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Opportunity Cost in Trading
By Larry Swing · 17 years ago
All traders have gone through a period they wished they never placed the trades. It could be impulsive and emotional factor that drove the trader to commit these trades. These are trades that he wished ...
Greed and Fear?
By Larry Swing · 17 years ago
We have heard it: the market is not driven by money but by greed and fear. The two biggest emotions that move markets up and down at random; they seem to fluctuate without any logic ...
Trader’s Daily Routine Checklist
By Larry Swing · 17 years ago
Most traders go day to day trading on the fly, take a position when it "feels right", especially in the heat of the moment when prices are just moving without them. Not preparing for what ...
Why Invest in Commodities?
By Larry Swing · 17 years ago
Most of us are quite comfortable with investing in cash deposits, government bonds, and stocks for conservative risk-averse investors. We hear these products discussed widely in the financial media. But rarely do we hear commodities ...
Verifying The A New Trading Strategy’s Profitability: Backtesting or Demo Trade
By Larry Swing · 17 years ago
When a swing trader finds a new strategy using a new indicator, what does he do with it? Does he just observe it for a few weeks and see if he can get a feel ...