My 7 Trading Habits
A trading system is really just a set of habits repeated consistently enough that they stop requiring willpower....
Let It Run or Sell Into Strength? How My Exit Rules Resolve the Trade-Off
Every swing trader eventually runs into the same tension. Do you let a winning trade run as far...
My Swing Trading Framework, in Numbers
My Swing Trading Framework, in Numbers I always keep it simple. No indicators stacked ten deep, no dozen...
The Week I Wasn’t Allowed to Buy Anything
One exercise changed my trading more than any book ever did. I basically did exposure therapy, for trading....
The Quiet Before the Move: Reading Volume Dry-Up in a Triangle Pattern
Most traders are trained to get excited when volume picks up. Heavy volume feels like something is happening,...
10 Habits That Keep Traders Unprofitable
Most losing trading accounts don’t get destroyed by one bad decision. They get worn down slowly, by a...
The Market Doesn’t Reward Hard Work. It Rewards Good Decisions.
For a long time, I believed that trading was like most other things I’d worked hard at. Put...
Confirmation Bias: Seeing the Signal You Want, Not the One That’s There
There is a strange thing that happens once you decide, even loosely, that a stock is about to...
Overconfidence After a Win: The Discipline Lapse Nobody Plans For
Nobody sits down after a great trade and consciously decides to start cutting corners. That is part of...
Outcome Bias in Trading: Why a Winning Trade Can Still Be a Bad Decision
There is a specific trap that only shows up when things go well, which makes it harder to...