I began building up my capital in 1992 and started as simply a buy and hold investor. I have evolved over the years into a swing trader and trend trader and also used options. It has been a great run. After the volatility and crashes of 1998 I really stopped investing and started ‘trading’ in […]
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here: The Best Trading Podcasts For Global Macro Investors and is reposted here with permission. These days we’re flooded with information with barely enough time to digest it all. To help solve this, our team at Macro Ops tunes into trading podcasts.
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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared on ColibriTrader.com as “Trading with Divergences- Everything You Need To Know About Divergences.” by: Colibri Trader Divergences- Introduction >>>Bonus: Get Free Divergence Spreadsheet<<< Learning how to trade with divergences can sometimes be a little daunting. Not
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Alpha is the active trading return on an investment. It measures performance against a market index benchmark that represents the market. Returns of an investment, investor, or trader above the return of a benchmark index is Alpha. Here are ways to generate Alpha: Trade an index with leverage, you will beat the benchmark when the
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Here are ten things I believe are needed to be a great trader. It will surprise some that predicting, having conviction, reading a balance sheet, or stock picking is not on here. Over the long term the trading game is won through proper risk management, mental discipline, and the ability to create and follow a
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$SPY continues to make new all time highs. This is the most bullish signal. $SPY is above all moving averages. $SPY is under a MACD bullish crossover. RSI remains overbought at 74.55 which has been bullish over the past year. The trading range continues to fall to an ATR of 1.04. VIX trended down last
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This is a Guest Post by PacForex. “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” – Henry David Thoreau Finding many laptops and computer monitors displaying different charts and quotes is a common sight in the working
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This is a guest post by Clint Siegner is a Director at Money Metals Exchange. One of the biggest questions for new buyers for precious metals is “What should I buy?” The first rule often addressed is to avoid collectible or numismatic coins and the exceptionally high premiums that dealers charge for them. This discussion will
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here: The Wealth S-Curve That’s Driving Current Global Macro Trends and is reposted here with permission. The graph above shows a logistic function that maps out a sigmoid curve… otherwise known as an S-curve. This function was popularized by mid-19th century scientist Pierre Francois
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This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality. This article originally appeared on tradersreality.com and is reposted here with permission. It has been a while since I last posted. I have been doing some soul searching, exploring previous trades that went wrong and how I could have improved the accuracy of my entries and exits. The
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