Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Leave emotion out of trading

Had a chatbox chat with somebody going by the name PJ Trader, who sort of boasted this morning he traded 18 times, 100% winners. I assume it was in cpo futures. Looks like serotonin hormone built up and euphoria starting to set in. Euphoria is the trader's greatest enemy. What happens is that usually there is brashness and overconfidence starts impacting on discipline and the profit from the trades usually will disappear in the next trade, if not the next 2 to 3 trades. Well, he did say "Siok la, make 100% winners" So it is important to maintain discipline at all times in day trading. Oh, and "don't count your profits before the day ends." (see The Losers Guide)

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Introduction and Foreword
The Importance of an Investment Strategy
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That's the way you want to bet
Long-term v Short term trading
Technicals v Fundamentals
Perception v Reality
Part 1: Winners and Losers
Part 2: Winners and Losers
Sun Tzu: The Art of War
Those who tell don't know, those who know don't tell
Why there is no such thing as a "bad market"
The Secret to Trading Success
The Experts, do they know better?
Risk control and money management
Larry Hite: The Billion Dollar fund Manager
Systems Trading:Kroll's Suggested Method
Buy the Strength Sell the Weakness
Good advice
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Don't lose your shirt
Ed Sykota's secret trend trading system