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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.

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.

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

Today I want to show you how I create overnight positions in trending stocks. Like in every investment you first have to choose an initial risk stop that doesn’t threaten your account, but unlike intraday trades it is important for overnight positions to stretch the trading range.

On Thursday I discovered an interesting Article in the Wall Street Journal: “Transport Stocks Blaze a Path”

Suppose you would know a stock price is heading up. In that case it would be easy to allocate  the bigger portion of your portfolio to that stock alone and ride the wave. Unfortunately knowing where a stock is heading is everybody´s guess. Nobody really knows but there is

Today we start our series on financial formulas. Throughout this series over time we will look at all sides of the financial business and try to clarify the mathematics behind the concepts. Our first entry deals with a simple one the Dividend Yield

Equity markets have come a long way in 2009. And now everybody wants in on the move and everybody wants to own stocks since they are moving up. That describes the same situation we faced at the start of the century after Dotcom stocks moved over the edge. Sure this time the situation is different, we are in the middle of one of the worst crisis we have seen so far and it is an event felt worldwide. But that doesn´t mean stocks can go up forever.

The economy is not following nearly as quickly as markets suggest. The stock market has outperformed the real economy by far. So what do we need to do

If you tend to react like the trader in this video, you should seriously think about your tradingstyle. Trading shouldn’t be so stressful that you react like this when someone disturbs you.

When It All Goes Horribly Wrong

Investing in the markets is hard work, at least if you want to be profitable in the long run. It does not help to be lucky on your next trade, you need to be “lucky” on your next 100 trades. In order to achieve a goal that lofty you need to make sure that you keep your losses small. Idealy you always hit the exit button just below zero.

In the real world this doesn´t happen to often, sometimes because the trader is emotional, hopes that the stock comes back or just wants to keep the stock for sentimental reasons.

If you want to improve your trading substantially, then make sure that your losses are tamed. For that i have put together the 10 most important steps to do this: