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- February 19, 2007Brett Steenbarger: Controlling Emotions is Not the Goal of Trading Psychology
Controlling Emotions is Not the Goal of Trading Psychology (DOC) by Brett Steenbarger. Note: Brett also appears on my podcast.
- February 18, 2007Mark Cuban on Preparation
I found a good excerpt on Mark Cuban’s blog. He attended Indiana University when Bob Knight was the basketball coach. Cuban was reflecting on what was the greatest thing learned from the…
- February 5, 2007Victor Niederhoffer: A View on Trend Following
An interesting exchange about trend following trading. Jerry Parker appears there and here and here.
- February 5, 2007Ed Thorp: Beat the Dealer’s Lessons for Trading
An excerpt from the La Times: In a foreword to the book, statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb (“The Black Swan”) boils down Thorp’s technique to the search for and capture of a “clear…
- February 2, 2007Play for Position, Not Performance, in Your Portfolio
Jonathan Hoenig makes some interesting points here. An excerpt: “…most of the artistic world is subjective. One person’s trash is another’s treasure. But trading is just the opposite – it’s unabashedly objective.…
- January 2, 2007Turtle Casting Call: What Do You Know?
A few months back I announced my new upcoming book on the Turtles. The book is in the publishing edit process, but it was a conversation I had today that prompted me…
- December 13, 2006Mental and financial Aspects of Trading: A Story from a Bold Trader
A story from an old bold trader: Hi Michael-I guess in this business there’s a story a day if you don’t live in a cave. Yesterday I had a visitor who wanted…