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📖 Approaches, Traits and Philosophies of Successful Traders and Active Investors - Raymond A. Rondeau | View the PDF

So, you want to become a successful—or more successful—trader or active investor. The most logical path forward is to learn from those who've achieved consistent success before you and to steer clear of the errors and pitfalls that have led so many to fail. In this article, we will explore seven key areas that highlight the Approaches, Traits, and Philosophies of Successful Traders.

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📖 Trading with Objectivity: How to Use Systems Testing and MACD in MetaStock - Jeff Gibby | View the PDF

One of the biggest strengths of technical analysis is its objectivity. When used correctly, it removes emotion and guesswork from the trading equation—allowing you to focus solely on price action and probability.

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📖 A Century of Seasonal Patterns: What the Dow's History Reveals - Jake Bernstein | View the PDF

If you want to be successful in trading or investing, there are a few key things you need: consistency, pattern recognition, solid risk management, and a clear strategy with rules you actually follow.

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📺 How to Spot Accurate, Simple, Trading Opportunities - Oscar Carboni | Watch the Video

If you want to be successful in trading or investing, there are a few key things you need: consistency, pattern recognition, solid risk management, and a clear strategy with rules you actually follow.

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📖 How to Find a Great Options Trade - John Thomas | View the PDF

You've spent vast amounts of time, money, and effort to become an options trading expert. You know the difference between bids and offers, puts and calls, exercise prices and expiration days. And you still can't make any money. Now What?

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📖 Volatility Derivatives - Larry McMillan | View the PDF

In 1993, the CBOE formally published the Volatility Index, VIX - the first and still the foremost index of volatility in existence. But the mere publication of VIX was just something traders could observe; they could not trade it. Eventually, though, in 2004, listed futures on VIX were introduced.

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📖 Day Trading Rules for Success - Barry Burns | View the PDF

Rule 1. Take Quick Profits to avoid full losers. On first 2 exits, get out inside of the S/R because you must lock in that profit. Keep losses small. Take at top/bottom of first cycle even if no money in it. Never hold on to all contracts/ shares for big move because it “looks so good” or to make up for losses.

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📖 Trend Analysis & the PowerTrend System - Chuck Hughes | View the PDF

Hi, I'm Chuck Hughes, and over my 30+ year career as a trader and 10-Time Trading Champion, I've learned one truth that never fails: The trend is your friend—until the bend at the end. But most traders don't know how to find a trend, how to measure its strength, or how to trade with it profitably. That's why I developed the PowerTrend System, a disciplined approach to identifying high-probability trades in any market.

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📺 Mastering Support & Resistance for Precision Trades - Rahul Arora | Watch the Video

TradingWins is the ultimate trading education platform designed to turn hesitation and confusion into precision and clarity. With over 5 decades of real‑world trading experience, the traders at TradingWins have distilled their methods into powerhouse systems for retail traders.

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📖 Understanding Market Direction: The Foundation of Every Successful Trade - Vince Vora | View the PDF

TradingWins is the ultimate trading education platform designed to turn hesitation and confusion into precision and clarity. With over 5 decades of real-world trading experience, the traders at TradingWins have distilled their methods into powerhouse systems for retail traders.

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📺 Bollinger Bands and Beyond - John & Zoe Bollinger | Watch the Video

John Bollinger is internationally known as the developer of Bollinger Bands which are utilized worldwide for analyzing the financial markets. He is the founder and president of Bollinger Capital Management, a firm that provides money management and proprietary technical analysis research and tools for institutions and individuals.

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📖 The Three-Legged Stool of Investment Strategy - Asbury Research | View the PDF

At Asbury Research, we rely on a core investment methodology we call “The Three-Legged Stool.” This framework serves as the foundation for how we build and manage investment strategies, identify special opportunities, and construct ETF model portfolios. Although it was originally developed with ETFs in mind, it can also be applied effectively to individual stock selection.

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📖 Level Up Your Trading: Why Your Indicators Are Costing You Money - Martha Stokes CMT | View the PDF

On average, professional traders enjoy a 90% success rate. Retail day traders, by contrast, average only 10%, while swing traders fare slightly better at 50%. So, why is there such a vast difference between professional traders who consistently earn 6-7 figures annually and retail traders who often just break even?

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📺 3 Exit Strategies That Will Change the Way You Trade - Steve Primo | Watch the Video

Nearly all traders have been taught the rules to a strategy and what is required to enter the markets. But once in the trade the majority of traders either exit way too early or don't know where to exit at all. In fact, the most common question we hear from traders is “Where do I get out?” Join Steven Primo, Former Stock Exchange Specialist and 48-year professional trader as he reveals ”3 Exit Strategies That Will Change The Way You Trade.”

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📺 The Price Action Pivot Indicator - Jeff Tompkins | Watch the Video

Jeff Tompkins, a professional stock, options and futures trader, has a BS in Finance from Santa Clara University and over 24 years of experience trading the markets. Jeff’s successful career led him to create Altos Trading, LLC in order to help others achieve financial freedom through consistent and profitable trading strategies.

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📺 Shorting the Markets - Melissa Armo | Watch the Video

Melissa Armo founded The Stock Swoosh, LLC. in December 2012. The Stock Swoosh, LLC. is an educational firm that empowers traders with a complete and detailed system to become profitable traders. In this breif video she discusses the reasons you might want to short the market when trading.

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📺 Training Your Mental Strength for Day Trading - Marina Villatoro | Watch the Video

Marina "The Trader Chick", specializes in helping people to Day Trade with confidence and ease. She simplifies the process by breaking down the art of identifying high-probability trade setups. Even if you are just getting started, you could learn to day trade profitably and read the markets like a pro. You will be amazed at how simple it can be!

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📖 The Death of Simulated Trading - Norman Hallett | View the PDF

After experiencing success in this 3-step process (building your plan, back-testing your plan, and simtrading your plan), you're ready to risk your hard-earned money and make your fortune. This panacea works beautifully…for 10% of traders. Huh?

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📖 Auto-Optimization: The Secret to Smart Trading Signals That Actually Work - Daniel Sinnig | View the PDF

We've all heard of something like a moving average—a simple formula that calculates the average price over a certain number of bars. Despite its simplicity, this tool has proven useful for identifying shifts in market direction. When price crosses above or below a moving average, it often signals a potential change in trend. This straightforward approach provides clarity in an otherwise complex market environment, making it widely popular among traders. But is this still relevant today?

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📖 Uncovering and Trading Winning Stocks: A Guide to William J. O’Neil’s Strategies - Mary Eleen McGonagle | View the PDF

William O'Neil stands as a legendary figure in the investment world, renowned for his systematic approach to identifying market-leading stocks. I was introduced to Bill O'Neil's strategy when I joined his company in the 1990's as an Institutional Marketing executive. For 15 years, I traveled the globe teaching his highly successful techniques to top fund managers around the world.

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📺 The ONLY Technical Analysis Video You Need to See - Serge Berger | Watch the Video

Wall Street wants you to believe markets are rational. That stocks rise and fall based on earnings, economic data, and complex financial models. But if you’ve spent any time watching the market, you know that’s not true. Markets don’t move on logic. They move on emotion. Fear, greed, panic, and euphoria are what really drive prices. And once you understand that, you can stop reacting and start profiting. This is exactly where technical analysis gives you an edge.

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📖 10 Habits That Separate Profitable Traders from Market Chasers - Jeanette Sims | View the PDF

Jeanette Sims, veteran trading educator and founder of TradeThirsty, has spent years studying what truly sets consistent, profitable traders apart from the rest. The answer is not more strategy, more indicators, or better luck. The answer is habit. After working with thousands of retail traders, she found that success in the market comes from structure, not guesswork. Consistency is not something you stumble into. It is something you build, one habit at a time.

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