"Trading Education" Posts
Jihan Bowes-Little: Trading as a Way of Life
By Lawrence
A trader who works for GS giving a talk about being a trader. Notice the whole talk sounds right because it is playing right into what people perceive to be the right way to trade but it is actually a formula for guarantee failure if you are trading your own money. Do not get me […]
Day Traders: The Heroes In Crumbling Financial Systems
By LawrenceBloomberg published a story about CIS, a successful day trader in Japan. You can follow the link at the end of the post to read his story. It reminded me of another famous Japanese day trader BNF who was made famous back in 2005. You can read about his story too following the link on […]
A Case Study: Aggressive Gap Fill Trading System to Day Trade the E-mini S&P
By Lawrence
This is a case study of a trading system presented in the eBook, Aggressive Gap Fill Trading System to Day Trade the E-mini S&P, written by David Bean. The trading system presented in the book is a simple one and the past performance presented in the book is impressive. But there is a catch – […]
Next Project: Emini Specific Trading Tips and Tricks
By LawrenceI have a long list of questions and requests that are specifically about Emini day trading. Many of them are very much recurring questions like “I am interested in day trading. What is this Emini you are talking about? Please tell me more about it.” It is quite difficult to keep up with all the […]
5 Things You Need To Day Trade Emini S&P
By Lawrence
If you have experience buying stocks or trading other markets, forex included, the transition into day trading emini contracts is not as complex as it seems. Many people hearing the words Emini S&P would immediately associate that with complexity and mystic feelings because they do not have any idea what it is. The reality is […]
How to Best Utilize This Site to Improve Your E-Mini S&P Trading?
By Lawrence
To best utilize this site to improve your E-Mini S&P trading, it can be done based on your trading goals in mind. I will break down the subject into several parts with links to all the relevant pages so you will not need to look for them everywhere in the site. Let’s get started. […]
Andrew Lo: Bounded Rationality
By Lawrence
Dr. Andrew Lo gave a talk at Saïd Business School. It is one of the most information rich lectures on market behaviour to individual decision making process. If you are interested in Dr. Lo’s work you will like this video. The lecture is 55 minutes long so be prepared. One part of the lecture talks […]
Kelly McGonigal: The Willpower Instinct
By Lawrence
Anyone having difficulties in breaking bad trading habits should watch this video. Ms. McGonigal presents a powerful framework to help oneself to deal with difficult situations and challenges. This video is like a nice overview of her work on willpower. Struggling traders should find the time to read her book The Willpower Instinct. It may […]
TradingMarkets: 40 Keys to Successful Trading from Hedge Fund Managers
By Lawrence
Jack Schwager talking about what he learned from the top hedge fund managers. It is not really a video. It is just a recorded conference call interviewing Mr. Schwager. The talk is mainly about the hedge fund managers (and traders) in the book Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win.
