Trading Heroes » Trading Psychology http://www.tradingheroes.com Forex Trading Blog Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:53:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Audio Review: Slump Busting Techniques http://www.tradingheroes.com/audio-review-slump-busting-techniques http://www.tradingheroes.com/audio-review-slump-busting-techniques#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 09:33:02 +0000 Hugh http://www.tradingheroes.com/?p=3163 Linda Raschke has been a professional trader for over 20 years and can definitely tell us a thing or two about how to get out of a trading slump.   Her primary claim to fame was being featured in Jack Schwager’s book The New Market Wizards.  In 1995, she co-authored the best selling book

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Well there was a reason for doing the same thing before every game.  It got

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Let’s do a quick exercise.  I promise it will only take a minute but it will have a pretty important message.

First take a look at your charts.  Open them like you would any other trading day even if the markets are closed.  Now look closely at the chart in front of

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]]> http://www.tradingheroes.com/how-to-cure-an-itchy-trigger-finger/feed 0 Excuses Begone! – Book Review http://www.tradingheroes.com/excuses-begone-book-review http://www.tradingheroes.com/excuses-begone-book-review#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:15:05 +0000 Hugh http://www.tradingheroes.com/?p=1763 I'm all about the audio version

I just got through reading, err, listening to Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book Excuses Begone!

Even though this isn’t a trading book per se, I believe that it is important to explore different points of view when it comes to examining my own psychology.

I usually get the audio version of a

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]]> http://www.tradingheroes.com/excuses-begone-book-review/feed 0 How to be the Best at Anything http://www.tradingheroes.com/how-to-be-the-best-at-anything http://www.tradingheroes.com/how-to-be-the-best-at-anything#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:02:44 +0000 Hugh http://www.tradingheroes.com/?p=1270 Mmmmm...pizza

There it sat, the answer to my prayers.

A delicious looking pizza pie just calling my name.  I picked up a slice and I could see the heat waves radiating.  Mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, garlic…it will go so well with my beer.  Then I took my first bite.

Blah, what is this crap?

I put the slice down

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