Why Traders Fail: The 5 Real Reasons Most Traders Lose Money
Why do most traders lose money? Studies of real brokerage records point to 5 leaks: cost, size, exits, sample and repeat. Here is how to find yours.
Entries by Spencer Li
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom Summary: Why Position Sizing Beats Entry
A summary of Van Tharp’s Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom: expectancy, R-multiples, the coin-flip entry test, and why position sizing decides results.
Should You Quit Your Job to Trade Full-Time? Why Your Salary Is Your Best Trading Tool
Thinking of trading full time? Why your salary may be your best trading tool, what the research on trading for a living found, and the rent test to run first.
Monthly Market Wrap (October 2026)
Have you ever seen the Nasdaq set a record close and then lose 5% in the same month, while the Dow quietly went up? That was October 2026. The Nasdaq Composite fell about 5.3% to 25,437, its worst month since March 2025, the S&P 500 slipped about 0.9% to 7,580, and the Dow rose about […]
Four setups, fifteen minutes: the whole shape of the method
Twelve indicators, six half-learned strategies: the fix is fewer things. The four setups behind my method, and the 15-minute routine that runs them.