(The Big) Weekend Reading For Jan 6th - 7th, 2007

In "Weekend Reading" I'll collect what I thought were the best posts and articles for the week from various bloggers.

I only focus on posts and links that relate to trader improvement or trading in general.

Since I was out of town last weekend and didn't get a chance to post a "Weekend Reading", I've decided to combine last week's and this week's readings...a 2-for-1 post if you will.

So if you've got some time on your hands this weekend, check out these links to some great posts!

• Kevin over at Kevin's Market Blog tell us Top 10 Ways To Lose All Your Money Trading

• The legendary Dr. Van Tharp continues with his series of psychological rules...this one is Psychological Rule 2: Success Requires Commitment

• The next Van Tharp rule is here in Psychological Rule 3: Human Beings Are Inefficient

• More wisdom from Van Tharp - it's Psychological Rule 4: The Key To Efficiency Is Eliminating Mistakes

• Finally, the last in Van Tharp's series - Psychological Rule 5: Repeating The Same Mistakes Over And Over Is Self-Sabotage

• Barry Ritholtz, a regular CNBC guest, reviews 10 Common Trading Errors at his blog The Big Picture

• Chris at Daily Trade Activity reviews his Best Trades Of December (has a link to a page with lots and lots of charts with details of his trades)

• Here Marlyn at Filtering Wall Street shares some of his back-testing with one of his systems in EMA Crossovers - Look Out Above

• The Market Speculator explains the importance of finding a trading style and system that fits you in Self Awareness And Trading

• Brett Steenbarger has a great article about myths that many traders believe in Three Pervasive Myths of Trading Psychology

• The HighChartPatterns blog had this great post and tells us Ten Lessons On Life That Apply To Trading

• Another one by The Market Speculator - here he reviews some of his favorite books in Books, Indicators And Current Charts: Answering E-Mails

• Daily Options Report posted this great series about the Greeks (as they apply to options):
• Know Your Greeks
• Know Your Greeks, Part Deux
• Know Your Greeks, Part Tres
• Know Your Greeks, The End

• Yet more great stuff by Brett Steenbarger - this time it's Matching What You Trade With How You Trade

• 2Pay (I love that name!) over at MaddMoney reviews what Cramer had to say about Sin's Of Investing

• Kevin reviews Jake Bernstein's trading rules in his post Trading Rules

• For those who use momentum indicators, Christina Wise at IDB gives us an example of how Momentum Indicators Can Flash False Signals

• Over at MaddMoney, 2Pay reviews what Cramer had to say about Staying In The Game

• Steven at Value Blog Review shares with us The Top Five Blogs For A New Investor Or Trader

• A new year means a New Year's resolution and Phileo did his in My Trading Resolution

• For you Futures traders out there, Tyro posted a great article about the Hershey Futures System in More On Hershey's System

• I'm glad to see ZenTrader posting again...here he covers the Top Five Mistakes Of 2006

• Nancy Gondo at IDB posted this great article along with 19 common mistakes investors make in Annual Post-Analysis Of Past Trades Can Help Improve Performance

• Holy smokes! Talk about a New Year's resolution! Kirk's resolution is sooo big it had to be done in three separate posts! Here they are:
• Trading Resolutions: Part I
• Trading Resolutions: Part II
• Trading Resolutions: Part III

• Dr. Steenbarger at TraderFeed has some interesting observations in Trading Opening Gaps To The Upside

• Another one from IDB, this time Juan Carlos Arancibia tell us Six New Year's Resolutions For Stock Investors and includes 10 steps to improve trading results

• I've said it before and I'll say it again, psychology is an important aspect of trading and I'm constantly trying to learn more about it...here Brett Steenbarger has another great article entitled Brief Therapy: Therapy For The Mentally Well