Alexander Elder

Trading for a Living

Master trading psychology, strict risk management, and a disciplined triple-screen system—not emotion or guesswork.

  • Beware of commission and slippage
  • Don’t let your emotions get the upper hand
  • Make trading as objective as possible
  • Devote as much energy analyzing yourself as analyzing a trade
  • Traders fail when not following plans
  • Must not change plan when having an open position
  • Few trades act as rational beings
  • Increasing open interest confirms trend
  • Long/short consensus can show position of big money, less people holding more open interest
  • Triple screening, look at longer term chart and go that direction
  • Second screen only trades along with long term chart
  • Third screen to pinpoint entry point
  • Risk only 2% account value
  • Keep a good trading journal