# Stage 7: Buying [Tensile Trading: Stage #7 Strategic Profitable Buying versus Impulsive Expressive Buying ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2013/09/tensile-trading-stage-7-strategic-profitable-buying-versus-impulsive-expressive-buying.html)\ When I go to the Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale each year, I get literally glassy-eyed. Just too... [Pyramid Trading: Greater Profits with Less Risk ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2013/01/pyramid-trading-greater-profits-with-less-risk.html)\ No, the pyramids are not a range of mountains between France and Spain. Yes, there are over 80 pyramids in... [Investing with a Cleaner Windshield: The Buyer's Checklist ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2013/04/investing-with-a-cleaner-windshield-the-buyers-checklist.html)I\ have found that if you offer the market your sincere attention – presented on a platter of organized checklists –... [Here's How Your Buying & Selling RT (Reaction Time) Flows Through to Your Bottom Line ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2016/04/heres-how-your-buying--selling-rt-reaction-time-flows-through-to-your-bottom-line.html)\ I’ve been told I’m a little unusual in that I rate my trades on a scale of 1 – 5 stars depending on my reaction time... [What I Learned from 30,874 Trades ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2016/01/what-i-learned-from-30874-trades.html)\ Thomas Edison said “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Real estate experts love to claim that success is... [Precisely How I Bought the 4 'FANG' Stocks Before Their Run-Up ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2016/06/precisely-how-i-bought-the-4-fang-stocks-before-their-run-up.html)\ Put your hands up if you can remember the big money we made in the ‘Nifty Fifty’ – those stocks from the ‘60s and... [A Surefire Method to Increase Your Profits and Improve Your Golf Game ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2012/12/a-surefire-method-to-increase-your-profits-and-improve-your-golf-game.html)\ Whether it’s golf or trading, it’s all about stress control. If you were sitting across the table from me and... [Evidence-Based Trading for Dummies ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2014/08/evidence-based-trading-for-dummies.html)\ Robin Griffiths, the renowned technical strategist, once opined that “Trading is a traffic light system. At a... [How A Fellow Investor Critiqued This Trader ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2015/11/how-a-fellow-investor-critiqued-this-trader-.html)\ My motives in writing these weekly blogs and in teaching investment classes are in part selfish ones. I write... [The Paralysis of Perfection: The Investor's Ongoing Challenge ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2014/03/the-paralysis-of-perfection-the-investors-ongoing-challenge.html)\ The brilliant novelist Isabel Allende once wrote, “Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it... [Invest Like You Drive & Put $$$ in Your Pockets ](https://stockcharts.com/articles/journal/2014/06/invest-like-you-drive--put--in-your-pockets.html)\ I spent the weekend with my friend Dan, a prison chaplain, who always seems to have unique and useful insights... --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://chartschool.stockcharts.com/table-of-contents/overview/the-traders-journal-by-gatis-roze/stage-7-buying.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.