The Zen of Trading

Being a day trader isn’t for everyone. Opening a scottrade account does not automatically qualify you as a trader. As a matter of fact, you have to be a little “special” to make your living in this manner. You’ve got to be cool, calculating, and always ahead of the most slippery of animals-the markets you trade in. But more than that, you need to know yourself. You may think you know yourself, but being a day trader will teach you who you really are. And this fact is one of the most important and long-lasting effects of being- day-in and day-out, riding the wave of uncertainty. If you have any self-doubt, a propensity to be negativite or an inflexible ego…your goose will certainly get cooked before you can say “this must be rigged”. But if you have the View the rest of this article