http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/ Futures Trading, Custom Programming, and Commentary Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:12:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-8285 haifaa Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:29:38 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-8285 very good post, i'll use some of the ideas for my research thank you ;) very good post, i’ll use some of the ideas for my research
thank you ;)

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 A Trade on Biomet Inc (Nasdaq: BMET) » Move the Markets Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:51:38 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-1172 [...] It’s now 50 minutes later, and I see the stock is trading at 38.85. Still not at my target, but I could have had more profit if I had waited. Maybe by the end of day it will hit my target. Then again, maybe not. As a trader, you can’t fret over what could have been, had your choices been different. For one thing, it is a leading cause of unhappiness. Secondly, had I sold at the top I’d be inclined to call myself a genius right now. But, forming an opinion about myself, whether the stock went up or down post-sale, is nonsense. The stock market is a probability game. Think about that! It could have gone either way. This is why I say the only way to measure the quality of a trade is if you followed your plan. [...] [...] It’s now 50 minutes later, and I see the stock is trading at 38.85. Still not at my target, but I could have had more profit if I had waited. Maybe by the end of day it will hit my target. Then again, maybe not. As a trader, you can’t fret over what could have been, had your choices been different. For one thing, it is a leading cause of unhappiness. Secondly, had I sold at the top I’d be inclined to call myself a genius right now. But, forming an opinion about myself, whether the stock went up or down post-sale, is nonsense. The stock market is a probability game. Think about that! It could have gone either way. This is why I say the only way to measure the quality of a trade is if you followed your plan. [...]

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Understanding Myself at the Start « Hunting R Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:45:30 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-360 [...] Risk Control – track your trades in such a way you see how many times you lose more than what your initial risk was. You could also track each       mistake and put a $ sign on it to show you what it cost – as in this article. [...] [...] Risk Control – track your trades in such a way you see how many times you lose more than what your initial risk was. You could also track each       mistake and put a $ sign on it to show you what it cost – as in this article. [...]

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-349 How to Tell If You Are a Good Trader » Move the Markets Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:22:34 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-349 [...] As I mentioned in the article on assessing a trade: I wouln’t beat myself up if a coin came up tails, would I? Trading is a probability game, just like tossing a coin. Just as I should not be surprised or upset when a coin flip goes against me, I should not be surprised or upset when a trade goes against me. [...] [...] As I mentioned in the article on assessing a trade: I wouln’t beat myself up if a coin came up tails, would I? Trading is a probability game, just like tossing a coin. Just as I should not be surprised or upset when a coin flip goes against me, I should not be surprised or upset when a trade goes against me. [...]

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Recap « Hunting R Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:13:10 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-263 [...] I also read an interesting article on Move The Markets regard on how to Tell if the Trade is Good.  This is making me rethink a few things about my trading journal and may make some adjustments to bring in aspects of this article. [...] [...] I also read an interesting article on Move The Markets regard on how to Tell if the Trade is Good.  This is making me rethink a few things about my trading journal and may make some adjustments to bring in aspects of this article. [...]

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Richard Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:17:08 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-253 @Ugly: Cool, glad to hear it. I am going to start, too, I think. @Ugly: Cool, glad to hear it. I am going to start, too, I think.

]]> http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Ugly Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:56:50 +0000 http://www.movethemarkets.com/blog/2006/09/14/how-to-tell-if-a-stock-trade-is-good-or-not/#comment-252 nice post, man - I'm going to start a checklist. Thanks. nice post, man – I’m going to start a checklist. Thanks.

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