Here are the articles/blog posts in my weekend reading list
The One Secret to Becoming a Successful Trader: The one secret to becoming a successful trader is…….. ……a myth. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying and is trying to fleece you out of your hard earned cash. There is no magic formula, no charting package, no algo that will guarantee you a profitable trading career year after year. – by Lee Gibbs – Tags: traders development – http://www.futexlive.com/blog_post.php
The Best Set-Up’s and Settings…Really?: Novice traders can usually be spotted a mile off by more experienced traders and professionals, as they are normally asking questions about the best set-up’s or best settings for indicators. Set-up’s and indicator settings alone have never made great traders and never will. Period. – by admin – Tags: traders development – http://www.thetradingframework.com/the-best-set-ups-and-settings-really/
The Complicated Life of Lazy Boys: The modern man has a major branding crisis. Most sum him up in one word: lazy. There are different ways to pronounce the word — dependent, wasteful, inept, ungrateful, complacent, unworthy, unimpressive, undisciplined — all with one root: the failure to do. – by Paul Maxwell – Tags: traders development – http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-complicated-life-of-lazy-boys
Best Practices in Trading: Developing Trading Rituals: A ritual is something we do that has special meaning and that we perform the same way at the same time. A family might have its Thanksgiving meal rituals; most religious services are anchored by rituals; we have rituals for such special events as births, weddings, and funerals. – by Brett Steenbarger – Tags: traders development – http://traderfeed.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/best-practices-in-trading-developing.html
Best Practices in Trading: Developing a Framework for Good Trading: Too many traders justify poor trading and overtrading by appealing to “intuition”. There’s no question that intuition and implicit learning are cornerstones of pattern recognition. – by Brett Steenbarger – Tags: traders development – http://www.traderfeed.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/best-practices-in-trading-developing_24.html
The Three R’s: Winning Practices of Successful Traders: For this post, I reflected on the traders I’ve worked with who have been particularly successful and some of their common practices. Here are three practices that seem to distinguish the best from the rest:1) Reviewing and Learning – The best performers keep score. – by Brett Steenbarger – Tags: traders development – http://traderfeed.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/the-three-rs-winning-practices-of.html
The Habit of Successful Trading: New Year’s Eve 2014, as the clock wound down to midnight, my inconsistent 2014 trading year came to an end. I was already plotting my comeback for a fairy-tale 2015. As the clock struck 12, my five habitual resolutions kicked in. One. No alcohol until Easter. – by Brannigan Barrett – Tags: traders development – http://futexlive.com/blog_post.php
Making the most of your Trading Mistakes: When you start asking yourself questions about how you can improve your trading, most traders will start to look for answers outside of themselves. – by admin – Tags: traders development – http://www.thetradingframework.com/making-the-most-of-your-trading-mistakes/
Can you win at anything if you practise hard enough?: If you had enough practice, advice and expert training, could you become a success at anything? How much is achievement based on natural ability and how much hard work? For instance, could an “unco-ordinated computer geek” become a table-tennis star in one year? – by Matt Pickles – Tags: traders development – http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31945687
What You Can’t Learn From Your Heroes : A Wealth of Common SenseA Wealth of Common Sense: Standing on the shoulders of giants by learning from the best in a given field is a great way to get a better grasp of your subject matter of choice. – by Ben – Tags: traders development – http://awealthofcommonsense.com/what-you-cant-learn-from-your-heroes/
Why You Can’t Afford to Be a Generalist: If you consider yourself a generalist, here’s the good news: doing great work in the future will require the skills of a generalist, especially if you work independently or on a small team. And more and more of us are working independently these days. – by Corbett Barr – Tags: traders development – http://fizzle.co/sparkline/generalist
The Trading Coach — 10 Ways to Become a More Consistent Trader: I was sitting across from an ambitious new trader in Troy, NY (yes you read that correctly Troy, NY) enjoying the Brown’s Pale Ale discussing ways to be more consistent as a trader. Now most of these conversations are started by traders who were never profitable. But not this one. – Tags: traders development – http://mikebellafiore.tumblr.com/post/114600918137/10-ways-to-become-a-more-consistent-trader
The Importance of Understanding WTF We’re Doing as Traders: I noticed that Bruce Bower, via SMB, has posted on the topic of what a winning trading methodology looks like and has released an e-book on the topic. – by Brett Steenbarger – Tags: traders development – http://traderfeed.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/the-importance-of-understanding-wtf.html
Does Your Trading Style Fit Your (Real) Personality?: In the final moments of the iconic movie Wall Street, Gordon Gekko confronts his former protégé Bud Fox after discovering the wannabe set him up to lose millions to a hedge fund rival in a corporate buyout. – by Brian Lund – Tags: traders development – http://www.thetickertape.com/perspectives-trading/2015/03/trading-style-personality-17573/
4 Core Beliefs That Define My Trading “Edge”: A while back I was honored to write a post for the “Market Masters” series on See It Market. But today marks my first official post as a contributor. And I’ll look to continue my theme of trading education today by sharing a few things that I believe in and what drives my trading process. – by David Blair – Tags: traders development – http://www.seeitmarket.com/4-cores-beliefs-that-define-my-trading-edge-14258/
the three step process for a trader or investor: **This is the third in a series of posts from Bruce Bower related to “Peak Performance” the topic of his new book that SMB U will be releasing April – Tags: traders development – http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/the-three-step-process-for-a-trader-or-investor
the basic truths of trading: **This is the second in a series of posts from Bruce Bower related to “Peak Performance” the topic of his new book that SMB U will be releasing April – Tags: traders development – http://www.smbtraining.com/blog/the-basic-truths-of-trading
The Ultimate Guide On How To Use Risk Reward Ratio Correctly: The risk reward ratio is a very controversial trading topic and while some traders claim that the risk reward ratio is totally useless, others believe it is the Holy Grail in trading. – Tags: traders development – http://www.tradeciety.com/how-to-use-risk-reward-ratio-guide/
Quantitative prop trader: ‘I wouldn’t try to raise the price of rice and starve China’: “So far you miss a speculator, the finance bad guy,” he wrote in the blog. – by Joris Luyendijk – Tags: traders development – http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/joris-luyendijk-banking-blog/2012/apr/02/quantatitive-prop-trader-voices-of-finance
Enjoy, and have a good weekend.
Keep Learning, Keep Trading.
Gav
