Hello Bella I just finished reading ONE GOOD TRADE, and I loved it. I am different from the traders you talk about. I am retired and living off my pension, social security and making up the shortfall by trading in my IRA. Cramer didn’t work very well for me, neither did IBD nor, recently, Gil Morales. I hope it’s just … Read More
Irrational Pessimism
While being irrationally exuberant over a short winning streak of options trades leads many traders to recklessly ramp up their capital levels leading to devastating, or even fatal, losses, there is an opposite problem, which is not necessarily fatal, but certainly leads to futility. “Irrational pessimism” is when you lose confidence in your trading strategy when there is no good reason to … Read More