If you want to find opportunities in the market that no one else can see, then you must admit to looking at the market in a different way than the herd. In practical terms this can mean doing things like: 1. Adjusting the parameters of a popular instrument of technical analysis said that you get a […]
Tag: psychology
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Kipling’s Jungle Books metaphor in trading
I have written in previous articles about the power of metaphor in trading. Our evolutionary brain makes powerful use of analogy to reason about new situations to find effective behavior. To see in a flash that this situation is like that situation and that what worked for success over there might work over here is […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: fighting for dimes
There are some traders who say that it is not worth our time and attention to fight for nickels and dimes. In my opinion though, it depends on the nature of your trading whether this is sensible advice or not. Here is an example of when fighting for nickels and dimes makes a lot of […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: examining uncertainty
Many psychologists who specialize in the training and education of equity traders focus on the importance of managing uncertainty in your trading practice. I agree with their emphasis, because I believe that your trading practice is composed of equal measures of your self, your systems and the market. Uncertainty plays a major role in each […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: on having courage
There are many traders who advise you to have the courage of your convictions. They will describe situations in which they were experiencing maximum pain but found the courage and fortitude to hold on and stay with the position and were handsomely rewarded for doing so. They may even have some impressive charts to […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: the power of re-entry
Every short-term trader has had the experience of exiting a position to preserve a profit only to see the position immediately resume its favorable ways without you on board. Most traders have kicked themselves for letting these profits get away and have sat on the sidelines watching the position continued to grow without them. […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: insights from cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience has found seven important findings about how your brain is wired that affect your performance. 1. The way you sense information and the way your senses are connected to your brain are unique and diverse. 2. The more you use a particular style of cognition and sensing, the more developed that skill and […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Synchronizing your trading systems into an effective strategy
Achieving integration and synergy is a critical part of the military planning process, which has a direct connection to the task of trading successfully. Military units achieve integration and synergy in a variety of ways that include phasing, control measures, decision criteria, a synchronization matrix and rehearsals. Each of these can be a great help […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: applying the concepts of Mission and Commander’s Intent to improve your trading
The military planning process offers powerful insights that traders can apply to improve their trading practice dramatically. This article looks at the powerful idea of the Concept of the operation. The concept of the operation immediately follows the Mission Statement and Commander’s Intent, which lays out the critical tasks and purpose of any operation, and […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: adapting the best practices of military planning
The Military Decision Making Process is a reliable way for military unit commanders and their staffs to conduct rapid yet thorough planning and produce highly reliable plans that have an excellent chance of producing success on a complex and uncertain battlefield in the face of a dedicated, adaptive enemy bent on their destruction. It is […]