Just like in the movie “Money Ball” where they quantified what was the most important factor that lead to wins in baseball games, I have also tried to help new traders cut through all the noise, and focus on what really matters. The quantification and capture of trends for profits in the time frame you […]
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Here are 10 websites that I visit almost everyday for their value, information, and charts: StockCharts.com My favorite place for clean candlestick charts in real-time. I have a subscription that enables me to organize and save my charts. TrendFollowing.com All the information you ever wanted for trend-following trading. Tradeciety Interesting, informative, and educational blog posts.
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Are you ready to trade? Do you have a quantified trading system of entries and exits? Have you found a way to capture trends in your time frame by studying historical price action? Have you backtested your system adequately? Do you know what the possible odds are for your trade setups based on historical price
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People measure success in many different ways. Some people measure it in money, Possessions, careers, love, power, security, or fame. I measure success by how happy I am. Freedom makes me happy, and so do my friends and family. I love learning new things and doing things I am passionate about. In life, we
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com 2015 has been the year of tight price consolidation. $SPY is up 3.36% year to date, making it difficult for index traders to trade the tight range. Dips are not deep enough, and momentum signals have not worked as strength has been sold. $SPY was able to finally clear an
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4 Reasons Apple’s Stock Is Ready For A Big Move How random probability theory can make the difference between losing and winning with the same exact trading plan These 4 Questions Will Keep You From Making Trading Mistakes Turning Your Defeats Into Your Development Five steps to trading discipline (and why you should
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RIP BB KING RIP PAUL WALKER RIP NELSON MANDELA RIP OL’ DIRTY BASTARD RIP TUPAC RIP BIG RIP RADIO SHACK RIP QUIZNOS — Wu-Tang Financial (@Wu_Tang_Finance) May 15, 2015 Hotel California is basically a negative Yelp review with a two minute guitar solo. — Rob Fee (@robfee) April 11, 2015 “Successful investing means having
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With so many people on Twitter looking for a trading book or book recommendations by @canuck2usa, I have decided to compile a list of his tweet recommendations. I have read many of these myself, and they are truly some of the best. These are a great mixture of Elliott Wave, options, momentum trading, psychology, risk management,
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What makes traders risk it all? I think this is something built in, something very primal, very ancient. Men generally risk it all because we have little patience. We are the hunters, the breadwinners, and the providers. If we aren’t willing to risk our lives
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This post is courtesy of StockCharts.com. Image via Shawn Rossi I must admit, I am not smart enough to have devised these ridiculously simple trading rules. A great trader gave them to me some 15 years ago. However, I will tell you, they work. If you follow these rules, breaking them as infrequently as possible,
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There are many paths to trading profitability, but all the paths have similar steps. Here are some important steps you must follow on your path to profitability. The amount of success you have in trading is primarily based on the amount of homework you do. You must develop a winning trading system that is
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The $SPY return for 2015 year-to-date is 2.96%; this is a range bound market. For the past four months, $SPY support has been $203.50 with $212.50 as resistance. $SPY closed above long term resistance on Friday for the first time. However, momentum breakout signals have low success rates in range bound markets. The MACD
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Saturday morning $STUDY session. Great piece on how to think about position sizing by @ivanhoff http://t.co/WuudtuctLB — Dave Kelly (@EVplusEV) May 9, 2015 The Buffett Formula — How To Get Smarter http://t.co/4Cqovdy4Mh pic.twitter.com/OC2bZarsCI — Shane Parrish (@farnamstreet) May 9, 2015 My @Forbes interview with Charles Kirk and why tenacity is key to trading success:
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How do we know people shorted into the hole? Sentiment. Here was sentiment on $RUT futures yesterday. pic.twitter.com/qTe1dwnqMF — Northy (@NorthmanTrader) May 8, 2015 Ahh, the good ole days. That doesnt work anymore Ralphie boy, that's so 90s. These days u buy the flush. #BTFD https://t.co/93oKhnVzip — JE$US (@WallStJesus) May 8, 2015 If income inequality
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Jack Schwager has personally interviewed the greatest traders of our time. He has published several timeless classics, among them my favorite trading book of all time “Market Wizards”. I was thrilled when I heard that Mr. Schwager had developed his own technical indicators, and they were available through TradeShark.com. TradeShark was generous enough to set me
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The common held belief in the trading world is that 90% of traders are not profitable long term. This was based off some old studies of brokerage accounts. I read the original source article long ago in a trading book that referenced it. Other more recent studies seem to have found that the failure rate
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Thou shalt have no opinion other than price action. Thou shalt not make for yourselves any prediction, forecast, hope, or fear that causes you to trade against the market’s trend. Thou shalt not deviate from your written trading plan or trading rules. Remember your original stop loss to keep your losers small. Honor your entry
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“You adapt, evolve, compete or die.” – Paul Tudor Jones Learning to trade is an evolution of trader and system. You have to continually learn and grow as a trader. The markets are dynamic and we must continual learn to refine our system. Our losses must be our lessons, our wins must be our
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Over the past four months, $SPY has primarily been in a $203.50 support and $212.00 resistance price range. $SPY is only up 2.52% year-to-date, which creates little room for trend trading or swing trading. This year’s gains in $SPY have come from buying the deep dips and selling into strength. Selling stock index ETFs
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Stop making unnecessary mistakes. 9 tips to improve your risk management – http://t.co/nOYVZah1t1 — Tradeciety – Rolf (@Tradeciety) May 2, 2015 How we can succeed at trading by not trading: http://t.co/3ESr9tL8lQ $STUDY @PeterLBrandt #tradingpsychology #trading — Brett Steenbarger (@steenbab) May 2, 2015 Trade Setups: Understanding the Backtest http://t.co/jw73veRRhN by @andrewnyquist $STUDY — See It
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