Is This You?
popdoc2012-10-02T07:45:52+00:00Over the 17 years I’ve been involved in trading and working with all types of traders, I’ve seen four types of profitable discretionary traders. The first type of
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10, 2012
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09, 2012
Predict People to Predict Markets
popdoc2012-09-19T11:35:39+00:00Another way to say it, understand what makes others tick and you’ll understand what makes the market tick. To trade only by stats or patterns alone is to be
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08, 2012
The Right Time to Trade
popdoc2012-08-30T10:16:43+00:00I’m away at Lake Tahoe this week and not trading, but I felt compelled to write this. Many traders take risks when they shouldn’t. They take on too much risk
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07, 2012
How Often Do You Break the Rules?
popdoc2012-07-24T12:18:24+00:00How many times have you broken the rules? For many traders, promising to follow rules doesn’t work for long. One reason is willpower fatigue, a well-documented phenomenon. I regularly
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06, 2012
The FOMO Vacation
popdoc2012-06-29T12:32:55+00:00I returned last Sunday from 3 weeks in Japan where I was invited to speak at an institutional/HF conference- “TradeTech Japan 2012”. This was my longest time away from trading
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05, 2012
FB And The Blame Game
popdoc2012-05-22T09:46:56+00:00Some things never change. Regardless of what the FB bankers did or not do, and regardless of what happened at the NDAQ exchange, the blame game is alive and well.
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05, 2012
Who Are You?
popdoc2012-05-14T10:01:09+00:00The following is an excerpt from an article in Naval Institute magazine – there’s a lesson not only for navigating a ship, but for traders too. ------- Shortly after dark,
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04, 2012
Why Analysts Get It ‘Wrong’
popdoc2012-04-27T08:26:17+00:00The recent big moves in APPL after the earnings announcement lead to a lot of bashing on analysts. People were screaming how could the analysts ‘miss that piece of
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04, 2012
My Bold Prediction
popdoc2012-04-17T09:45:47+00:00The prediction is that I'll get a large number of emails by EOD and later tonight after traders survey the damage. Yes, some things never change. Fighting a strong tape
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04, 2012
Something You Need to Know
popdoc2012-04-13T09:42:29+00:00A trader with a superior trading strategy but lacking in self-management skills will generally underperform a trader who has a less than superior strategy (but still has en edge) and