our dive into ‘Mindset’ continues as we look at the virtue of patience – something traders often lack. Impatience is one of the biggest demons I have fought throughout my trading career and, I believe, one of the major factors which can hurt traders both mentally and financially. The recent rally and pullback in the ASX…
There are three main elements to trading that must be understood and worked on if you want to be successful. Some people, including my first trading mentor Stuart Mcphee, refer to them as the 3M’s – Money, Method, Mind. ‘Money’ really means money management, i.e. how to calculate risk, how to size your positions, understanding…
Today I am going to talk to you about overtrading. Perhaps an odd place to start and for those who are experienced, it’s probably something you’ve already come to grips with. For novice traders, and even for those who are more experienced, overtrading can be an absolute killer. There are two reasons why. Firstly, it…
The word ‘Trader’ will mean different things to different people but the best place to start would be by saying what a trader is not. It’s not getting up at 10 am Walking out to the sundeck of your yacht, opening your laptop, hitting buy or sell a couple of times and then retiring…
When a market goes up, almost every investment approach will work, and people like me can safely sell almost any old theory on how to make money in the stock market without being wrong. When the market goes up, there is room for all, for both value investors to set and forget and technical traders…
Those Ads showing 20-year-olds stepping out of limousines in New York trading forex on their mobile phone are one the most fantastic advertising deceptions you will ever see.
