Here are 10 things that new traders can do that doom them to be unprofitable. The quicker a new trader can change these behaviors the quicker they can get on the right path to be profitable when the market is conducive to their trading method. Not doing any homework before putting real money at risk […]
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Here is an interview I did with @CaseyStubbs for the Finance and Markets Podcast.
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Did you know that the forex market is the largest market in the world? In fact, the foreign exchange market is so big that no other market can even dream about competing with it. Most people assume that the stock market is the largest market in the world since it’s the one that you hear
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. What the heck is going on with oil??? Why have prices crashed over 30% in the last few months?
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This is a Guest Post by: Troy Bombardia @bullmarketsco his website is BullMarkets.co. Market outlook: bull market tops are a process The U.S. stock market rallied last week and was sitting just under its 200 day moving average. Source: Investing.com The economy’s fundamentals determine the stock market’s medium-long term outlook. Technicals determine the stock market’s
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com $SPY set off bullish reversal signals by closing over the 50 day, 200 day, and 250 day moving averages on Friday. The Fed chairman’s dovish comments lead the markets to believe that they could be more accommodative on monetary policy than previously thought. $SPY finished higher than the previous close
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“I will be first to admit that charts do NOT forecast price – they show path of least resistance and provide an excellent risk management tool” – Peter L. Brandt Boolean logic reacts off how the pattern plays out. It is just probabilities not predictions. Boolean logic is named after a nineteenth-century mathematician, George Boole.
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. What could Rick Rubin, legendary music producer, know about trading? Well, that’s what we’re going to find out
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The ego is a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance. The ego is a mental construct that can be both on a conscious and unconscious level. An ego is the self concept that a person tries to protect and keep safe from pain and destruction. A trader has to trade the math and their own
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video we’re going to talk about the dangers of algorithmic trading in the stock market. Cathy O’Neil
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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared here on ColibriTrader.com. Dear traders, This last week I had a couple of trading ideas that initially looked great on the chart, but then failed. So, why did they not work out? First Failed
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This is a Guest Post by: Troy Bombardia @bullmarketsco his website is BullMarkets.co. Market outlook: most market’s around the world are falling. What’s next The U.S. stock market has made a 61.8% bounce and now retested its lows, which is the standard pattern for these fast 10%+ corrections. “Drop, pop, and slop” Source: Investing.com Now
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After being asked several times what the best order to read my books in I decided to write this post as a go to place to direct people interested in learning about trading by reading my books through in order to best serve them in their journey. Investing Habits is the book to read if
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com Price is under all key individual daily moving averages: The 5 day EMA. The 10 day SMA. The 50 day SMA. The 100 day SMA. The 200 day SMA. The 250 day SMA. 2. Several bearish moving average cross under signals have triggered: 10 day / 50 day SMA
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Here are twelve great rules that can give new traders a quick list to see what the right questions to answer that will lead to good trading and also a guide to more experienced traders that just can’t get to consistent profitable trading over the long term. Create your own quantified trading system with an
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This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality. This article originally appeared on tradersreality.com and is reposted here by request. Why Your Trading Capital Determines Your Trading Style The old saying goes, you have to speculate to accumulate. I agree, but what is the magical figure that allows you to accumulate, more so how does
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Is passive investing safe? Will index ETFs save you in the next market crash? Or will both of these
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co Market outlook: why the economy is bullish for stocks going into 2019 As we expected in last week’s market outlook, the U.S. stock market has pulled back after a hard bounce. The S&P 500 has now retraced more than 61.8% of its gains. The economy’s
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Chart Courtesy of Stockcharts.com $SPY closed over the 250 day SMA which is bullish long term trend reversal signal based on backtesting. Two bullish moving average crossover signals were triggered with the 10 day / 200 day SMA cross and the 10 day / 250 day SMA crossover. The volume on the up swing
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Most long term profitable traders possess a set of skills that lead to their consistent success over a long period of time. Here are the 10 skills that I have seen in common with so many successful traders. These were skills that had to be mastered before I was able to generate and keep long
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