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There are millions of News sites on the web but a lot of them just repeat content from other sites, so which one is original and comes up with ideas that can really be traded? Here are a few we like a lot since these websites all have something we need for our trading style. Continue reading… »

Very often a customer wants to learn all there is about the futures markets. He is not interested in the opportunity to make money in equities, all he wants is to trade futures. Now, there are a few things to know about these markets and how to deal with risk when trading futures. Here are things you really need to know… Continue reading… »

Today’s post deals with media phenomenons, that for us as traders can be very important.
As we know markets are made by people who sell and buy. And most of these people read newspapers or news related websites. So if we are able to discover what interests them the most, it helps us creating a better opinion about the markets.

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Overtrading is one of the most overlooked mistakes you can make while trading. As a trader you want to make money any minute the market is open, this is understandable, but it doesn`t mean that you need to trade every opportunity that comes across your screen. Trade the most profitable ones and forget the rest. Here are 5 tips on how to spot and avoid overtrading.
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Days like these are most interesting as far as risk management goes. Most of the times stock prices follow a chaotic pattern. Forecasting them is not easy if at all impossible but sometimes subtil changes in the surroundings make things forcastable. This happens when Continue reading… »

Bruce Watson of the Daily Finance Blog posted the article: Food Shortages Coming? Famed Investor Jim Rogers Thinks So

The Article deals mostly with Jim Rogers opinion about the rise of commodity Futures because of an upcoming shortage in Food. But that´s not the point that caught my eye.

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What can I say about the book?
Jack Schwagers “Market Wizards” is without a doubt one of the most important books about markets, trading, traders and risk management and therefore   you should read it.

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A While ago Brett Steenbarger posted a quite interesting questionaire at his Blog that helps you to define your curent attitude.

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There is always a tendency to make mistakes, especially while trading or investing. They are just not avoidable. We need to learn that we make them and we need to learn how to minimize negative outcome from those mistakes. You can start by Continue reading… »

It needs time, till you can make proper market decisions. You need a good portion of experience for this and you have to know what is going on in the markets. But the problem is, that even if you are theoretically right with your interpretation of market events, you still have to remain flexible.

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