Vacation Reading For Jan 20 - 21, 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.

As I prepare for my trip, I hope this post can hold you over until my return. With that, here's some reading you can do while I'm on vacation!

• Dr. Van Tharp keeps those trading rules coming! Here is Psychological Rule #8: You Never Trade The Market, You Trade Your Beliefs About The Market

• Here's a deep post by none other than Brett Steenbarger at TraderFeed - this one is entitled Brief Therapy For The Mentally Well: Programming Our Own Experience

• Bill at NoDooDahs lays it all out with this excellent post about Fundamental, Technical, And FundaTechnical Stock Selection Criteria

• Here's a great post by Kevin about something that I've been trying to figure out - here Kevin asks Is Fear A Good Thing When It Comes To Trading?

• It seems like every time I struggle with something, Brett Steenbarger always seems to write up a timely post about the things I struggle with - here Brett had this article entitled Letting Profits Run: A Guide To Becoming Your Own Trading Coach

• Larry at Millionaire Now! reviews a few comments made by the Trading Doctor (Dr. Janice Dorn) in Trading Wisdom From Dr. Dorn

• Trader Gav had some great insights in this post called Indicator Or Indicatorless

• We might as well read everything that Brett Steenbarger puts out there - here's another excellent piece entitled Price Targets For Short-Term Traders

• Speaking of Dr. Steenbarger, Flatwallet over at The Miseducated Daytrader got a lot out of Dr. Steenbarger's new book and here he outlines what he thought of the book in Enhancing Trader Performance

• Interested in trading options? Steven at reviews the book Get Rich With Options - Four Winning Strategies Straight From The Exchange Floor

• Having a clear exit strategy is definitely something I have to work on and Downtowntrader had this great post entitled Profit Taking Strategies

• Here's an excellent post by Lord Tedders entitled The Key To Trading Success In Any Market - Your Trading Plan

• I just started reading Lord Tedders blog recently and found another interesting post by him as he shares with us (and thanks) his trading mentors in Achieving Success With A Trading Mentor

• Here's an article by TradingMarkets.com that explains the 4 Rules To Time The Market Using The TRIN

• CalTrader has been up to some interesting things lately. Here he gives us an example of a straddle trade using options in Straddle Up!

• Here's another rule by Dr. Van Tharp - here's Psychological Rule #9: Trading Is A Game

• Scott Kramer at Optionetics.com shows us the basics of a trade from beginning to end in Steps To A Trade

• Craig over at Taz Trader Blog shows us two candlestick patterns that often confuse traders in 2 Candlestick Patterns That Look Exactly The Same