This is a guest post by Cory Mitchell, CMT of tradethatswing.com. Most traders DO lose money. Social media makes it look easier than it is because so many people are posting their winning trades. Availability bias is believing information you see most. Seeing it most doesn’t make it true. Losers just tend to be less public […]
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This is a guest post by David Roads, Technical Analyst & Author The pin bar is a candlestick bar which is a very powerful formation if you use it correctly. You can catch significant market moves as this bar signals to take the trade from the beginning of the trend. We find these ideal pin
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This is a guest post by Cory Mitchell, CMT of tradethatswing.com. Position Sizing isn’t random. It’s calculated based on ACCOUNT RISK (AR) and TRADE RISK (TR). A formula controls risk so we know exactly how many stocks, futures contracts, or forex lots to buy on a given trade. There are many ways to calculate position
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This is a guest post by Saloni Bogati of quantinsti.com. Latest technological phenomena like ML and AI transform businesses, industries, and their scope of growth. The finance industry is notorious for using the latest technologies and solutions to achieve objectives. Trading has also seen its fair share of advancements in recent years and has yielded
This is a guest post by Leo Smigel the Founder of AnalyzingAlpha.com. If you’re like most traders, you’re always on the lookout for new trading patterns to add to your arsenal. After all, the more trading patterns you know about, the more opportunities you have to make money in the markets. In this blog post,
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Most studies show that 90% of traders and investors don’t make money over the long-term. The majority of traders, even if they get lucky and profitable early just give back those gains over time. Even buy and hold investors can become shaken out of their long-term plans to not sell when a vicious bear market
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All traders have both wins and losses regardless of their strategy and system. Much like in sports traders don’t succeed on every trade just like baseball players don’t hit every pitch and basketball players don’t sink every basket. Trading is a game of win rate and positive expectancy through bigger wins than losses on average.
Warren Buffett is a voracious reader, he said that he had read every book in the Omaha public library by the age of 11. He is huge believer in continued reading and learning all your life and to never stop growing your knowledge base. This is one edge he has as an investor, chairman, and
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Candlesticks are a type of chart setting available on trading platforms that creates a visually representation of price action on a time period. A candlestick shows a contrast between the opening and closing prices along with any range outside the open or close. They are colored to show bullish or bearish action. The three primary
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Trading psychology is the emotional and ego elements that enter into buy and sale decisions during the decision making processes of buying and selling along with how big of a position to take. Humans are emotional beings and don’t always act rationally. Crowd behavior is what causes the huge asset bubbles that become far removed
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