It’s been a tough couple of weeks. I moved out of the Attic on Monday and into my City Flat. Leaving my children was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I felt incredibly emotional as I closed the door to the family home for the last time and drove the [...]
Leaving the Attic
It has been a while since I posted a piece on trading psychology but I have been experiencing some issues in my own trading recently that I wanted to discuss.
I wrote an article in early October about the challenges of finding a trading system that balanced a purely mechanical approach with a discretionary one. At the time [...]
MoneyShow Video Network – AtticManTrader Live
The World Money Show in London in late October gave me an opportunity to do some stuff I’ve never done before. As well as being involved in some great discussions on trading, I was also invited to take part in a couple of video interviews.
In this video I discuss the importance of keeping a trading journal [...]
AtticManTrader – has he stopped trading?
It would appear that activity in the Attic has dwindled to a standstill!
No blog posts since 10th May and no trades since the 5th May!
There are two reasons for this lull in activity.
1) After a period of relative success, I find I subconsciously protect my account by reducing my trading activity – I call this [...]
AtticManTrader in the spotlight with TraderInterviews
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Tim Bourquin. Tim runs TraderInterviews.com a website he created to record interviews he conducts with some of the best traders around – and he wanted to interview the AtticManTrader
So why was he contacting the AtticManTrader? Tim interviews traders in the top 5%. Because he was [...]
Am I a long term or short term trader?
Today I had a moment of clarity. One of those penny-dropping moments that suddenly makes things clearer.
As you know, if you’ve been following AtticManTrader, I have been trying to move away from shorter, swing trading time frames and develop into something of a longer term trader. The reason for this was pretty simple – my [...]
My trading business
So a bit more about my trading business. I’ve been interested in the financial markets for many years. A couple of years ago I got interested in the US markets. A friend pointed me in the direction of a couple of US websites that really sparked my interest. I spent many hours researching trading, from [...]
About AtticManTrader
I have been interested in the financial markets since I was a 15 year old school boy paper trading penny stocks. Back then, the guys that worked in the City seemed untouchable.
I’d see them on TV in their trading jackets, shouting and screaming at each other, in what seemed like total chaos. It never really [...]
The attic mans first post
I’ve been thinking of starting a blog for a while but to be honest, I’ve not known where to start.
I want to find a way of channeling my ramblings into something that may even be described as coherent and could prove interesting reading for some people.
Let me start by telling you about me.
I’m mid 30’s, [...]
