http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jason+Brumbalow Advice Jason Brumbalow Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109483&ca=Advice BEFORE YOU BEGIN TRADING - "Plan your trade and trade your plan.” Before you even consider trading it is important to take the time to seriously question your intentions in the market. Do you see futures as the means to a quick profit? Are you trading for excitement or a rush? Are you interested in... Finances Jason Brumbalow Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109484&ca=Finances 3. Risk Management The most common mistake made by futures traders is the lack of any systematic risk-management. The high leverage and high volatility of the futures markets usually have a strong influence on a traders emotions. This emotional volatility results in a lack of objectivity and poor de... Finances Jason Brumbalow Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109485&ca=Finances Losing trades are inevitable to any trading plan and it's the ability to manage these losing periods and the your primary role of preserving capital that will enable long-term survival and capital appreciation. You must anticipate losses, expect them, plan for them, embrace them, grab them. Your fir... Finances Jason Brumbalow Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109487&ca=Finances Testing a trading Plan Before they begin in the market, some traders find it helpful to 'paper trade' the market for a while. This involves taking 'hypothetical' positions in the market and then monitoring these to see what the outcome will be. Before doing any physical futures trading at all, the f... Finances Jason Brumbalow Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109580&ca=Finances I heard Mike Tyson say this years ago, and it immediately stuck with me because of so many ties it has to trading your trading plan with focus, discipline, and repetition. Our main focus in training new and veteran traders is to build a belief in the system through repetition. After seeing the perfo...