We know we cannot change the past - what's done is done. We also know that we don't know what will happen in the future - it doesn...

My historical win rate is about 30%, so with the majority of my trades generating losses, I have learnt to accept losing money along the way...

A while back I received an urgent message from one of the traders in my mentoring group. He managed to get himself into a trade where a tre...

Just before Christmas I received the following from Stefan, an aspiring trend follower based in Germany:

We know that markets can move from a trending to non-trending state, or vice versa, at any time. But as Ed Seykota says, there is no such th...

The recent price rise in Tesla is just another example where people who got into the uptrend, and been able to let the trend takes its cours...

"If you take emotion - would be, could be, should be - out of it, and look at what is, and quantify it, I think you have a big advan...

A couple of my more popular posts from past years relate to Jack Nicklaus, where I listed a number of quotes from his extensive writings...

I've seen it said that one of the goals you should have as a trader is to try and make money when things are easy, and that you should b...

A couple of weekends back, while on the train to London, I posted this up on Twitter: The traders I was going to meet were Craig and...

Being successful as a trader over the long-term involves being consistent in your approach. This means creating a pattern of good habits tha...

I've talked in the past about the importance of constructing your own trading method which is based around your beliefs. But how do you ...

I've talked in the past about how I read books not necessarily related to trading, which can help you - one such example was Dale Car...

A while back I was approached by a day trader who wanted some help in improving his performance. This took me back a bit - as readers of thi...

In my previous post , I talked about ensuring you take action, after having a clear plan in place.  But, for many, this is where any psy...

I was reading another trend following blog the other day when I saw a comment along the lines of "as a trader, you will never be happy ...

A lot of traders talk about having written goals they work towards, and in the main this is good advice. One thing I would avoid however ...

While still getting stopped out of a couple of trades this week which were at one time in profit, a couple of long positions have started to...

Occasionally you will some traders say "Had a great day today" or maybe "Terrible day - got clobbered in several positions...

As mentioned in previous posts, I am more concerned with tracking my cash equity rather than open equity (i.e including profits on existing...