Weekend Reading For May 5 - 6, 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.

This week I may have missed a few good posts here and there as I was rather busy during the week, but nonetheless, here's this week's edition:

• Glenn at the DehTrader asks some hard questions when it comes to his trading in Operation "Stop F'ing Up"

• Here's another deep post about mental models by Pradeep over there at StockBee entitled Mental Models And Orbital Changes

• Another free newsletter by The Stock Bandit - this week it's Protecting The Downside

• Over at TraderFeed, Dr. Bruce Hong takes a look at the effects of Trading And The Adrenaline Rush

• Tapeworm, a contributor over there at MoveTheMarkets explains how to use Pivot Moving Averages

• TraderGav had this fantastic collection of Rules For Forex Trading

• Lastly, Caravaggio at The3500 takes a look at Ego And Trading

Weekend Reading For Apr 28 - 29, 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.

With that, here's this weekend's edition:

• Here's an excellent post by Woodshedder at his Trade While Working blog in which he tells us to be mindful in Avoiding Recency Bias

• Brett Steenbarger at his TraderFeed blog did a great job in collecting other traders' views on handling the pressures of trading and he did it in two parts - here is Handling The Performance Pressures Of Trading: Perspectives From Reader Comments and here is More Views From Readers

• Recently I've had to do this - it's The Most Important Question To Ask When You're In A Slump at TraderFeed

• A brief, but important thing to remember - it's The One Candlestick Pattern That Screws Everyone by Craig at the TAZ Trader Blog

• TheStockBandit continues with their free newsletter - this week it's Letting The Charts Decide The Next Move

• TraderGav continues to post quotes from the trading greats - here is a Quote From Tony Saliba

• Here are a couple of suggestions by Brett Steenbarger - here are his Favorite Techniques For Overcoming Performance Anxiety In Trading

• I recently came across The Trading Digest blog and here is some excellent advice for new traders in The Trading World Is Flat...

• Are you a part-time trader? Here, The Market Speculator responded to some questions people have been asking and has collected some of his past posts that describes his way of doing things in Answering Questions About Part-Time Trading

Weekend Reading For Apr 21 - 22, 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.

• Caravaggio at The3500 had a great post that lists What A Proprietary Trading Firm Looks For

• Here, Dr. Steenbarger takes a look at Pain And Gain In A Trader's Development

• At TheStockBandit, Jeff White tells us about Recovering From Losing Trades

• ShortDaBull at Madstocks had this interesting take on trading for a living when he asks So You Want To Trade For A Living Huh?

• It's earnings season again and here TheStockBandit tells us What To Avoid During Earnings Season

• Here is an excellent post by TraderGav that shows us how often we need to be right with our trades with various risk/reward ratios in Accuracy Vs Risk/Reward Ratio

• Brett Steenbarger collected a fantastic list of Trading Mentors And Coaches: A Resource Linkfest

• StockBee had this brief but important post entitled Concept Is Key, Not The Tools

• TheStockBandit shares some key lessons from one of my favorite books "Pit Bull - Lessons From Wall Street's Champion Trader" (I read the book 4 times!!!!) in Honor Thy Stop

• At where I work, I've heard many traders use this word and Brett Steenbarger tells us what The Most Dangerous Word In A Trader's Vocabulary is

• Amidst the tragedy at Virginia Tech, hopefully something can be learned from it even from a trading perspective and here Babak tells us Two Most Powerful Principles Of Personal Development

• Yaser Anwar had this great post about the Trading Tactics Of George Soros

• Dr. Steenbarger at TraderFeed discusses The Most Common Problem Traders Face

• Lauriston compiled this great list of trading rules in Finally, A Compilation Of Golden Trading Rules

• Babak at Trader's Narrative tells us There Are Only Three Types Of Trades

"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!

Weekend Reading For Mar 31 - Apr 1, 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.

This week I found that there were lots of great articles out there! Keep it coming guys! You folks are doing a great job and providing a great services for all of us out there!

Here's this week's edition:

• Over at TraderFeed, Dr. Steenbarger tells us Three Steps Toward Successful Stock Picking

• Corey at AfraidToTrade had this great article that I should have been doing the last little while...it's Ride Out Emotions For Greater Success

• Here's a video by Richard at MoveTheMarkets that is similar to what I look for in a trade...it's called How I Stalk A Breakout

• The Quant Investor had a great book review in Book Review: "How I Trade For A Living"

• Here's a great list of Trader Mistakes: Avoid At All Costs! compiled by Piranha

• The Stock Bandit had another free newsletter - this time it's Goodness & Greatness

• Some points to ponder in Patience, Trading And Profitability by The Market Speculator

• Jeff White at The Stock Bandit had some great tips in Trading Responsibly

• TraderGav had this great collection of charts in which he re-visited some of the good trades he's had in My Dummy Trade Fest I

• Here's an excellent piece by Brett Steenbarger called Trading And Information Processing: Why Traders "Sabotage" Themselves

• Some more great quotes from TraderGav - it's a Quote From Monroe Trout

• Richard at MoveTheMarkets had several fantastic posts this week...and here's another - it's Misconceptions: Magic Moving Averages

• Michelle B., a contributor over at TraderMike shows us an example of how to take a Profit Punch Of Small Price Moves

• More great stuff from Brett Steenbarger - it's Why Traders Plan Trades But Don't Trade Their Plans

• Richard points out more misconceptions in Misconceptions: I Can Ride Big Market Moves

• Here's another one from Richard - Misconceptions: I Can Quickly Tell What Works

• The Market Speculator shows us How A Stock Can Make It To My Watchlist: Sector Analysis

• Over at the Profiling Leadership blog they list several blogs that are worth reading in Blogs I Like (1st Edition) (thanks for the mention guys :))

• More great stuff from Michelle B. at TraderMike - it's Time Is On The Trader's Side

• StockBee describes something that I'd like to delve deeper into and lists several great links in Do Successful Traders Have Different Mental Models?

• At Trader's Narrative they explore an indicator that a "Market Wizard" uses in Trade Like Mark D. Cook: The Cook Cumulative Tick Indicator

Alright folks - that's it for me for now. Tomorrow I'll try to do some number crunching and punch out my review for March (it ain't gonna be pretty....) so in the meantime, rest up, relax, and prepare for April!

Weekend Reading For Mar 24 - 25, 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.

It's that time of the week again....here is this weekend's edition:

• If there were a trader I'd like to become more like, it would be PinoyTrader - here he shows us how he achieves his great consistency and how he's able to pull all that money out of the markets in How I Prepare For The Trading Day

• Kirk at The Kirk Report outlines the four principles of luck and does a great job of explaining how we can use it in Getting Lucky In The Market

• Here is something that I've been playing around with recently thanks to another great article by Dr. Steenbarger at his TraderFeed blog called Trading Short-Term Range Breakouts With The NYSE TICK

• Prospectus, one of the great contributors over at Move The Markets, had this interesting article about stops, which led to an interesting discussion about it in What Is A Stop Loss For Anyways?

• It seems like many traders these days are using Opening Range Breakouts in their trading and Brett Steenbarger gives you a few more pointers in doing this a little more successfully in Trading Opening Range Breakouts

• When things don't seem to be going your way (like it was with me earlier this month), sometimes you need to step back to really get some perspective and here MaoXian reviews with us 10 Rules For Happiness in Wealth And Greatness Are Mere Trinkets Of Frivolous Utility

• I highly respect the ideas and opinions of Yaser Answar and here he shares with us how he prepares for the trading day in How I Trade Futures, Equities, And Forex

• TraderGav looked deeper into his trading to try to figure out what was causing his mediocre performance so far this month and I too have had the same problems with the things he discovered in his post entitled Stop! Wait, Wait...Somethin' Is Going Wrong Here

• Caravaggio over there at The 3500 provides some food for thought and ends it with some inspirational quotes in Self-Improvement And Productivity

• With the recent posts about stop losses by both Prospectus at Move The Markets (see link above) and Brian at Trade 4 Cash (Stop Losses - Should You Use Them), Corey at the Afraid To Trade blog did a great job of comparing the two differing views in Stop Losses - Two Recent Perspectives

• I recently discovered Dinosaur Trader's blog and if you ever wanted to know what it's like to work on a floor full of traders at a prop firm, then you should read his post entitled How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Hybrid Market

• Corey had another great article about regret and how it may interfere with our ability to trade and lists some great resources at the end of the article in Regret Aversion

• At Trader's Narrative, Babak has this interesting article entitled Timing The Stock Market Using The Dow Jones Average

• Richard Beddard at Interactive Investor Blog had this great compilation of market related blogs in Best Of The Blogs (thanks to all who submitted this blog to be included in the list!)

• I can definitely relate to this post by Kevin at his blog about The Emotional Roller Coaster Of Trading

• Finally, TraderGav had some more great quotes from the greats of trading and here he posted a Quote From Gil Blake

Weekend Reading For Mar 17 - 18, 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.

Don't worry folks - I'm still alive. I've just spent a couple of days away from the markets and trying to put myself at ease.

I've also been recieving a lot of emails asking about other prop trading firms, so I spent some time researching other prop firms that are out there and it got me interested in possibly looking for other alternatives for myself.

Anyways, here are this week's links:

• Last weekend Bulltrapper over at TradeGuild posted up a collection of several great videos and covers some technicals and trading systems in Weekend Viewing...

• If you haven't visited Afraid To Trade, then you should - there are lots of great posts appearing at the site including this one entitled Taking On More Risk For Reward

• Over at Trade-Ideas Software they ask several good questions and review 2 Elements Of Good Backtesting Results

• Want to know some of the things Jamie over at the Wall St. Warrior looks for when looking for a great setup? Then check out Trading Opening Gaps - Dummy Setup - Wide Opening Range (WOR), Base and Break Pattern

• Corey at Afrad To Trade continues to post up great articles and in Momentum Precedes Price Chart Examples and Momentum Precedes Price #2: Momentum Divergences, he tells you what to look for with some great examples

• If you trade options, then check out the finale in Optionentic's series about collars in Real World Trading: Protecting Gains With A Collar, Part IV

• Brian at Trad4Cash continues with his weekly series and this week he looks at Character Traits Of A Successful Trader

• We've all done it once in a while and when it happens, it can sometimes lead to disastrous results....I'm talking about keytroke errors! Check out the top 10 keystroke errors in The Fat Finger Points To Trouble For Traders via Financial News Online

• Trader-X also clears up some of the misconceptions about his trading style and is a must read if you follow his style - here is Anatomy Of A Trade

• Pradeep at Stockbee takes a look at The Key To Finding An Edge

• TraderGav posted up some great points he got from Joe Ross's newletter and here he lists them in Things To Consider When Designing A Setup

• Here's a great article done by Brett Steenbarger and is something I should take to heart in Learning How To React To Changing Markets

• Here's a short article by TradingMarkets about Why The 200-Day Moving Average Matters

• Corey does it again at his Afraid To Trade blog...this time it's Five Ways To Increase Possibilities For Profit

• Lastly, Phileo rounded up some great trading quotes in Words To Trade By

Weekend Reading For Mar 10 - 11, 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.

There's nothing like getting over a bad week than to read up on articles about trading. Not only does it lift your spirits, but you might even learn a thing or two!

Here's this weekend's edition:

• Kevin at Kevin's Market Blog wrote up an excellent article about something I constantly have problems with - it's a Fear Of Missing Out

• Here, Dogwood continues looking at the Improved R2 Strategy (see last week's links) and show you some stats by using other RSI values in Extreme RSI

• Will at Dummyspots.com had this deep post about how the greatest teacher of all is the markets and he covers things like ego and discipline in the excellent article entitled Trading And The Personal Journey

• TraderGav tells tells us the three general screens when looking for a setup, a concept he's been using as well, in Structure Your Entry, A Suggestion

• Here are some excellent points by George Fontanills to consider that were posted over at the Kirk Report in A Winning Trader's Edge

• BP at 59 Cedar Street shows us his multi-step approach to trading in The 12 Steps Of A Day Trade

• Looking for a discount online broker? Steven over there at the Value Blog Review does a fantastic job of rounding up the various brokers, listing their pros and cons along with prices in Online Discount Stock Broker Review

• If you don't follow Brett Steenbarger's TraderFeed, you're missing out...but in case you missed his "Best Practices" series, here they all are in Best Practices In Trading - Volume One

• Craig at his Taz Trader Blog does a great review of Trader Vic's three rules used to identify a change of trend in How To Identify A Change In Trend - Easy As 1-2-3

• Jeff White at the StockBandit keeps those free newsletters coming - this one is about Oversold Conditions

• Fear, guilt, pride, overconfidence - all of these can affect your trading and Piranha does a great job of writing about it in A Study In Human Psychology

• Emotions, lack of focus and trading don't go hand in hand and over at Profiling Leadership they explain that in Process Is The Key

• TraderGav posted some great Quotes By Felix Dennis taken from the article "If You Want To Be Rich, Stop Being So Frightened" which really put a lot of things in perspective, especially for what I've been going through

• During this rough trading patch I've had lately, it was very refreshing and uplifting to read Brett's article at his TraderFeed blog called Resilience And The Courage Of Your Convictions

• Here are some great points to ponder done by Lifepost over there at High Probability Trading entitled Stop Loss, WHERE IS IT? that really helped me along with my trading struggles

• A few bloggers were pointing out a new blog and I can see why....there are some great posts coming out from Corey at his AfraidToTrade blog - here he makes some excellent points in Quick Comment On Less Successful Traders

• Over at the StockBandit, Jeff White tells us The Difference Between Predicting & Anticipating

• Woodshedder, a contributor over there at Fly On WallStreet shows us Finding The Bottom: Low Risk Entries Using The MACD And ATR and gives a few examples

Ok folks - I need to recharge this weekend after these past two weeks of trading and hopefully I can do some meaningful "self-discovery" with what I'm doing.

Take care folks, enjoy your weekend, and good trading to all!

"The Big" Weekend Reading For Mar 3 - 4, 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.

Last weekend I was out of town so I didn't get a chance to post up a Weekend Reading post. Thus, this weekend, I've combined the links from last week with this week's links.

Hope you a plenty of time this weekend, because this edition has got a lot of links!

• Craig at Taz Trader Blog shows us how he identifies the candlestick pattern called a "kicker" and he shows us How To Trade Kickers

• Brett Steenbarger continues his "Best Practice" series and here a professional shows us how he does things - it's Entering Markets On Pullbacks From A Trend

• The Stock Bandit offers this free newsletter that talks about Patience and how to deal with impatience

• Here's another "Best Practice" article by Brett Steenbarger and is something I'd really like to use more of in my trading - it's Identifying The Trend of Market Sentiment With The NYSE TICK

• If you visit all the blogs I have listed to the right under "Links To Other Blogs", you'd know that everyone seems to have a different way of trading and Steven over at Value Blog Review had this great article that explains that in Bruce Lee And The Stock Market

• At TradingMarkets.com they review a strategy that apparently has an 84% win rate in The Improved R2 Strategy

• Dr. Van Tharp has another rule for you - this one is Psychological Rule #13: You Attract What You Focus Your Attention Upon

• Here, Brett Steenbarger makes some excellent points in Five Guiding Principles Of Trading Psychology

• Looking for great trading and market blogs? Piranha lists some of his favorites in Must Read Stock Market Blogs - don't worry, I made it on his original list he did last year :)

• Marlyn over there at Filtering Wall Street fiddles around with the TradingMarkets.com's R2 strategy (see above link) and comes up with some fairly good results in RSI Revisited

• At The Big Picture we take a look at Jim Wychoff's Traders' Top 10 Mistakes and I admit to making several of the mistakes listed

• Marlyn at Filtering Wall Street loves playing with models (trading models that is) and here he compares what he did earlier with RSI2 with some results he got when he used Williams %R

• Brett Steenbarger continues to post gold and continues making excellent points - this time it's Five Guiding Principles Of Short-Term Trading

• Tyro reviews an interesting study and delves deeper into the dividing line between intelligence and effort and how it all applies to trading in The Peril Of Praise

• Jeff White at TheStockBandit offers yet another free newsletter - this one is about Support & Resistance Role Reversals

• TraderGav has more great trading quotes from the Market Wizards - this one is a Quote From Michael Marcus

• Prospectus, a regular contributor over at MoveTheMarkets, had this article entitled "Daytrading is Risky!" & Other Myths

• When Charles Kirk has some advice, I'll always listen, especially during this rough week - here he tells us to Follow The Normal Routine

• TraderGav had another quote from one of the industry's legends - it's Another Quote From Michael Marcus

• After that big down day we had on Tuesday, Brett Steenbarger takes a historic look to see what usually happens after such a day in Big Down Days: What Happens Next?

• Tyro has been doing some really good deep posts lately and this one examines why traders always seem to want to hold onto their losers in Reframing Our Trading

• After a rough and tumble week that many of us had, Brian at Trade 4 Cash has this article in his weekly series entitled The Courage To Follow The System

• As a past options trader, I'm always on the lookout for great options posts and articles - here ODA125 over at Options The Easy Way posted Basic Options Trading Rules - The Beginning Point

• Caravaggio at The 3500 did a great job of capturing the emotions about what went on that day the markets dropped like a rock by collecting what some of us trading bloggers had to say in Black Tuesday - Bloggers' Thoughts

• Pradeep at StockBee reviews the two kinds of entry a trade can have in Anticipation And Reaction

• Here's the last quote from TraderGav - it's yet Another Quote From Michael Marcus

Chinese New Year Weekend Reading For Feb 17 - 19, 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.

This weekend I've been really busy with family and traditions as this year we celebrate the year of the golden boar. It's a good thing this weekend is a long weekend because I feel I'll need that extra day to recover from all the food and celebrations!

So if you're bored this long weekend, check out these great posts from these great bloggers. As for me, I'll be here, there and everywhere as I meet up with family. Enjoy!

• Here, Trading For The Masses reviews Dennis Gartman's "not-so-simple" rules of trading in 13 Rules

• TraderGav has a nice series of quotes from legendary traders and this one is a Quote From Paul Tudor Jones

• HighChartPatterns does a great job of describing the Four Categories Of Trading and does an excellent job of categorizing the various trading bloggers...unfortunately I didn't fall into any of the categories, but I did get a mention under "miscellaneous"...I'm in a category all my own :-)

• Jeff White at The Stock Bandit shares with us another free newsletter - this one is entitled Trading With Indicators

• I've always loved the trading interviews done by Dave over at StockTickr...here they roundup the the Most Popular Interviews Of 2006 (there are so many other great trading bloggers out there that I was surprised I made it on the top 10 list!)

• TyroTrader does a fantastic job of collecting Momentum Scan resources and also lists the pros and cons of each

• Lord Tedders over at the Forex & eMini Future Trading wrote this great article entitled Designing A Robust Mechanical Trading Strategy

• Over at TraderFeed, Brett Steenbarger refers us to a great site where you can replay a recorded trading day (you can even fast forward or slow down the recorded info)...just check it out at Replaying The Trading Day: A Best Practice In Trading

• TraderGav continues with quotes from the trading greats - here's Another Quote From Paul Tudor Jones

• Patience, patience, patience - there are so many levels to this difficult trait to master when it comes to trading...here Phileo, a regular contributor over at Move The Markets, wrote about it in Take A Patience Pill Dude

• TraderGav keeps it coming with those quotes - here is a Quote From Linda Bradford Raschke

• Kevin takes a look at the age-old question Which Is Better - Fundamental Or Technical Analysis?

• Brett Steenbarger shares with us an interesting trading idea - it's Stock Screening For Index Traders - A Best Practice In Trading

• Finally, another one from Brett Steenbarger hot off the press - it's Dealing With Price Spikes: A Best Practice In Trading

Weekend Reading For Feb 10 - 11, 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.

Well, it's that time again...here were some of the great articles I came across this week. Enjoy, rest up, and let's prepare for a great week of trading!

• Yet another excellent article by Brett Steenbarger over at his TraderFeed blog (well, all of his articles are excellent!) - here are Six Keys To Trading Success: Lessons From A Successful Trader

• Here's a post by Tyro Trader that deserves some attention and can hopefully give you some insights as to what many of us trading bloggers may have to put up with - it's Mentors & Scorn

• Phileo does a fantastic job of collecting some of the very best from his blog - here is Top 10 Posts Of Phileo's Picture Windows

• If you haven't been to PinoyTrader's blog yet, you should - it's a source of inspiration! Recently he had his interview at the StockTickr Blog - here is the Interview With MC, PinoyTrader

• Richard also had an interesting take on trading for a living in his post entitled Can You Make It As A Trader?

• Dr. Van Tharp keeps those rules coming...here is Psychological Rule #12: Great Traders Have Certain Qualities

• Jeff White continues to do great work over at Stock Bandit and I came across this free newsletter - it's 3 Realities Every Trader Must Accept

• Stockbee has this deep and insightful post over at his blog entitled Do Successful Traders Have Different Mental Models?

• This next article is something for you options traders out there - this is Simply Options Trader's 2 Tales Of Straddle

• Brian over at Trade4Cash has a great weekly series going on over at his blog - this week's article is entitled Perception vs Reality

• I see many people come and go at where I work and this is something that I think many people fail to do - it's Learning From Trading Mistakes by Jeff White over there at StockBandit.net

• BullTrapper at the Trade Guild blog had this excellent video that reviews with us the indicator called The Three C's

• I recently came across GlobeTrader's blog and here is his take on Emotions In Trading

"SuperBowl" Weekend Reading For Feb 3 - 4, 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.

So if you've got some extra time before your Superbowl party begins, why not check out some of these links for some insights from these bloggers and who knows, you might learn a thing or two!

Enjoy the game, 'cause I know I will!

• Here's an excellent post by Kevin at his market blog, where he reviews the Top Three Myths Of Trading

• Yet another informative and insightful post by the ever popular Brett Steenbarger...here he describes Three Steps Toward Improving Your Well-Being at his TraderFeed blog

• Richard over at MoveTheMarkets does a fantastic job of summarizing an interesting EliteTrader thread in How To Be Consistently Profitable In The Markets

• Here are some excellent points made by TraderGav over at his blog entitled Failure Patterns...Of A Trader

• Kirk over at the Kirk Report put together this very interesting series of posts...below are links to the complete series:

Stock Market Lessons: Part I
Stock Market Lessons: Part II
Stock Market Lessons: Part III

• Dr. Van Tharp has more psychological wisdom - here is Psychological Rule #11: People Will Do The Opposite Of What's Required For Success

• Here is an insightful post done by Lord Tedders over at his Forex & eMini Futures blog entitled The Folly In Trying To Predict The Market

• More from TraderGav, this time he reviews some Goals For Consistency

• Dr. Brett Steenbarger at TraderFeed gives some advice that every trader (myself included) should be more aware of - it's When The Markets Are Flat, Look At What's Moving

• Craig at the TAZ Trader Blog shows us How To Spot Divergences Without Technical Indicators

• Phileo, a contributor over at MoveTheMarkets, reviews some of the more serious questions about those interested in trading as a career...it's My Own Hard Look At Trading For A Living, Part I

• Phileo continues his take on trading for a living in My Own Hard Look At Trading For A Living, Part II

• Jeff White over at TheStockBandit.Net had this amusing anecdote and how it relates to trading in Trading Intentions vs. Trading Actions

• Richard at MoveTheMarkets has been posting some solid articles lately that could very well be part of a book...this time it's MA And EMA Crossover Prediction

• It seems like everyone else is linking to this article and I can definitely see why - here Kirk reviews the 48 Laws Of Power (For Traders)

• Here, Kevin had another interesting post that I myself am trying to come to terms with - it's Let Profits Run Or Cut Them Short?

• Here's another excellent article by Brett Steenbarger - it's How Large An Edge Do You Need To Succeed At Daytrading?

Finally, I just wanted to keep you up-to-date with the goings on in the blog-o-sphere. There are some deaths and re-births of sorts that occurred this week.

Firstly, StockCoach recently accepted a new job offer and has decided to end his blogging days - here he says his Thank You And Goodbye. We'll all definitely miss you StockCoach - here's wishing you all the best to you and your family!

And guess who's back! It's none other than ZBS Trader! Since I spotted his blog a while back, he has always been my inspiration in everything I did. In this post, he says to us "I Am Back". I am also wishing him an excellent return and to many successes in his re-birth!

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

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.

(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