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About the author: , MBA, CMT, is a veteran full-time stock market investor who has traded his own account since 1989 unburdened by the distraction of clients. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, is a past president of the Technical Securities Analysts Association (TSAA), and is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). After several successful entrepreneurial business ventures, Gatis retired in his early 40s to focus on investing in the financial markets. With consistent success as a stock market trader, he began teaching investments at the post-college level in 2000 and continues to do so today. Learn More

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About the author: is the author of Trading for Dummies and Tensile Trading: The 10 Essential Stages of Stock Market Mastery. He is also the Director of Operations at StockCharts.com and the co-founder of Stock Market Mastery. Grayson speaks regularly at investment seminars across the country, including to organizations such as the CMT Association and the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). He holds a Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College, where he studied Economics and Psychology. Learn More

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Balance: How It Puts Money In Your Pocket, And How You Can Achieve It

by Gatis Roze

I just revisited the past 30 years of my trading journals...Read More 

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Why ETFs Are Best-Of-Breed For Only 50% Of Your Asset Classes

by Gatis Roze

This is an update to an important blog I wrote three years ago. Investors have once again been misled by the media and bamboozled by ETF sponsors such as iShares, SPDRs and Invesco...Read More 

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You Profit By Respecting The Sacred Trinity Of The Stock Market

by Gatis Roze

If you can embrace this metaphor, consistent profits are achievable. Think of the stock market as a mythical beast that feeds on truths but its behavior is driven by rumors and beliefs...Read More 

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Nearly Every Stock Market Question Can Be Answered By The Tensile Trading ChartPack - Update #30 (Q4 / 2020)

by Gatis Roze, Grayson Roze

Willie Sutton, the notorious bank robber from the 1920s and 30s, was asked once by a reporter why he robbed banks. He famously replied, "Because that's where the money is...Read More 

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How To Draft Stocks With A Profitable "Personality" And Build A Winning Portfolio

by Gatis Roze

FACT: If you investigate the skill sets of the top tier General Managers of your favorite pro sports league, you'll recognize uncanny parallels to the top tier traders described in the Market Wizard books. This is not a coincidence...Read More 

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Insights, Lessons Learned And Skills Reinforced From 11 Market Wizards In 2020

by Gatis Roze

The catalyst for this blog is the new Stock Market Wizards book that happily appeared under my Christmas tree last week. When I opened this gift, I was in the midst of doing my own annual page-by-page review of my personal Traders Journal for the year 2020...Read More 

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Evaluating 2020: Did My Stock Picks Or My Asset Allocation Skills Generate The Most Profits?

by Gatis Roze

I'll be candid with you about my portfolio performance if you'll agree to be candid about yours. This is the time of year when I subscribe to the routines outlined in Stage 10 of our book, Tensile Trading. The section entitled "Revisit, Retune, Refine"...Read More 

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Trader vs. Investor, IRS vs. Investor Self

by Gatis Roze

"It's not how much money you make, but it's how much money you keep...Read More 

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Discipline Is A Synonym For Profitability In The Stock Market - Here's How To Achieve Both

by Gatis Roze

Maintaining the mindset of a serious investor takes discipline. Personally, I have found necessary motivations amongst sports analogies and metaphors. I confess — I lean on them heavily. After 30 years, I've learned that stock market profitability is a synonym for discipline...Read More 

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Offense Continues To Lead Defense, But High Volatility Remains The "New Normal" | Your Daily Five (11.02.20)

by Grayson Roze

So I'm the lucky guy who gets to host "Your Daily Five" the day before election night. What a time to step in for a new show! It's been a fascinating few weeks for markets, which of course is only fitting given all of the madness we've seen here in 2020 more broadly...Read More