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Who Let The Bulls Out?
What a difference a few weeks makes. After a huge second half rally in August, many sentiment polls are now showing a good deal of optimism. Remember, it was just three weeks ago the masses were up in...
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Recognizing When You Are In Trading Tilt
Tilt is a poker term for a state of mental or emotional confusion or frustration in which a player adopts a less than optimal strategy.Do you think this can apply to the markets as well? Absolutely it...
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Is A Market Top Forming? 6 Things To Watch For
In the stock market, there seems nothing more romantic than someone ‘calling’ a market top. At some point we’ve all likely succumbed to making our own ‘call’, eventually wising up and yielding to the...
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Households Most Bullish Stocks Since 2000: Crash Redux?
As many readers are aware, I’m a big follower of investor sentiment and household data. Below is one of my favorite bigger picture charts. This chart shows the percentage of households and nonprofits...
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Death Crosses and the Limits of Market Rationality
Michael Harris of Price Action Lab penned a very thought-provoking post yesterday that slices through the noise on the Russell 2000’s recent Death Cross. In spite – and because – of it’s balance and...
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Investors Intelligence Sees A Correction: Will It Happen?
There’s been a very interesting development in the Investors Intelligence US Advisors’ Sentiment Report this week, as more than 40% of those polled are looking for a correction. This is just the fourth...
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Fear Gauges Rise: Is Investor Capitulation On The Horizon?
Last week reminded investors just how quickly volatility can make a come back. And just how uncomfortable it can be. After a big down day Tuesday, the markets recovered with an even bigger up day on...
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Market Masters: Trade The Chart, Not Your Heart
“Man, I wish I’d gotten out of that trade when price dropped under that support level.” Does this sound familiar? Have you ever let a trade get away from you? Of course you have and so has yours truly....
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Market Masters: Why Emotional Intelligence Gives Investors An Edge
The amount of information available to investors today is mind-boggling. Not only is there a ridiculous number of opinions and research reports available, but the ability we have to sort through...
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The Theory Of Reflexivity: A Primer For Today’s Market
The last two years of the U.S. stock market’s relentless bid has been, to say the least, at thing of wonder – especially for traders who have been around for more than a couple of decades. From the...
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10 Reasons Traders Lose Money In The Market
With all the fancy charts, fundamental analysis, and experience with price action, you would think that the majority of traders would be profitable. The sad fact is that most are not successful. The...
View Article7 Warren Buffett Quotes For Active Investors
There have been several well known and influential investors over the years, but perhaps none as consistent in approach and value investing as Warren Buffett. He also provided the investing community...
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Market Masters: The Trader’s Journey; The Hero’s Journey
I am a quantitative-discretionary trader. I have made it one of my life’s goals to understand how financial markets move, to understand how to predict those movements, and to understand the limits of...
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10 Things Successful Traders Must Quantify
Subjective: Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. Proceeding from or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world. Subjective traders are intertwined with...
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5 Ways For Traders To Overcome Performance Anxiety
There are many causes for performance anxiety which can leave a new trader with too much fear to trade with focus. And this fear often sends them out of the markets with the 90 percent that did not...
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Top Trading Links: Studies, Strategies, and Understanding Yourself
The global financial landscape is ever-changing. And each year new themes and trading setups emerge. But taking advantage of these opportunities in depends on your ability to see the setups and develop...
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Top Trading Links: Leadership, Seasonality, and Mental Toughness
Finally the markets broke free of their dreaded ranges! This week’s price action was very strong and appears to be signaling a break out (pending follow through). We’ve seen some strong new leadership...
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Top Trading Links: Bulls, Bears, And Better Traders
The stock market grinded to new highs while pessimism rose. And that made for a bullish combination. For example, we see plenty of breadth divergences are creating doubt. Frankly, we can all see what...
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Mutual Fund Investing: Not All Behavior Gaps Are Created Equal
I spend a lot of my time writing about the common mistakes made by investors because I operate under the assumption that cutting down on unforced errors could drastically improve portfolio performance...
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Trading In The Information Age: Adjusting To “Quick Fix” Markets
Our society seemingly has given way to shorter time frames. We simply revel in looking at the next minute rather than “tomorrow”. In this fast-paced Information Age, we all want a little bit of instant...
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