Long Weekend Reading For Jan 13 - 15, 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.

Here are lots of great reads for your long weekend. Enjoy and hopefully you'll learn something!

• Chris over at Daily Trade Activity does some comparisons between NYSE trading and NASDAQ trading in What I Did Right And What I Did Wrong The Last 3 Weeks (there are lots of charts posted here!)

• Kevin shares some interesting thoughts about The Holy Grail and some of the important aspects of trading in Some Thoughts About Trading

• Jan at StockMarketBlog.com shares with us Some Of What I Do (but as mentioned in the post, you should find your own unique trading strategy that works for you!)

• Trader Gav posted up his resolutions in My New Year's Resolution

• Jonah Keri at IBD gives us an example of how History Always Repeats Itself In The Stock Market

• Here, Caravaggio at The 3500 gives us some great quotes that can be applied to trading from the book Risk & Chance

• Piranha at ChrisPerruna.com posted this excellent article entitled Do Not Use Fundamental Analysis Alone!

• Another one from Trader Gav - this time he reviews his trading plan in Template Of My Trading Plan

• Tyro reviews with us some of the things he does to keep his mind in the game in Keeping Focused

• Here's another trading rule by Dr. Van Tharp - it's Psychological Rule #6: If It's Self-Sabotage, The Problem/Cause Is Not What You Think

• Here is a list of excellent resources compiled by Trader Gav in Reading: Tape Reading

• Brett Steenbarger makes some interesting observations in Bull And Bear Days: A Simply Coding System And What It Tells Us

• Jeff White over at StockBandit.net had this great post: 3 Signs You're Trading Too Big

• Another article from IBD, this time by Alan Elliott which explains how Averaging Up Can Help Amplify Your Success

• I always can't wait to read reviews of books and blogs by Steven at Value Blog Review - here he reviews the book Trend Following - How Great Traders Make Millions In Up And Down Markets

• We've all heard (or read) the book "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" - here Phileo does a great job applying it to trading in The 8 Habits Of A Highly Effective Trader

• Here's another rule by Dr. Van Tharp - it's Psychological Rule #7: Self-Honesty Is Critical

• Yet another excellent article by Brett Steenbarger - this time it's Four Overlooked Qualities Of Successful Traders

• Here again is Chris at Daily Trade Activity and does some great analysis in Larger Gains vs. Higher Accuracy (Chris loves posting up charts and there are lots here again!)

• I love reading about other traders and I'm always anxious for another interview by Dave at StockTickr - this time it's an Interview With Brian Schumacher, BTStrader

• This is an interesting article posted by TradingMarkets.com which explains Why RSI May Be One Of The Best Short-Term Indicators

• Nancy Gondo from IDB shows us how Flat-Based Patterns Can Lead To Big Gains

• There are many traders that follow Kirk from the Kirk Report religiously and here he shares what he does in My Stock Screen Routine

• Words of wisdom always seem to emanate from Richard over at Move The Markets and here he shares some thoughts to chew on in Trade Your Way To Happiness

Have an excellent long weekend folks! I'll be back on Monday with my "On Tap" post.