Category: Intro to Trading

14 Elliott Wave Trading Insights You Can Use Now

14 Elliott Wave Trading Insights You Can Use Now Triangles offer an important piece of forecasting information  May 14, 2012 By Elliott Wave International There’s no shortage of books about trading these days, and you could read for months before you come across one that might apply to your trading style. The free 45-page eBook The Best of…

Stock Market Outlook and 3 Questions to Ask of Your Trading Plan

Stock and Commodities Outlook In a recent Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin I looked at the relationship between commodities and stocks. Moving in virtual lockstep over the last few years the two asset classes have recently decoupled. In this article I explain what I believe the decoupling implies and ultimately where I think it will take the…

Are These 4 Emotional Pitfalls Sabotaging Your Trading?

Are These 4 Emotional Pitfalls Sabotaging Your Trading? [Originally Published] August 13, 2009 By Jeffrey Kennedy The following is an excerpt from Jeffrey Kennedy’s Trader’s Classroom Collection. For a limited time, Elliott Wave International is offering Jeffrey Kennedy’s report, How to Use Bar Patterns to Spot Trade Setups, free. [Emotional Pitfalls:1] To be a consistently successful…

Why Most Traders Lose Money and Why the Market Requires It

Today, I take a more abstract and deeper look at the issue of “why most traders lose money.” As you are reading, and as I point out in the article, individuals can escape from herding behavior and create above average (or below average) returns. That said, in order to break from the herd there are are a…

How to Channel Impulse Waves on a Price Chart

How to Channel Impulse Waves on a Price Chart  [Originally published] April 26, 2010 By Susan C. Walker How do you choose one lesson from a basic tutorial that is chock-full of excellent information about Elliott wave analysis? You could browse through all 50 sections distributed over 10 lessons. Or you could do what some people do when…

11 Market Myths — Are You Falling Prey?

There are loads of market myths. Take “Cash on sidelines” for instance…makes me shudder just typing it. Currently working on my own “trading myths” article I came across this brief piece (originally published in 2010) which very succinctly takes care of the “cash on the sidelines” myth.  My skin crawls when I hear those words and it seems…

Traders: Top Ten Reasons For Loss of Discipline

The following was part of an email that was sent to me.  I found the 10 points to be solid and resonated when I look back at the tough times I have gone through (and go through) as a trader.  I do not know the author of these points, so if any of you know…

Day Trade Trending Strategy – What I look for while day trading

Day Trade Trending Strategy – What I look for while day trading By Cory Mitchell, CMT [This article was originally published in 2011] This is probably one of the most simple methods I use for trading, and also one of the most highly effective. For this it has been given the very catchy name of the Day…

A Trading Strategy for Stocks or Forex – Truncated Price Swing

A Trading Strategy for Stocks or Forex – Truncated Price Swing By Cory Mitchell, CMT [This article was originally published in 2009] The following trading strategy for stocks and forex can be utilized on any timeframe I have called the trading strategy the Truncated Price Swing.  Because most people are at least somewhat familiar with the stock…

7 Ways to Become an Unsuccessful Trader – Common Trading Mistakes

Found this article which was written a couple years ago but has some great information in it…. 7 Ways to Become an Unsuccessful Trader Q&A with an experienced Elliott wave trader reveals seven common trading mistakes. [Originally published: August 12, 2010] By Elliott Wave International To be a successful trader demands knowledge. If you’d prefer to…

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