January 14th, 2009

The Market Thinks All Traders Are The Same (25 of 26)

This entry is part 25 of 26 in the series The Disciplined Forex TraderEach day when we start to trade we have a chance to win or lose.  The deterring factor is how we play the game.  How we have prepared ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Did we sleep well, did we eat well, and [...]

January 13th, 2009

Be a Trade Taker Not a Trade Watcher (24 of 26)

This entry is part 24 of 26 in the series The Disciplined Forex TraderTraders can get depressed because they knew the market was going one way or another; however, they failed to enter the market. Usually the response as to why they did not put on a trade is that they were waiting to be [...]

December 8th, 2008

Two Big Trading tools (1 of 26)

This entry is part 1 of 26 in the series The Disciplined Forex TraderThe first tool is your trading system or the methodology you use to enter an exit the market, your trading system.  You need to be very good at the trading system before you can enjoy any success as a trader.  Once you [...]

November 26th, 2008

4 of 10: NO-RISK Control

Awareness # 3- NO-RISK Control
Examples of no risk control are: jumping out of an airplane at 10,000 feet without a parachute, going scuba diving without air in your tanks, or going bungee jumping with out a bungee cord.  Trading with out any risk control will have the same disastrous out come.  To have a positive [...]

October 17th, 2008

The 5 Steps to becoming a trader

This is an article I ran across a little while ago and I would like to post it here for you to read because I found it describe the journey of a trader very accurately. Unfortunately somewhere between this blog and where I found the article I lost the name of the author. I would [...]

October 13th, 2008

38 steps to becoming a trader

We found this post at Forexfactory.com from a member named Neers.  We thought it was kind of fun to see where you are in the trading process.  When you read this leave a comment as to where you are a
Enjoy the post!
They are as follows:
1. We accumulate information – buying books, going to seminars and [...]