"The Huge" Weekend Reading For April 14 - 15, 2007

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

The reason I do this is because I find it difficult to integrate links to other great blogs in my posts, so this is a way for me to give back.

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

Since I missed last weekend's edition, I've merged last week's edition with this week's edition....the result it a huge dump of links. Hope you've got plenty of time on your hands this weekend....

• Corey at AfraidToTrade shares with us what he looks for and how he does things in How I Trade

• Andy Swan talks about something that I've done several times in the past (but yet I continue to do it from time to time) - it's Seeking REVENGE On A Stock

• Here's the first of many articles in this weekend's weekend reading by Brett Steenbarger and here he reviews Trading Principles: Efficiency And Inefficiency

• Another trading principal from Brett Steenbarger - this time he looks at a more technical aspect of trading - it's Trading Principles: Inside Structures And Breakouts

• At the TazTrader blog, Craig does a great job of relating football and swing trading in Swing Traders Look For Fumbles And Interceptions

• Lifepost over at High Probability Trading gives us a nice overview of how he trades in High Probability Trade Setups

• Wow! A collection of gold by Brett Steenbarger! Here's an excellent collection by him in Trading Techniques: A Collection Of Articles

• Here, Brett Steenbarger got a chance to spend a day with a professional trader who makes millions a year and here he shares with us some of the traits this trader has in Marc Greenspoon: A Visit With A World-Class Trader

• Another free newsletter by Jeff White at the StockBandit and here he discusses some factors that affect a trader's level of success in Trading Plans & Self-Honesty

• At TraderFeed, Brett Steenbarger had this collection of blogs and breaks them down into how or what they can offer you (thanks for the mention Brett ;) ) in How To Trade: Blog Linkfest Volume One

• Here's a great article by The Kirk Report and really hit home in terms of what it said about stepping outside one's comfort zone (we all know I'm trying to deal with this at the moment:) ) in Trading To Win

• More from the StockBandit - this time they discuss something I've really been meaning to work on - my exit strategy - it's Setting Stop Loss Levels And Profit Targets

• Prospectus at MoveTheMarkets summarizes the two main rules from the book Phantom of the Pits and applies it a trade he had on in POP Rule #2 - Always Press Your Winners

• Piranha shows us how he comes up with his list of stocks to watch in How To Create A Successful Stock Watch List

• Stockbee shares with us how he trades unknown stocks with significant earnings in From Concept To Execution

• Wanna trade for a living but don't know where to start? Well look no further! Here's a great big list of prop firms along with some very good advice from Babak over at Trader's Narrative in a List Of Proprietary Trading Firms

• I've noticed that a lot of traders like to play poker and here Brett Steenbarger explains the similarities between trading and poker playing in What We Can Learn From Trading And Poker

• Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the number of opportunities that may be presenting themselves? Well you can narrow it down using Corey's 1, 2, 3 Method For Qualifying Trade Ideas

• Here's an interesting idea by Dinosaur Trader - collecting the daily P&L's of several bloggers and posting it up daily! By doing this, you can see how other bloggers faired during the trading day all in one location! Check it out in Virtual Office

• FX at Forex Intraday Trading shares with us how he's going to be Gaining Confidence With Hard Stops

• Stockerblog listed the Top Ten Selling Stock Market Books

• At where I work, there are a lot of self talkers (well, more like self yellers) and here Brett Steenbarger explores Changing Your Self By Talking To Yourself

• Here is something I have a hard time doing - giving my trades more breathing room....here's a free newsletter by TheStockBandit called Wide Stops Can Mean Huge Rewards

• Brett Steenbarger has yet another deep post called Countering Information Processing Biases In Trading

• And here are Three Steps To Take If You're A New Trader Losing Money by Brett Steenbarger at his TraderFeed blog

• Corey at the AfraidToTrade blog tells us why you should Know Why You Trade The Signals That You Do

• Here's a great overview and explanation of the VIX by Bill at NoDooDahs! entitled Deconstructing The VIX

• Lord Tedders at his Forex and Futures blog asks a question that I've had to answer a couple of times and here's his perspective on Why Trade?

• Dr. Steenbarger's has another set of links to other blogs in How To Trade: Blog Linkfest Volume Two

• Richard continues his "misconceptions" series at his blog MoveTheMarkets - this time it's Misconceptions: Bullish Block Trades

• Lord Tedders asks What Are The Odds Of Becoming A Successful Trader?

• StockBee has this post that can help identify good and bad trading periods in Thinking Behind Market Monitor

• The Kirk Report lists the 50 trading rules from the book Trading Rules: Strategies For Success

• Here, DummySpots shows us how one should be Trading Opening Gap Reversals On Failed Setups along with some examples

Ok - my hands are tired from typing all of that up...have a great weekend and we'll see you all back here on Monday!