Trading Mistakes

TRADING MISTAKES!!!

http://www.decisionpoint.com/TAcourse/TradeMistakes.html

Summarising, they are

-- Letting small losses turn into large losses.

-- Refusing to take a loss at all.

-- Overbetting.

-- Bottom fishing/Catching falling knives.

-- Averaging down.

-- Shorting bulls and buying bears.

-- Confusing the company with its stock.

-- Falling in love with a "story."

-- Following the leader.

-- Buying IPOs.

-- Finding the Holy Grail.

-- Overtrading.

-- Excessive tape watching.

-- Being undercapitalized.

-- Letting the tax tail wag the stock dog.

-- Relying on gurus.

-- Thinking this market stuff is easy.

-- Thinking rather than looking.

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