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Top 10 Common Trading Mistakes
In my years of trading, I've come across many mistakes that will make you kick yourself, to say the least. We all make them. Some of us, all the time. It took years to acknowledge what lost me a great deal of money and, in turn, overcome these challenges. So I have...
5 Habits of Highly Profitable Technical Traders
When we were younger, our parents taught us to make our beds in the morning. In school, our professors taught us to do our readings. Aristotle once said, “Good habits formed at youth make all the difference,” but as we grow older it seems we have less and less people...
Working for a Bad Boss?
Ever wonder how some people become bosses? Most of us have worked for, you know, what we may consider a high functioning sociopath. Some are so clued out, it's not even funny. One boss even asked an underling "Do they have Facebook in Toledo?" How these incompetents...
High Performance Training Course
We recently revamped our intense training programs to better suit everyone involved. We made them shorter in length at only an hour long. We spread them out over a few days. We made them more accessible and affordable. We are even providing them more frequently,...
Morality of Trading
It is incumbent upon the trader to understand the reality and truth in relations to the financial markets. While hard work, objective study and historical observation purport to be the best methods, how economies function and move civilizations through recessions and...
Seriously Supercharge Your Success
The first of the year 2010 brought a newfound optimism to the membership in the form of the $100,000 Challenge. I put the group to the test… to turn $1,000 into $100,000 during the year using my methodology. Proudly, some people are far exceeding their expectations....
The Fear of Day Trading
We've all been there. We make a couple of good trades and make profits. We get cocky… nothing can stop us now right? And BOOM! We lose it all in one trade. Instead of getting back on that horse, when we try to enter a new trade, fear overwhelms us and we're reluctant....
The Crippling $25k Rule
I get this asked a lot.. how to handle this inconvenience. Story goes, someone walked into a brokerage firm and blasted the staff away in frustration after losing his shirt on the market. For safety's sake - in protection of the traders from themselves - the SEC...
‘Hugh, here’s my situation….’
Sound familiar? If I had a dollar for every one of these emails... lol Hi xxxxxx, Yes, you've been on and off for quite some time. lol I totally understand what you're doing and going through. Corporate America (I was there too) has some stability and maybe...
Why Day Traders Lose Money
Half the battle to stop the bleeding is knowing why you lose. 'Opportunity Cost' is defined as the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. As a trader, we see this all the time. A stock hits our target, we sell for a profit, then...
Market Update – May 24, 2019
SPY began the week with a significant drop from the 287’s down to the low-284’s before the opening bell. Despite that drop, however, volatility quickly returned to reasonable levels and encouraged traders to buy. SPY climbed through the morning, adding about $1.50...
Why the Inner Circle?
Trading is serious business, even if you aspire to it as a hobby. It's energizing, fun and could even be very profitable! We want you to be comfortable with our offerings. As such, we do not expect you to just subscribe to expensive programs or a strategy that may be...