Trading success is only partly due to having the right strategy and good knowledge of the market. Emotion plays a big role in your ability to be profitable. A trader can know the market inside and out but if fear plays a role in their decision making, they will probably not do well. Here are five common fears that we each need to learn to overcome:

The T-Bond market is groaning.  Like a great, creaking ship lurching to one side, the sounds of shifting portfolio positions have grown louder and more ominous by the hour, accompanied by the clamor of bailout pleas and a mad scramble for the life rafts. Rates are on the rise and prices falling. Bonds are dead, long live Bonds!

One of the best known seasonal events on Wall Street is the Santa Claus Rally. The event occurs from just before Christmas Day to just after New Year’s Day. Investors consider price gains during this period as Santa’s gift to equity markets.

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