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Every day, traders must make decisions: What to trade. When to enter. How large a position to take. When to exit. Whether the system is healthy. Discretionary traders acknowledge the subjectivity of their decisions and draw on experience. Systematic traders use objective functions designed to identify important decision criteria and quantify […]
This article reproduced with permission from Matt Blackman The hardest but also most important lesson to learn in trading is how to handle losses gracefully. Most traders will inevitably encounter a string of losses at some point, so those who can’t lose without being thrown off their game won’t survive […]
Perhaps because we offer several long-only systems we have often been asked if there is a difference in trading the long side of a market vs. trading the short side. I think most experienced futures traders would quickly agree that there are inherent differences between trading long versus trading short. […]
This article reproduced with permission from Brett Steenbarger When people hear that I am an active trader and a professional psychologist, they naturally want to hear about techniques for mastering emotions in trading. That is an important topic to be sure, and later in this article I will even have […]
Overview Fundamental analysis is the study of economic, industry, and company conditions in an effort to determine the value of a company’s stock. Fundamental analysis typically focuses on key statistics in a company’s financial statements to determine if the stock price is correctly valued. I realize that some people will […]