ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Becoming A Professional Stock Trader by Don Bright Are you interested in taking the plunge? Here are some of the things that you should know. It's important to identify the differences between professional trading and retail trading, particularly the n
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fears of the trader by Ron Jaenisch In order to eliminate fear from trading it may be useful to have an understanding of what it is and how we generate it. Fear is actually a form of excitement and the only physiological difference between fear and exci
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Interview: Mark Douglas And The Disciplined Trader by Thom Hartle The best teacher is experience, and from his experiences as a trader and a broker, Mark Douglas, consultant with his own firm, Trading Behavior Dynamics, and author of The Disciplined Tra
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Peter Hackstedde: profile of a winning trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. It was two o'clock on a Friday afternoon. I found myself having lunch with Peter Hackstedde in the Turf Club at Santa Anita race track. I had just finished two articles on compulsive t
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Slippage Cost Of A Large Technical Trader by Thomas V. Greer, B. Wade Brorsen and Shi-Miin Liu If traders rely on technical trading systems, they need to know the size of slippage, which is the difference between estimated transaction costs and actual t
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:10 (40-44): The Beginning Trader by Thomas Bulkowski Here are some tips to help a beginning trader become profitable. You may be approaching retirement and want to supplement your income or earn enough money to afford the ris
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Defensive Trader by Adrienne Toghraie Not trading as well as you would like to? Can you take some constructive criticism? No? Sid had a problem with his trading that was losing him money. Instead of waiting for the buy signal from his system, Sid w
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:11 (34-38): The Development Of A Futures Trader by Thomas Drinka, Nathan Losey, and Ryan Lauer Here's a look at the trading methodology implemented by two futures traders. By using Market Profile, they successfully traded the
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Happy Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie What does happiness have to do with being a successful trader? Nothing, it seems. In fact, for most traders, successful trading and happiness may actually be in perpetual conflict. Over the years, I have wor
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lone Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie The stresses built into the profession of trading isolates traders from their natural emotional supports. Here are some ways to ensure those pressures don't reach a boiling point. If you were to make a movie o
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Perfect Trader by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D., and Jennifer Benson What is a perfect trader and is such a condition desirable? Does such a creature exist? Psychologist Van K. Tharp of Investment Psychology Consulting says not and further, you're far more li
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Pseudo Trader by Mark Harris How can you model stocks without stocks? By using random numbers to drive the simulation. In previous articles (STOCKS & COMMODITIES, December 1990 and January 1991), first I demonstrated the modeling of stock charts usi
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Tactical Trader by Walter T. Downs Trading can be compared to the game of chess -- a good player wins by implementing a tactical strategy that entails sacrifices when the sacrifice is justified. Here, a professional trader presents some tactical tra
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Volcanic Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Your temper can torpedo your profitability. Find out if itŐs a problem and how to handle it. When a trader buries his or her emotions because he does not know how to express himself appropriately, these e
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...V.13:07 (313-314): The Whole Brain Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Does the part of the brain that influences you the most affect how you trade? The founder of Trading on Target explains the importance of using skills that are built on both intuitive
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:4 (62-64): The Wounded Trader by Adrienne Laris Toghraie Don't let your past affect your present performance in the markets. The business of trading forces you to face the psychological baggage that you carry. It also makes y