Category: Trading Psychology

Emotion and Stock Trading
The stock market is driven solely by human emotion. Nothing else really matters. Human emotion is driven by perception, and perception is jaded by expectations. If your expectations are not met, than your perception is that this is bad. So if your expectations are high, chances ... [ read more ]

Psychology - How to Reduce Negative Thoughts Relating to Trading?
The thinking process of the brain relating to the psychology of trading involves: -- Beliefs -- Feelings -- Values -- Dispositions and -- Faith. The positive or negative energy brings power to a person's actions, which ultimately determines whether a person is a winner or a loser... [ read more ]

Market Psychology
Today we are inundated with tons of information about the economy, stocks, government agencies and foreign governments. They show us charts and graphs of the increase/decrease in oil production over the last 5 years, the amount of maple syrup produced in Vermont for the past... [ read more ]

Stock Trading Personality - What is Yours?
Before we put any money into the stock trading, we need to define our stock trading personality. The first step in this process is to determine whether we are traders or investors. When you know your trading personality, you will know type of stock trading plan and... [ read more ]