Trading mistakes and different styles

Dave wrote a post about something we talked about a couple of days ago. Have a look and see what you think..
stocktickr blog » Blog Archive » Which Trading Mistake Is Worse?
… Which mistake do you treat more seriously and why? Do your actions line up with your goals with respect to […]

Trading for a living? My take.

There have a been a few posts on movethemarkets.com about becoming a trader and trading for a living. This, together with some improved results over the last few weeks made me think about going fulltime. I think I need to determine for myself what would it take for me to go that route. I know […]

Trading vs. Over-trading

I found this post and email quite true.
It’s funny, but part of the problem I’ve had is wrapping my head around the idea that not every day is a good day to trade, which leads me to believe that realistically, I might only have 2 or 3 days a week that are optimal trading days. […]

Size, of course, does matter

Dr. Brett Steenbarger has written a very good post on his TraderFeed blog on one of the psychological pitfalls of trading - size.
Large changes in trading size lead to outsized gains and losses and departures from prudent risk management. These large emotional swings are processed by the mind in a manner similar to psychological […]

My Drawdown

I’m always looking to better understand my system and the results it produces. I have taken a total of 94 trades this year (every single one is recorded on this blog btw) and with the kind help of a number of smart readers I now have details of my drawdown todate. If you’re interested, here […]

Excel help needed (again..)

Hey Excel gurus.. I’m looking at adding a calculation of drawdown to my spreadsheet. I have columns of both individual trade results as well as a column for cumulative P&L but I have no idea how to build a formula which looks at the largest drawdown drop. I may also get the Excel Bible book […]

Stocktickr Interview

I had the pleasure of doing an interview for Stocktickr in which I tell a bit about myself and how I trade. You’re welcome to leave comments / questions and I’ll try to answer them.

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