Volatility is good because it puts money to my bank account. Every timeframe has its own path of volatility, but without it stocks wouldn’t move. So volatility needs to be embraced and managed, not avoided. Once a trade is on, risk has been calculated, the stop loss and profit target are in place, then there’s […]
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Life is poker, not chess
Wise words by Annie Duke, whose book “Thinking in Bets” I read and reviewed in the blog several years ago. What she means with this quote is that in poker we need to deal with lots of unknowns like cards we can’t see and players bluffing, but in chess all the information is available on […]
I read Mark Douglas’s book “Trading in the Zone” several years ago and it helped a lot with trading psychology. I’ve later seen many traders refer to this other book by the author, so I started to feel that I should skim through this one as well. It’s also about trading psychology. According to the […]
Very popular and good book on trading psychology. I’ve listened to many Mark Douglas interviews on YouTube and he has other good books, too. Unfortunately, he passed away few years ago and is not around anymore. Trading in the Zone helps you to understand and think about the mental side of placing trades. It’s not […]
I have finished the book and took a lot of notes. It seems to be a simple book to understand and covers most topics for beginning traders: mass and individual psychology, different markets and instruments to trade, charting and technical analysis, money (risk) management, record keeping etc. I like it as an introductory book to […]