http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader Overcome problems with system development and trading psychology, and success related issues such as self-sabotage. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:13:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Q: I have a question I feel is unanswered in your book, Trade Your Way.... Once you find a trading system with a positive expectancy, what are a few ways to gauge how real that expectancy is? Obviously you will go on bad runs, but when is it significant ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/06/18/changes-in-expectancy/ Q: I found the comments about extreme volatility in your latest newsletter very interesting. I knew about the high volatility link to bear markets from reading (although I don't recall exactly where) and that is why I asked a question on your forum some years back about what kind of ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/06/10/extreme-volatility/ Q: Dear Van, I wish to thank you for your most enjoyable commentary on market types. I found the email to be very informative. I am new to currency trading and currently studying as much as I can so that I can develop an edge towards the ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/06/10/flawed-currency/ Question: I have the book Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, and am trying to use the concepts as part of a trading business plan that I am putting together. I can't figure out how to apply expectancy in the percent volatility position sizing model. Can you please clarify? Answer: Expectancy is ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/04/24/how-do-i-apply-expectancy-to-position-sizing/ Reader Question: After reading (in 3 days) "Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom" I am stumped by a seeming contradiction. After analyzing personal account trades over the past 6 months, it seems clear I need to be much, much bigger in my trades. However, the trades are already ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/04/16/confused-about-what-percentage-to-risk/ Dr. Tharp is out of the country for the next few weeks, but we'll continue to post some questions that come up in his absence. Question: I am concerned about the information you provided in a recent newsletter regarding the rate at which ETFs are being shut down. I've been ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/04/02/what-happens-if-you-own-an-etf-that-gets-closed/ Q: What is the scope of one’s asset base that one should include in the position sizing and risk management analysis? Presumably, folks have longer term investments that are the bulk of the monies they will need in retirement, medium term investments that one can take some medium level of ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/03/30/managing-position-sizing-for-various-time-frames/ Reader Question: I really appreciate your work and your email letters. I have a question that perhaps others would also like to have answered. As background information, I see the big picture on markets and the economy much as you do. I am an intuitive trader as opposed to a system ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/03/19/what-should-i-do-when-my-goal-has-been-reached/ I was thinking about writing a piece to further explain to you what was going on and what will probably happen in the near future. But I’ve been doing a lot of that in my newsletter lately, so instead, I want to refer you to two videos that do it ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/03/12/todays-financial-world-and-those-who-comment-on-it/ Van: Last week following my article on the ETF GLD, I asked Ken Long, our resident ETF expert, "Does investing in GLD actually affect the price of gold?" Ken: GLD is kind of in the same category of ETNs (Exchange Traded Notes*) which are promissory notes of the investment house ... http://www.traderplanet.com/blogs/smarttrader/2009/03/06/does-investing-in-gld-actually-affect-the-price-of-gold/