Here’s a blog post written by Tom Willard about Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics and trading. For those who’ve never heard of Maxwell Maltz and psycho-cybernetics I would heartily recommend all traders take the time to read and digest the book. (You can pick up a copy of the book here should you wish to read more.) [...]

For those of you who missed it, here’s my first 2-part article that I was asked to write for Traders Magazine entitled “What Traders Can Learn From Battle Managers”: Part 1 is here: TradersMagArticle29092011. Part 2 can be found here: Trading Is War – Part 2

It’s been a quite couple of trading weeks but I’m still going through my trading routine. Here’s the weekly currency strength analysis: 1. CHF 2. YEN 3. AUD 4. EUR 5. GBR 6. USD So no major changes on the weekly strength front (despite volatility and intervention) If we look at the daily strength we [...]

Hey Traders, Every so often I re-post particular articles that I’ve found useful and want to share with my fellow traders.  Here’s an article on opinions vs positions and the general life of a trader by Peter Brandt.  I’ve only recently come across his work but everything I’ve seen so far has been very good. [...]

Hello traders, Just a note to provide some updates.  The blog posts have been a little thin on the ground the last month or so partly due to work commitments but mostly due to Sony having my main laptop for the last month whilst they repair it.  I now have the laptop back in my [...]

Hello all, I’ ll post some of my trades  over the weekend.  However before that I thought I’d better draw your attention to an opportunity to see me speak at the Traders & Investors Forum at The International Traders’ Expo on Saturday 9th April. Regardless of whether you wish to listen to my dulcet tones or [...]

Here’s a link from the businessinsider.com website about how blogging can help your trading.  I’ve said here that I’m happy for people to contribute and you’ll see some new additions over the next few weeks. http://www.businessinsider.com/i-blog-i-learn-2011-1 Have a read and if you feel like contributing then drop me a line or just set-up your own [...]

I woke up this morning to reports of North Korean artillery fire against South Korean islands.  These two nations are always taking pot-shots against each other across the DMZ however it’s fair to say that firing 200 artillery shells is more than a pot-shot.   “Old Kim Jong Il’s upto his old tricks” I thought.  You see [...]

Having been away I managed to miss the early few days of trading in November and what an interesting week it’s been.  I hope readers have been harvesting a few cheeky pips this week. I on the other hand have been reviewing my trading for October after I moved to focussing on 4 hour charts.  [...]

From an interview with Glen Ring for Real People; Real Traders What is one of the biggest mistakes traders make? They try to be too perfect.