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Trading is counter intuitive

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Stock Trade Journal

Some recent studies found that traumatic events are burned in our memories when there is a large amount of adrenaline in the human body. And we humans release adrenaline when we are scared or angy. Fear and anger are feelings that are also present when trading because we put our capital and our egos at risk. Continue reading →

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Risk Management Pt 5

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

In previous posts I talked about position sizes and Reward / Risk ratios as important aspects of any Risk Management methodology for traders. Today I am going to share with you how I use these concepts in my trading with a specific example. Continue reading →

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Performance Analysis

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

At the end of every month I take a look at my journal entries and analyse my trading performance. This month my performance was poor. The main reason was that I failed to sell short. I noted in my journal both last week and the week before that selling short was clearly the trade but failed to do so. Continue reading →

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Setups That Keep On Giving

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

I continue to have success playing break outs on a handful of stocks. I want to share with you what I learned from trading VISN and how I traded SNIC this week. Continue reading →

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Use your journal to reprogram yourself for success

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

How keeping a thought journal can help you reprogram yourself for success is explained in an article by Dr. “Woody” Johnson. Continue reading →

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A Better Entry

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

Writing and reviewing a failed trade in ASIA gave me the edge to nail an even better trade in MFW. Continue reading →

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Choosing What to Trade

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

Choosing the stronges instrument to trade is key to profits. Using the Advance – Decline and the Tick can be of use to determine what stock or ETF offer the best Risk / Reward. Continue reading →

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Visualizations and Metaphor

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

Using visualization is a powerful tool to correct trading psychology problems like over trading. Continue reading →

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Turn Negative Experiences Into Fuel for Success

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

Use your journal to identify both negative and positive trading patterns and set goals to target both reinforcing and removing them from your trading. A lesson from “The Daily Trading Coach” By Dr. Brett Steenbarger. Continue reading →

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Planing Monday's Trade

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Stock Trade Journal

Using your Trade Journal to plan your trades can help you improve your performance by reinforcing key levels and logic from the charts. Continue reading →

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