Jack Schwager On Why You're Investing Wrong

1 day ago by Fallible @ Fallible YouTube Channel

In this video Jack Schwager schools us on the importance of focusing on the RIGHT thing in markets — risk management. Too many amatuer investors are focused on the wrong thing when they’re trading. They’re obsessed with entries and finding the next hot stock. That’s part of the reason why there’s so many investing newsletters and youtube channels spitting out so many stock picks all the time. That’s what people want. But it’s not what they need… The best investors have win rates as low as 30%. So if that’s the case, does the specific investment you’re making matter as much as the need for proper risk management? The home runs are so rare, most of the time you’ll just be defending, trying not to lose. That’s why the best investors are so focused on their downside and risk management. Professionals understand that risk management and cutting loses are way more important than any other part of the investing process. They know they’re going to be wrong a lot, so they need to make ...

Top Ten Edges a Trader Can Have

5 days ago by Steve Burns @ New Trader U

We often hear of trading with an edge, but how do we know for sure we have an edge in our trading? How do we know that the odds are in our favor and that the more we trade, the more our accounts will grow?  An edge is a definable advantage over your competition. If I […]

Why I Am Not Worrying About Warren Buffett’s Record Stash of Cash

5 days ago by Dr. Duru @ Dr. Duru

A recent Business Insider (BI) heading warned boldly: “Why Warren Buffett’s record-breaking cash stockpile should have investors very worried.” The BI’s evidence comes in the form of a record stash of over $130B of idling cash combined with major indices, like the S&P 500 (SPY), at or near all-time highs. Putting the two observations together, […]

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A trade that few retail traders know about but that most pros profit on

6 days ago by smbcapital @ SMB Capital

The trade we will share in this video from Mike Bellafiore, Co-Founder of SMB Capital, should help improve your trading. It also possesses the benefits of: Offering easy trades Clean technical analysis driven trades Offer excellent risk/reward Can make your month even in a slow month  The post A trade that few retail traders know about but that most pros profit on appeared first on SMB Training Blog.

Trade Like a Heavyweight Champion

7 days ago by Steve Burns @ New Trader U

This is a Guest Post by Akil Stokes There’s an old saying in the trading industry that goes “90% of traders will lose 90% of their money within the first 90 days of trading.” Whether these numbers are accurate is debatable, but something that we can all agree on is that the failure rate of prospective […]