Psychology

Some traders think twice about taking trades based on gut feel, but here’s why it also makes sense to trust your trading instincts.

Most trading psychology articles encourage you to work on your weaknesses, but it’s equally important to keep building on your strengths.

Just as in life, trading requires that you keep your balance even when you’re under tremendous physical and emotional stress.

Just because you’re improving your forex trading skills doesn’t mean you have to be in front of your charts all day. Here are five non-trading activities that might help you bring your A-game.

A common mistake that traders make is overtrading, believing that more positions taken translates to higher chances of winning.

Trading seems exciting on the surface, but there is so much behind the scenes that a lot of newbies quit at the onset of boredom. How can you overcome this?

One distinguishing trait I’ve noticed among successful traders is their ability to figure out market themes by recognizing and taking advantage of patterns from different assets and time frames.

Activities like trade journaling or deliberate practice would make you a consistently profitable trader faster than simply hunting for good setups. Here’s why.

Are you jumping on trends at the worst possible opportunities? You may be mixing up your time frame analyses.

If you’re having a hard time coping with the idea of “acceptable losses,” here’s one technique you can practice to help you overcome your fear of losing.

For many traders, the problem isn’t in making the needed process changes, but in failing to follow through. Here are two practices that might help you sustain your planned trading changes.

With all the crazy moves in the markets these days, I’m sure some are staring at large drawdowns or dealing with a blown trading account.

Are you getting caught up in highly volatile market moves while sentiment keeps shifting on a dime? Here are some adjustments to consider.

Some traders take losses personally and end up reacting adversely by taking revenge trades. Here are some tips to recover if you fall in this rut.

Being optimistic and having a good mindset aren’t enough to guarantee success. Here are four ways you can turn this into positive results.

If you’re determined to make full-time trading work for you, then here are four simple steps you can take.

There is a fine line between traders and gamblers. To be consistently profitable, you should think in terms of probabilities and tilt the odds in your favor.

A mistake many forex traders make is to forget to assess what type of market they are working with and adjust their approach accordingly.

Testing the profitability of your trading strategies means sticking to them long enough to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. But when do you know when a system that you’ve bought or developed isn’t for you?

With overall risk sentiment shifting on a dime these days and investors reacting strongly to global developments, a market ambush could be waiting just around the corner. Here’s how you can protect your account.