by Kirk Norwood | Aug 29, 2008 | Planning A Trading Career, Types of Traders
Much of a trader’s success has to do with his personality matching up with the trading style he chose. No matter what the approach is you must plan your trades and trade your plans. If not, your strategy is no better than random, and that is hardly a stable...
by Kirk Norwood | Aug 28, 2008 | Inside The Trader's Mind, Planning A Trading Career, The Disciplined Forex Trader, Trading Strategies
Here are a couple of ideas of how to shorten the learning curve in foreign currency trading. OBSERVE the good trading habits of others. You can get this information from some of    the following areas 1. Personal observation 2. Seminars / webinars 3. Books /...
by Kirk Norwood | Aug 18, 2008 | Inside The Trader's Mind, Planning A Trading Career, The Disciplined Forex Trader
When studying traders that seem to have it all together learn concepts do not try to copy exact. We want to know what they did and exactly what happened. That is good in trying to learn but do not compare yourself to other people; Just compare yourself to your own...
by Kirk Norwood | Aug 12, 2008 | Planning A Trading Career, Topics To Study, Trading Strategies, Trading Tips
Having two or more versions of the trading platform can be helpful by putting different accounts or charts on each platform then watching both at the same time on different monitors (if you have two monitors). This way it is easier to track more stuff and have...
by Kirk Norwood | Aug 5, 2008 | Planning A Trading Career
We visited Springfield Illinois where Abraham Lincoln lived and had a successful law practice. We were able to take a tour of the house where he lived when he ran for President of the United States. The guide shared with us that the house was small when they first...
by Kirk Norwood | Jul 31, 2008 | Emotions, Inside The Trader's Mind, Money Management, Planning A Trading Career, The Disciplined Forex Trader, Topics To Study, Trading Strategies, Trading Tips
A trader must see the big picture in trading to survive and prosper. If you only look at the small time frames you are only seeing the foothills of a tall mountain. It is necessary to look at the larger time frames and trade in the direction of the larger trend....
