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You must understand that the mind set for proper trading is
not easy and you don't want it to be, it takes time to be a successful
trader. If it were easy, everybody would be making money, however this
is not true. The traders who do well over time are the ones who
understand that the path of learning and practicing takes time and is
often a uneven road. The key difference between those who fail and
those who stick it out and succeed is that the successful ones embrace
the bumps in the road.
The markets have shifted to become very reactive to the news. As
traders, we still want to focus on our basic thoughts of supply and
demand trading in order to navigate the volatile shifts. Traders do
not believe that the bear has stopped roaring and they do believe that
we could eventually see a double dip recession. Part of this rationale
can be seen charting and viewing the
S&P 500 Index itself against
popular moving averages.
The Risk On / Risk Off environment is set to continue for some time
and should be visible for most of 2012. Keep this in mind as you are
trading and protect your capital in these wild and volatile markets.
Your trading effect is the propensity to place too much importance on
one aspect of a trade; which causes error in accurately predicting the
utility of a future outcome. An example of this bias would be to back
test a supply zone strategy, but to use volume as a heavily weighted
variable when it was not.
There is also the hostile trading effect the inclination to see a
media market report as being biased due to one's own strong
opinionated views. For instance, if you feel strongly that the broad
markets are correcting and the media views them as still going up, you
might discount their report.
Most traders are aware of Trade Logs.
Trade Logs are also extremely important because they track and
document all of the external or mechanical data associated with the trade; like news, analysis, indicators, entries, exits, stops, and so
on. This is how you develop market knowledge and support your skill
building. If you are just starting out, some beginning traders will
want to use all of their available funds to trade rather than buying
software and data feeds. Diversification is an effective risk
reduction tool and should include trading different strategies.
Swing trading or intraday is the best way to make less risky
trades.
Making trades over a longer time frame is safer then trying to
trade in choppy markets. You will have more winners then losers by
trading longer time frames especially if you are new to trading the
stock markets. Being a successful trader or more profitable takes time
You are up against the big brokers and professional traders. They
will take all your trading capitol in a short time if you don't know
what you are doing.
You are just kidding yourself if you think you can day trade the
markets without some experience. The big traders know this and will
take out your stops most of the time. This is why it is better to
learn how to swing trade in a more stable market. The stock trader is
going to fail if they think it is easy to be profitable through day
trading the different markets. Smart
brokers and market makers can and
will run your stops and take your money. This can happen during a news
release when a spike in the price happens up or down.
This is a mistake most new traders make trying for the quick
buck. Over the years, analysts have spent countless hours looking for
an edge in the markets. Much of that time has been devoted to finding
new ways to measure momentum or find overbought/oversold extremes in
the market.
This is all part of proper risk management if you are a investor
and trying to make money. Trading without this is a path to
destruction and loss of your trading account. Trading stocks and bonds
or for that matter any market has its inherent risks. Volatility can
change and set markets crashing or make them go up. Making your
investment decisions on what you learned will reduce the risk. Without
proper research and trading blindly can lose your money. Traders need
solid advise before they enter a trade and learning the sector they
are trading will accomplish this. The best time to do your research is
on the weekend after the markets are closed. This way any news out
during the week is figured into the current price. Before you decide
to buy a small cap stock read about the company and do some due
diligence. How long have they been in business. Has the stock split
and so on.
Make sure to research stocks that are overseas. Take a look at
China ,India ,Japan they could have some undervalued stocks worth
looking at. When you decide to but the stock make sure to set a stop
loss to protect your trading capitol. Never trade with out a stop loss
especially in small cap stocks. If the stock is moving in your favor
reset the stop loss. Remember these stock can move up fast but they can
also move down just as fast so make sure to put in stops accordingly.
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