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| Linda Raschke: Setting up your workstation Video For Trader Another video nicely done with a good summary on how to setup your trading pad and trading accounts. My perspective is that it is not necessary to have many monitors especially if you are not monitoring multiple markets. Some traders find that les | ||
| Linda Raschke: Fix mistakes immediately Video For Trader This video is a very good condense summary why you should fix your trading mistakes immediately. One thing I like to add here is that sometimes the mistake is not yours. It can be your broker who made the mistake for call in orders. It can also b | ||
| Sir Ken Robinson: The Element Video For Trader It is a lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson at UCLA back in early 2009. It is a talk of connecting your natural aptitude with your personal passion to achieve more. It is a very long lecture under the Hammer Lecture series at UCLA. I have included th | ||
| Linda Raschke: Have a plan before you begin trading Video For Trader This is a great introductory video I wish all beginners at least watch it once. It summarizes the reasons why it is very important to have a trading plan in place. The funny thing is that I am thinking of writing about trading plans and then I fou | ||
 | Market Breadth Primer: Advance / Decline Spike Low Chart Pattern • Market Breadth • Market Breadth Primer An interesting usage of advance / decline issues is to identify the market extremes. Here is one setup that has emerged as one of the best short term bottom picking signals since year 2000. Following chart marks the points where the signal occurred. | |
| Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career Economics • Psychology • Video For Trader This is an interesting TedTalk that gathered quite a number of comments from the viewers. It is about the excuses people made to avoid following their passions. It is a funny talk. Mr. Smith delivered a great talk and it is very much to the point. | ||
 | Weekly STOPD Pattern: S&P Bearish Continuation 1  Chart Pattern • Emini • S&P 500 • S&P500 • statistics • Trading Model • Trading System There are quite a number of patterns that work around the weekly STOPD price levels giving us a solid edge. This one is a classic bearish continuation setup. Net gain chart below. The Setup Low below previous week low by 25% of | |
 | The VIX Bearish Bias Play Chart Pattern • statistics • Trading Model • Trading System • VIX The bearish property of VIX that no one talks about. If you need background information about the Volatility Index (VIX) please read The VIX Bullish Play. It has more background information about VIX that I do not want to repeat here. I am going to | |
| Angela Lee Duckworth: The Key To Success? Grit Psychology • Video For Trader A very short TedTalk from Angela Lee Duckworth on how students of various kinds can come out ahead in their classes by having grit. This presentation is telling us one important thing – the science is there proving grit is more important than IQ o | ||
 | Proper Introduction To Gap Fill Play On Emini S&P Emini • Gaps • S&P 500 • S&P500 This is an introduction to trading the gap fill strategies popularized by many gurus. Although I trade the strategies quite extensively myself, I do not do it like most others because I have a very different take on the gap behaviour comparing to mos |