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How to Get Started Trading? Answer #1: the Casual Approach

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/02/2020
  • Post category:Trader Development
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I received a question from a reader, Cian, who asks: … My goal is to become a career trader. I am 30 years old and I am currently unemployed due…

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Trading for a living: real talk

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:08/24/2018
  • Post category:Individual Traders/Trader Development
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Trading for a living—this is why many of us come into the market in the first place. It's the fuel that drives a lot of marketing, good and bad, and…

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Does anyone really succeed at trading?

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:07/11/2018
  • Post category:General Comments/Trader Development
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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…

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Trading Lessons from Knife Sharpening

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/12/2018
  • Post category:Trader Development
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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…

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There is no 10,000 hour rule

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:08/17/2017
  • Post category:Trader Development
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Have you ever heard someone say they are "working toward their 10,000 hours?" I'm sure everyone reading this has heard of the "10,000 hour rule": the idea, drawn from Malcolm…

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Five reasons you lose

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:11/14/2016
  • Post category:General Comments/Trader Development
  • Post comments:9 Comments

In trading and investing, there are good losses and bad losses. This post is about the bad losses, but let’s begin by touching on the good losses. A good loss…

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Five steps to mental strength

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:10/08/2015
  • Post category:Individual Traders/Trader Development
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A reader sent me a question this week on how to develop mental toughness in discretionary trading, noting that his own toughness seemed to be getting less tough as he…

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MarketLife Ep 28 – So you want to be a trader? Here’s what you can do next.

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:09/08/2015
  • Post category:Podcast
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This week's podcast picks up where we left off last week, and looks at how to apply the lessons and ideas to your own development as a trader. These two…

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MarketLife Ep 8 – The Trader’s Journey (part 1 of 2)

  • Post author:AdamHGrimes
  • Post published:03/30/2015
  • Post category:Podcast/Trader Development
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This episode of MarketLife looks at some of the things that stand between beginning traders and success. What can you do to make your chances better? What are the challenges…

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