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Million
Dollar
Trading Articles*
Stocks, Futures,
Commodities, Options, Forex
"Gain Insight Into
Some Of The
Lesser Known Areas Of Trading."
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| Do
Professional Traders Exhibit
Loss Realisation Aversion
(140KB) |
| Author:
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Peter
R Locke, Steven C Mann |
| Date: |
Nov
2000 |
| Synopsis: |
Recent evidence suggets that
investors and experimental
subjects exhibit behaviours
that are comewhat at odds
with the predictions of traditional
economic and financial theory.
For example, Odean (1998a
and 1999) provides evidence
that small investors trade
"too much", and
that while trading, they sell
winners and hold losers.
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| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| The
Gamblers' Fallacy (201KB) |
| Author:
|
James
Montier |
| Date: |
Jan
2003 |
| Synopsis: |
"If
the market goes down for four
years in a row, it just has
to go up next year!"
Have you heard of this, or
perhaps say it yourself? The
gamblers' fallacy is a flawed
way of thinking which is common
amongst most traders and investors.
|
| Complexity: |
Easy |
| Essentials
of Winning Psychology (39KB) |
| Author:
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Ray
Barros |
| Date: |
N/A |
| Synopsis: |
A
solid introduction on the
essential elements of winning
psychology in the trading
and investing arena. This
is a must read for all levels
of traders.
|
| Complexity: |
Beginner |
| Psychology
of Trading (27KB) |
| Author:
|
Walter
T Downs |
| Date: |
N/A |
| Synopsis: |
This
article attempts to address
the question: "What is
the difference between a winning
trader and a losing trader?".
This is a strong article with
good solid content, Walter
highlights the difference
between the two types of traders
by commenting on his own observations.
|
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| The
Secrets to Emotion Free Trading
(485KB) |
| Author:
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Larry
Levin |
| Date: |
Unknown |
| Synopsis: |
Learn
valuable lessons how you can
take emotion out of your trading.
A good read for any trader
or investor wanting to learn
how to reduce the effects
of negative emotion in trading.
|
| Complexity: |
Easy |
| Who
Are You? (169KB) |
| Author:
|
Linda
Raschke |
| Date: |
2003 |
| Synopsis: |
Success
in the markets is 10% knowing
the markets and 90% knowing
yourself. Do you know what
kind of person you are?
|
| Complexity: |
Easy |
| Managing
your Money (280KB) |
| Author:
|
Gibbons
Burke |
| Date: |
July
2000 |
| Synopsis: |
In
this activetradermag article
from July 2000 Gibbons Burke
goes through the topic of
managing your own money. This
is a great introductory article
on the importance of money
management and portfolio management. |
| Complexity: |
Beginner |
| Position
Sizing Effects on Trader Performance
(144KB) |
| Author:
|
Johan
Ginyard |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Synopsis: |
A
masters thesis written by
the renowned Johan Ginyard.
This thesis discusses at length
the effects of various position
sizing models on traders.
A very interesting white paper
on the power of money management
and the performance results
obtained when applied to various
trading systems.
|
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| Money
Management (1,503KB) |
| Author:
|
Ryan
Jones |
| Date: |
March
1999 |
| Synopsis: |
Ryan
Jones introduces the concept
of money management in this
extensive book. Suitable for
all readers this book covers
all the basics with enough
here to stimulate the thought
of advanced traders.
|
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| The
Math Behind The System (28KB) |
| Author:
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Richard
L. Weissman |
| Date: |
Unknown |
| Synopsis: |
This
is a three page article which
Richard explains the benefits
of various types of mechanical
trading systems and goes into
explaining the mathematical
reasons behind his observations
and the benefits of mechanical
trading systems.
|
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| A
New Interpretation of Information
Rate (101KB) |
| Author:
|
J
L Kelly |
| Date: |
March
21 1956 |
| Synopsis: |
Read
the original AT&T paper
submitted by JL Kelly on signal
noise. This spawned the Kelly
Criterion formula described
above. This article contains
some pretty advanced maths.
|
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Market
Profile Basics (472KB) |
| Author:
|
Jayanthi
Gopalakrishnan |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Synopsis: |
Perfect
article to learn how to master
the Market Profile.
|
| Complexity: |
Beginner |
|
Introduction
to Market Profile (117KB) |
| Author:
|
Peter
Steidlmayer, Ted Hearne |
| Date: |
1994 |
| Synopsis: |
Learn
about market profile and capital
cash flows into the market
from the man that developed
Market Profile in the 1980's. |
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Behavioural
Economics (124KB) |
| Author:
|
Sendhil
Mullainathan, Richard H Thaler |
| Date: |
Unknown |
| Synopsis: |
What
is behavioural economics?
How do all market participants
behave in the market when
faced with limitations and
complications? The human element
to any financial market cannot
be underestimated, human actions
in the market can alter our
perceptions about traditional
economic theory.
|
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Behavioural
Finance - and the speculative
bubble at the end of the 1990s
(482KB) |
| Author:
|
Melena
Johnson, Henrik Lindblom,
Peter Platan |
| Date: |
January
2002 |
| Synopsis: |
During
the late 1990s we saw a speculative
bubble in technology stocks.
This is an article which describes
the possible reasons for a
speculative bubble and the
impact which all market participants
play in fueling the bubble.
This article draws direct
comparison to the speculative
bubble of the late 1990s and
behavioural finance.
|
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Losing
to Win (43KB) |
| Author:
|
Matt
Blackman |
| Date: |
N/A |
| Synopsis: |
The
hardest but also the most
important lesson in trading
is how to handle losses gracefully.
Matt Blackman talks about
managing the loss and how
traders can begin to understand
the importance of being able
to handle a loss.
|
| Complexity: |
Beginner |
| Winners
& Losers of the Zero-Sum
Game (81KB) |
| Author:
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Lawrence
Harris |
| Date: |
May
7th 1993 |
| Synopsis: |
Trading
in commodity and futures markets
is a zero-sum game. In other
words no trader can win without
another trader losing. Lawrence
Harris examines this phenomenon
a little closer.
|
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| On
Technical Analysis (2165KB) |
| Author:
|
David
P. Brown and Robert H. Jennings |
| Date: |
1989 |
| Synopsis: |
A
very High quality technical
paper on Technical analysis
i.e. to use past prices to
infer private information.Also
look outfor two-period dynamic
model of equilibrium.
|
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| “Fibonacci”
The man and the markets (217
KB) |
| Author:
|
Alex
Douglas and MMS Singapore |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Synopsis: |
Standard
and Poor’s paper on Leonardo
Fibonacci, the person who
gave Fibonacci numbers and
the significance of these
numbers in the present financial
market. A very interesting
reading even for that person
who has not much interest
in market.
|
| Complexity: |
Beginner |
| Risk
Analysis techniques (97 KB) |
| Author:
|
Ian
Hawkins |
| Date: |
1998 |
| Synopsis: |
A
must read for any Risk management
Professional as a very descriptive
review of the technique for
risk analysis has been given
in it. There have been numerous
number of references are also
given which extends the concepts
much further.
|
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Ed
Seykota Of Technical Tools
(103 KB) |
| Author:
|
Interview |
| Date: |
N/A |
| Synopsis: |
"Everybody
Gets What They Want"….Interview
with legendry Ed Seykota and
know more about his personal
life, how he started and about
his views on different topics
like trading systems. |
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
| In
Defense of Technical Analysis
(1196 KB) |
| Author:
|
Jack
L. Treynor and Robert Ferguson |
| Date: |
1985 |
| Synopsis: |
A
paper dealing with the investors
assessment of the likelihood
about the knowledge of market
with some insight information
With the help of propagation
model |
| Complexity: |
Advanced |
| Secrets
of Today's Top Traders (162
KB) |
| Author:
|
Neal
Weintraub |
| Date: |
N/A |
| Synopsis: |
A
very interesting interview
with an “anonymous” successful
person and about his views
on real time quotes and trading
systems. |
| Complexity: |
Moderate |
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