Thank you so much to all you readers and fellow blog authors. This weekend, we surpassed 1,000,000 hits on the Afraid to Trade blogsite!

I cannot express enough thanks to you all for your support and continued readership of the site. I enjoy reading the comments and responding to the emails and communicating with fellow traders and market enthusiasts. Your support is what keeps me thinking, creating, linking, and posting.

The number of visitors has consistently increased each month since inception in late February 2006 while hits – pageviews – has remained consistent.

I wanted to reiterate the types of content and articles I post and the underlying meaning behind the site to newer readers.

I created this site from a private, internal website I used that was a database of trading strategies I utilized and resources (links) for me to reference when I was away from my office or home base. I was encouraged to make the site public and provide resources and information, as well as occasional daily commentary to a broader readership.

Initially, I wanted to share strategies and compile an educational resource, and was greeted with early attention and support and I have begun to offer more commentary and general index analysis than I thought I would at the start.

I also wanted to create a community resource for those who have suffered seemingly inevitable trading injuries, not just to their accounts, but to their motivation and desire to continue. Various large losses early in my career/trading education created a fear mentality that I had to overcome to be successful. I never lost the desire to continue pressing forward, though the temptation to surrender was strong at times. I wanted to share my experiences and techniques for overcoming fear, doubts, hesitation, and frustration that plagues us all at times as developing and even experienced traders. I am continuing to build this reference, including links to other sites, books, and resources to help traders address these concerns and reach their fullest potential, despite inevitable uncertainties and negative emotions that arise over the course of a normal trading career.

Remember, the name of the site is designed to be catchy, and the content is selected to help you overcome fears, not make you afraid to trade!

Currently, I update the blogsite at least once per day, respond to all comments and emails, and focus my posts on one of the following areas:

• Daily market activity from a technical analysis standpoint, usually focusing on the Major Indexes
• Spotlight of an Educational Pattern or Oddity on a particular stock chart
• Discussion of an Educational Concept, such as momentum, divergences, trading strategies, etc for trader development
• Links to other posts or sites of relevance to the topics I discuss here, or highlighting new ideas I believe readers will find interesting
• Discussing emotions in trading and providing resources to address these points
• Occasional reviews of books, seminars, or resources I have found valuable to traders

I am always open to suggestions and enjoy reader feedback. I offer selective mentorship opportunities, as well as targeted consulting opportunities, for those who are interested in learning more.

As always, if there is anything you feel I can do to improve the site, please let me know.

I am so thankful to all of you, and promise to continue to provide quality content and helpful resources designed to assist your trading education and well-being as a trader.

With all of your help, here’s to the next million!