Tag: risk management
Real Life Trading Lessons: Rules vs Conviction
I have tried to share real life trading lessons in previous columns, and this week's entire Ukraine-Crimea-Russia quick roller-coaster provided for another entry in...
Investor Psychology: Focus On Consistency
As many readers are aware, I'm a big investor psychology guy. I believe that the more you understand your psychological make up and skills...
Investors: Managing Risk Means Knowing Yourself
Each day, active investors are tasked with digesting and analyzing the market landscape. We do this as a means for managing risk within our...
Understanding Asymmetric Risk For Outsized Investing Returns
Understanding asymmetric risk is critical to making good decisions. Whether you want to be a successful investor, manager or parent, the ability to identify...
Market Masters: Dynamic Risk Management With ATR Trailing Stops
In today's post, I want to discuss my method of risk management and how I use a modified ATR trailing stop tool for measuring...
Aphorisms of An Accidental Market Speculator – Part 1
Everyone's got a story behind how their interest, activity and even fascination with "the market" began. Some grow up in a multi-generational wealth management...
Lies and Fibs: My Education as a Stock Trading Novice
By Matt Hodges I began my awakening to the financial markets and stock trading a little more than a year ago when my...
The Emerging Bubble in ‘Certainty’
By Ross Heart "I am certain that you will find this helpful." As an investor, you are barraged with risk – economic risks, personal biases,...
Insights Into a Rough Month of Trading: Like a Botched Football...
By Alex Salomon
Columns & articles on the “positive” tips and lessons for active investing are common. I have written a few and they are actually...
Trading Ideas for the Week Ahead: October 15
By Alex Salomon
Ever since I went "all in" bearish in my trading column on October 1, 2012, it has been challenging to offer weekly setups....