The Traders JournalOctober 12, 2012 at 11:30 AM
What do Wayne Gretsky, Coach Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan and William O’Neil have in common? They all share the same unique blend of personal attributes that have led to individual greatness in their careers...Read More
The Traders JournalOctober 05, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Stock market mastery has many components, but the first step is to acknowledge that it all starts with you – the investor self. Jesse Livermore once told his sons: “Successful trading is always an emotional battle for the speculator, not an intelligent battle...Read More
The Traders JournalSeptember 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Trading the stock market is not the blood sport that many in the press portray it to be. That sentiment is just part and parcel of Wall Street’s sophisticated disinformation machine which preaches a familiar old sermon to individual investors...Read More
The Traders JournalSeptember 07, 2012 at 01:00 PM
If you don’t believe in yourself as an investor and have absolute faith in your methodology, trading the markets will be like trying to nail Jello to the wall...Read More
The Traders JournalAugust 31, 2012 at 01:00 PM
I’m a big fan of pithy quotes. When I teach my college class “Tensile Trading”, I use quotes extensively to help illustrate each of the 10 stages of successful investing...Read More
The Traders JournalAugust 24, 2012 at 01:00 PM
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” --Warren Buffet A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the four classic elements of mastery. The resulting firestorm from my trading buddies and fellow investors was shocking...Read More
The Traders JournalAugust 17, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Team USA versus Spain vying for the Gold Medal in Olympic Basketball. Sensational! Score: 107 USA to 100 Spain. You didn’t have to be a sports fan to have been caught up in the thrill of Olympic competition during this very competitive game...Read More
The Traders JournalAugust 10, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Mastery is not achieved by knowing the Holy Grail of trading systems. Mastery is achieved by having the discipline to put in writing your own trading system, learning to overcome a lot of potentially costly enemies within yourself and then following your system...Read More
The Traders JournalAugust 03, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Knowing how top salespeople convert suspects into prospects into clients yields powerful insights as to how top investors convert equity ideas into portfolio candidates and finally into profitable trades...Read More
The Traders JournalJuly 27, 2012 at 01:00 PM
As many of you know, American composer extraordinaire Richard Rodgers collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein to produce some of the greatest musicals of the 20th century. Discussing their success, he once explained his thoughts on what it takes to be a superb songwriter...Read More
