Day trading is a high speed endeavor where a trader enters and exits trades on the same day before the market closes. Day traders try to capture fast moves on intraday charts usually with la... Read more
Backtesting shows a trader how their signals for entries and exits would have performed in the past. While a backtest of past data doesn’t guarantee that a signal will work in the futu... Read more
This list of top 35 trading books of all time is based on a quantitative composite ranking of Amazon book reviews, all time sales, and author popularity. This is a guide for traders to dig d... Read more
In trading the financial markets, technical analysis is a method for analyzing price action on a chart to forecast the probability of the future direction of the trend. Technical analysts us... Read more
Trading is about mastering three different areas: A trading system with an edge. Using the right position sizing and risk management parameters for the system. Having the right discipline... Read more
I recently read Greg Zuckerman’s new book ‘The Man Who Solved The Market’ and he has done a great job giving readers a peak inside the secretive world of Jim Simons and Ren... Read more
Most trading books explain the principles and philosophy of trading, and I have read hundreds of them. Very few give examples of trading systems that have an edge and show the equity curve o... Read more
Linda Bradford Raschke was one of the top traders featured in Jack Schwager’s book ‘The New Market Wizards’ her trading results were outstanding both as a floor trader and... Read more
“Predictive technical analysis is chart/pattern reading. Trend following, on the other hand, is reactive technical analysis – a diversified portfolio perspective of markets using momen... Read more
In the past 25+ years of being active in the financial markets I have been a big reader. As many people will sit and watch television, play video games or be on the internet for hours I have... Read more