After reading some of John Carter’s articles in Stocks, Futures and Options Magazine I was looking forward to reading his then upcoming book “Mastering the Trade: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups“. It was obvious from his articles that John had some good insights into how the markets work [...]

(Edit: You may also be interested in my article detailing how I trade as well as my hardware and software setup.)
I’ve been exclusively day trading for almost three months now. The switch from swing trading has been quite an experience and I’ve had a few ‘light bulb’ moments along the way as you’ll [...]

Position sizing could very well be the most important aspect of a trading system, yet, like expectancy, it’s rarely covered in trading books. A position sizing model simply tells you ‘how much’ or ‘how big’ of a position to take. Position sizing can be the key factor in whether or not you stay [...]

I know some of you (Duru) were disappointed with Michael Covel’s Trend Following book because of its lack of detail/trading rules. A friend of mine just sent me a link to OriginalTurtles.org which is giving away the rules to the original Turtle Trading System. They have a very interesting reason for giving the [...]

Here’s my answer to the following question which was posted in my comments yesterday by Gary:

I’ve signed up for an evaluation of TC2000, which I was previously unaware of. However, after studying Worden’s videos and Help Contents on individual indicators, I’ve tried to find out if they would recommend where I could find info on [...]

Michael Covel’s ‘Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets’ will certainly be regarded as a classic investment book. Everybody involved in the markets should read this book.

Andy Dunn was nice enough to send me a copy of his new book, Great Companies, Great Charts, to review. In the book Andy explains the trading system he developed after his portfolio took a beating during the recent bear market. His system, which has some similarities to CANSLIM, is very simple — [...]

Whenever anybody asks me for advice on learning about the stock market I immediately ask if they’ve read How to Make Money in Stocks by William O’Neil. In my opinion, if you read only one book on investing it should be this one. I credit this book with changing my whole approach [...]

I’m choosing to start my Trading 101 Series with a discussion of MaoXian’s ‘Trading for Dummies’ lessons because it’s one of the best examples of how to trade that I’ve seen. It’s not that I’m necessarily advocating his style of trading — you have to pick a style that suits you. Rather, I [...]

For a while now I’ve been meaning to explain who I am and how I trade. After reading Dr. Steenbarger’s blog today, I’ve been inspired to do it, so here goes. It appears that my trading philosophy is very similar to that of Dr. Steenbarger. I’ll attempt to use similar headings [...]