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Here are another 10 lessons learnt from a rigorous review of all past trades

I’ve been trawling through Richard Driehaus’s recovery growth trades and here are a few things I’ve learnt

Having read and written about heaps of traders, there is one thing almost all the successful ones have done: performed a systematic review of their past trades

It annoys me that we focus on drug, alchohol and gambling additions, but there is little focus on addiction to business success.

The sub-prime debacle highlights that the Fed should be scrapped. It’s time economists re-started Milton Friedman’s mission to find an alternative.

Last week I said the market wasn’t showing momentum traits. But it did it’s best yesterday to get some after a big rise on higher volume.

Trend followers are being savaged. Does that mean the market’s changed?

Not all traders stick with it in the end. But that doesn’t mean it’s been a waste of time.

Conventional wisdom says market timing is impossible. I don’t agree. Here’s another tool I’ve come across to help analyse broader market risk.

I’ve never been a buy-on-dips person. I like to see the market displaying upward momentum, which hopefully lasts, before buying.
So when is there enough momentum to jump in after a market correction?