August 7, 2016

4 types of Emotions every trader needs to overcome

The psychology behind trading is the force that makes the moves in the market. Besides a good Elliott Wave analysis and proper money management, trading psychology is crucial for being successful in this business. There are four psychological kinds of emotions that drive most individual decision making in any market in the world: Greed, Fear, Hope and Regret. 1. Greed could be defined as a trader’s desire to trade in order to provide an unrealistic profit. Greedy traders focus only on how much money they could have made. This emotion frequently leads to ignoring proper money management and often prevents […]
August 7, 2016

The Disease of Me: Reason behind failure of many traders

The Market is the king of all kings when it comes to trading. Many traders enter the Market with the belief that they will become multi-millionaires in a very short period of time and start disrespecting the Market. As we have always said, the Market is very mysterious and  most trader experience a higher degree of success during early stages. It is at this early stage when the Disease of me starts growing and creating a very turbulent and dangerous future for the traders. Ego by definition is in your conscious mind, the part of your identity that you consider your “self.” If you […]
August 7, 2016

A Lesson from the Maze

Have you ever played a maze when you were a kid? In Hong Kong Disneyland, there’s a maze located at the garden outside the hotel which has a shape of a Mickey Mouse head if seen from a distance above. The height of the bushes is designed so that little children’s sight would be blocked when they go inside the maze. For a small child, this maze is a daunting yet at the same time fun experience. They need to find a way out through the maze and there are many dead ends inside. Even for adults who already know the exit direction, they may still take […]