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. Increase your investment returns by red teaming your trade and investment theses! Red Teaming is when you get an […]
Diversify Your Life and Your Portfolio
“Trading can be your passion and a way to make money and create wealth but it is not the meaning of life. Your highest goal should be happiness and trading should just be a stepping stone on your path there.” – Steve Burns The best traders I know are not chained to their trading desks
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The Battle To Close A Losing Trade…
This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality the article originally appeared on tradersreality.com and is reposted here with permission. Make no mistake, the truth is that every new and old trader has experienced the battle of when to close a trade that was bleeding their capital. In my opinion, the difficulty in letting go of
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Where I’m Buying the $SPY Dip
Last week the $SPY chart broke out of the symmetrical chart pattern to the downside. The MACD was under a bearish cross under all of last week. The ATR expanded to the upside showing the expansion of downside volatility. Volume expanded by over 50% as prices fell to the downside. The RSI is entering oversold
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Focus On Your Execution, Not the Market
This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality. This article originally appeared on tradersreality.com and is reposted here with permission. As with any new aspiring trader looking into the chaotic world of Forex, they will browse the internet on “How to Trade Forex”, find a system, purchase it, use it, then probably give up on it
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Will This Data Breach Actually HELP Facebook?
Will This Data Breach Actually HELP Facebook?!? The news all says that the Cambridge Analytica data leak was terrible for Facebook. Regulation will come in a wreck the company’s advertising model. But is this true? What if more regulation actually HELPS Facebook. There is potential for regulation to make Facebook an entrenched incumbent. This may
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$SPY Chart: Bear Signals, Bull Signals
This week $SPY has been under a MACD bearish cross under. On Thursday morning $SPY gapped down out of the symmetrical triangle pattern. $VIX spiked up to 23.35 this week. ATR slightly increased this week. RSI has stayed under the 50 RSI this week showing a loss of momentum. The uptrend is now damaged after
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Is a Commodity Backed Cryptocurrency a Real Possibility?
This is a guest post by Deb Shaw of MarketsNow.com. Should we expect to see reliable commodity backed cryptocurrencies emerge in the future? The reality is that such cryptocurrencies would be backed by a range of different financial assets (stocks, bonds, precious metals etc.) hosted in reputable jurisdictions with fully audited financial statements. However, there
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Bulls Stopped: $SPY Chart 3/18/18
Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com Last week $SPY retraced the previous big bullish candle ending lower. The 10 day EMA acted as end of day support last week. Price remains bullish and over the key moving averages 10 day, 50 day, 100 day, 200 day. $SPY is trading inside a price range that is consolidating.
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4 Types of Trades
All your trades should end in one of four ways: 1. A small win: You take a profitable exit, this is usually a short term trade. 2. A big win: You let a winning trade run when you are on the right side of a trend. This is the biggest contributor to profitable trading as