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12 Key Success Factors to Become a Consistent Trader Within a Year or Less Part II By, Gabriel Grammatidis

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Last week, in Part 1 of Gabriel’s article series, we learned six of his 12 Key Success Factors using the metaphor of “The Autobahn”. Constructing the Autobahn needs planning and preparation well in advance by making its surface smooth and broad enough, by straightening the path and by taking the roadblocks out of the way so that a racing car can eventually go at lightning speed. Over the last 15 years coaching traders, Gabriel came up with a dozen very important factors – the Key Success Factors (or KSFs) – […]

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Why Market Pullbacks Feel Worse Than Rallies Feel Good By, D. R. Barton, Jr.

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A long-time friend and I were discussing the bottom line of the famous Daniel Kahneman Noble Prize-winning conclusion (that he made along with his friend Amos Tversky). I’m paraphrasing here, but we (humans) hate losing more than we like winning. That’s a bit broad, but the essence of Prospect Theory is that investors feel a greater emotional impact from a loss than we do of a gain of the same size. This will be a short but useful tip today… My friend and I had very different reactions to the

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12 Key Success Factors to Become a Consistent Trader Within a Year or Less Part 1 By, Gabriel Grammatidis

/ 9 minutes of reading

With more than 35 years of trading experience, I’ve had the privilege to teach and coach thousands of traders at the Van Tharp Institute. Some traders succeed quickly, some require a bit more time, while others struggle their way through. I came to understand what is really important—or moreso—crucial to in order to develop into a great trader within less than a year. To shortcut your trader development journey (for most it takes >10 years) I am a big proponent of a dynamic learning environment to trigger exponential skill growth. Let’s

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Update on Cryptocurrencies: August 14th, 2023 By, Nolan Loxton

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If you would like to read this article in a downloadable pdf format, click here. In July 2021, the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market (BDM) Index (Ticker: SPCBDM) launched with the objective of being a broad investable digital asset universe benchmark. The index launched on July 13th, 2021, but has a 10-year calculated history based on the index methodology. Courtesy of S&P Dow Jones Indices, spglobal.com The index had a notable peak in May 2021 of 5,547 and then dropped significantly until July 2021. It set a new high on November

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Video: Applying Discretion When Reading Trading Charts By, Gabriel Grammatidis

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Patterns and charts tell a story. And the better the story it tells, the better the trade quality. In this video, Gabriel nicely shows how he reads the charts and how a rule-based discretionary trader can apply discretion when reading trading charts. By evaluating positives and negatives of a trade, a discretionary decision can be taken to choose the price level for entering a trade. Watch now as Gabriel talks us through a practical example: YM (Dow Jones) Futures opportunity Long on the 240min chart.

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