Archive: July, 2010

An Ironic Trick for Trading Better

By putting yourself into your potential future emotional contexts, you can make better “risk” judgments in the here and now.

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“Never short a dull market”

Last New Year’s eve I was on CNBC with Mark Haines and I had prepared some truisms for the new year … “The Trend is your friend” being one of them. Mark exclaimed but “C’mon Denise, you haven’t told me anything I didn’t already know!” …Well yes Mark … but I am not talking to [...]

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“All I want to be is a day-trader.” … Why do so many people feel that way?

When I first found short-term trading, before the internet and before the term day-trader was invented, I was hooked. I was on my way to a PhD and said “skip that”. So… I have no room to talk when I ask the question with maybe a hint of perjorativeness…. but then again maybe I do. [...]

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