Tag: trading process

The market is “overbought” or “oversold” are common phrases you will hear across the finance space. However, it is actually extremely rare for these...

Much of trading can be broken down as conditional probabilities. And there's a distinct benefit in understanding what is likely to happen if some condition...

Measuring price moves is the name of the game. However, measuring price moves given recent context can add additional benefits to your trading performance. At times,...

Curve-fitting is almost certain death for a trading or investment strategy. So, what is curve-fitting? Well, you know when you test a trading or investment hypothesis,...

So many traders quote market axioms and some actually put their hard earned money on the line based upon them. The most popular (arguable) technical...

For those serious about trading for a living, the following is a list of characteristics found in every highly successful trader. Realize that 1% of...

Tuesday January 2nd, the NYSE Tick, which is a ratio of stocks that last ticked up versus ticked down made a high tick at...

One of the great things about investing is the many ways that people approach it. Throughout history it’s been shown that hundreds (if not...

This post was written by my wife, Holly Burns. We talk a lot about the importance of trading plans, but it has occurred to me...

I would like to thank the late William McRae for instilling this understanding in me early in my career.  I enjoyed putting this together...