It is a well known behavioural fact that humans have a round number bias. We just like round numbers. During a visit to the gym recently keeping the RPM’s over…

It is a well known behavioural fact that humans have a round number bias. We just like round numbers. During a visit to the gym recently keeping the RPM’s over…
A quick reminder about the danger of overtrading It is the easiest trap to fall into. You take a long there, a short here. Close out the position early as…
Sentiment, like food, is best enjoyed fresh. Firstly, what is sentiment? Sentiment is, quite simply, the present mood of the market. The market, like people, has different moods depending on…
One of the harder trading techniques is how to manage trades when they are in deep profit. Many traders find themselves spotting great trade ideas, but take profit too soon.…
In the novel “Little Dorrit” Charles Dickens wrote about the phenomena of the “Speculator’s Guilt”. This is when investors are so confident in an investment that they put all they…
This is a really important topic as expectancy is an important factor in trading when assessing your risk. Risk reward is a straightforward topic and most traders are very familiar…
We find doing nothing very hard It seems that we find doing nothing incredibly hard. In fact, a paper in the journal Science discovered that people found being alone with…
There is a number of common human weaknesses that mean it can be hard for us to manage risk. Sometimes, if we are in a vulnerable situation, we can look…
Trading while keeping your day job For some retail traders, the dream is that they will be able to quit their job and trade full-time from home or from anywhere…
As we start 2022, with so much unclear, it can be worth remembering the fact that less trading often results in more profitable trading. Why is this? Well, for the…