Old Posts Tagged with "evolution"

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Here you can find links to old content I had on the blog, prior to switching to our group pages. Have fun looking around... some of it is pretty good! If you are looking for the best of the best posts from both the old and new eras, then go to the Articles Page. If you want the newest material, browse the public group (and the google waves associated with it).

Your Trading Mission, Your Trading Values

Posted on August 26th, 2007
Written by Richard

A lot of you know that, before my current job as a daytrader, I was climbing up the corporate ladder at an engineering firm. Like most big companies, we had plaques and cards with grandiose mission statements on them. Something like: “We will provide exceptional value to our customers via superior technical solutions [...]

Evolution of a Trader: Staying Calm

Posted on September 7th, 2006
Written by Richard

“I need a drink.” And I didn’t mean water… Breathing quick and shallow breaths, I made futile attempts to massage out the tension in my neck and shoulders. My shoulder muscles in particular were burning from the prolonged strain. My fingers were tapping nervously on the table almost as fast as [...]

Evolution of a Trader: How to Recover from a Loss

Posted on July 29th, 2006
Written by Richard

“Ok, you wanna go up? Fine! Let’s go up!” It was December 29th, 2005, and I covered a losing short on Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENER) for a loss of $166. I had other losing trades in motion on Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) and Under Armour Inc. (Nasdaq: UARM), and the [...]

Evolution of a Trader: A SIRIously Flawed Plan

Posted on July 19th, 2006
Written by Richard

“I am a genius!” I was salivating over all the money I was about to make. This was the first trading idea I had put together on my own. Didn’t see it in a book. Didn’t see it in a magazine. Nope. This one was mine!
You are now reading [...]

Evolution of a Trader

Posted on July 18th, 2006
Written by Richard

I’m going to start writing a series of articles that I call Evolution of a Trader. In it, I’m going to dredge up some boneheaded thought process I used to employ, tell you how it worked out (I’ll give you one guess since I just told you it was boneheaded), and tell you what [...]