Trading Chaos With Advanced KVE Trendlines
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
JOE ALEXANDER " DARE TO CHANGE "
Vital people have faith and they have hope. They
feel they can manage their destiny and go about it enthusiastically. They exercise their minds as well as their bodies. When anxiety creeps in it is short-lived. What is meaningful and important is a
personal decision and a sign of inner direction, whether by instinct or
deliberate design, potent people choose their life directions and get on with
the process of enthusiastic living. They have succeeded in facing down their
inner saboteurs and purging themselves of the negatives in their belief systems.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
SUCCESSFUL COMMODITY SPECULATION
SUCCESSFUL COMMODITY
SPECULATION
by Peter Brandt
I believe that it
takes a minimum of 3 to 5 years for a person to learn enough about speculative
markets and the speculative process to become a successful trader. I also
believe that every successful trader has his or her unique approach to trading.
I have not know two successful traders that operate in the same exact fashion.
each has found a special niche that seems to fit his personality. the major
problem is that the vast majority of individuals (80-90%) either burn out their
pocketbooks or their emotional will to continue trading before they figure out
the rules of the game. this a cold and harsh reality, but a reality, but a
reality it is.
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
There are six
components of a successful trading approach:
1) A method for
identifying trades. it could be based on classical charting, moving averages,
retracements, elliot wave, gann, seasonals, cycles, etc.etc. but one must have
a methodical way to look at and study price. in my own trading I can look at a
chart and immediately say " there is a trade here" or " there
isn't a trade here" or there may be a trade here, but the market has to do
such and such."
2) A method of entry
. it is not enough to have a market opinion. one must also have a systematic
way to enter a trade.
3) A method of
establishing an initial protective stop level.
4) A method for
taking profits and/or moving protective stops.
5) Overall money
management rules. these include such things as % of capital risked per trade,
treatment of highly correlated markets, trading into major reports, etc.
6) Patience and
discipline. once all of the above elements are established, then the trader
must have the patience to wait for a qualifying trade and the discipline to
execute a trading plan after 6 or 8 losing trades. but it has to be done. it is
difficult to ride a winner after 6 or 8 losing trades, but this also has to be
done.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Objectivity
Objectivity
·
you feel no pressure
to do anything
·
you have no feeling
of fear
·
you feel no sense of
rejection
·
there is no right or
wrong
·
you recognize that
this is what the market is telling me this is what i do
·
you can observe the
market from the perspective as if you were not in a position, even when you are
·
you are not focused
on money but on the structure of the market
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