This past weekend along with a couple epic bike rides and feasting during the Superbowl I read the book How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market. It was a fantastic read. I bought it on amazon for $4.00 including shipping here. While I must admit a lot of the concepts I had already had ingrained in my mind, to the new trader or anyone currently on their own trading journey I would highly recommend checking out this book.
Keeping honest, detailed, and meticulous records of your trades is the only way to grow, and the best way to do this is by keeping a detailed trading journal. Van Tharp talks about this in his book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom along with other ideas on trading for a living. If you’re not into keeping hand written journals and don’t quite get the whole excel coding thing another option are these Trading Spreadsheets. There are various options to…
For those looking to get started in trading futures, or trading in general I can relay my personal recommendation with charting package thinkorswim and futures trading platform Infinty Futures. Both companies have outstanding customer service, something greatly overlooked in the trading/investment industry. Both are on the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. And, best of all both are free (for personal accounts; entity account who sign up with TOS will pay a monthly data feed of approx $200 for…