Does anyone really succeed at trading?
There’s an interesting discussion over on my MarketLife forum, in which someone asked the question “does anyone really succeed at trading?” This snippet pretty much summarizes his question: What if…
There’s an interesting discussion over on my MarketLife forum, in which someone asked the question “does anyone really succeed at trading?” This snippet pretty much summarizes his question: What if…
One of the things I’ve been thinking about recently is how to evaluate the quality of our decisions. This is a topic that traders probably don’t think enough about. Furthermore,…
Working with a mentor, trading coach, or teacher can cut years off the learning curve. For many, it’s the difference between ultimate success and failure. This is an important and…
I have received several questions about overtrading over the past few weeks. Each question touched on a different aspect of the problem,; this is a serious question that many traders…
Here’s the first in a series of posts answering reader’s questions. Bob asks: Adam, question for ya if thats alright… I was noticing on part of your free course it…
As I’ve been working on the new book, one of the themes that keeps coming up is all the different ways that people make money in the markets. We often…
My recent blog generated more concern and controversy in my inbox than anything I’ve done in recent memory. Most of the messages I received were extremely well-intentioned, but, at…
I’ve been thinking a lot about failure recently, and I wanted to share a few of those thoughts with you today. It’s a little glib to simply say “failure isn’t…
A few nights ago I decided to sharpen my knives. As many of my readers know, I spent some time in a professional kitchen, and there was a time when…
Mistakes are a part of trading. They’re a bad part of trading, and we generally do everything we can to reduce those errors. In fact, for developing traders at certain…
This is a guest post from my friend (and a trader and author for whom I have tremendous respect) Kevin Davey. I first "found him" through his book. I read…
I want to share a note I got from a friend and developing trader, Glenn: A note on my trading. It is better than it has ever been. It is…
Ok, so here is my question. I've been struggling with this all year, but now I start working next week again during the day, so am trying to figure this…
"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results." That advice, from self-help…
This is the third, and last, post in a series of three posts that started by looking at the 10,000 hour fallacy and the importance of deliberate practice. Those posts…
This post is a followup to my recent post which looked at Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour fallacy. That post focused on what is wrong with pop science soundbites. This post…