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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007by Neal Hughes – FibMaster So much time is spent on entering a trade. Today I want to focus on some exit strategies. This is not a full Fibonacci course, so if you don’t understand the basics I suggest that you visit my website for help with those aspects. Human nature makes trading very challenging. [...]
Trading for a Living – Part 1
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007There can’t be many traders who haven’t at least considered the idea of telling the boss what they think of him, throwing it all in and going off to trade the stock market for a living. It’s a big risk financially, and that uncertainty is what stops most from jumping ship. Is it really possible [...]
Essential Elements of a Successful Trader
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Courage Under Stressful Conditions When the Outcome is Uncertain All the foreign exchange trading knowledge in the world is not going to help, unless you have the nerve to buy and sell currencies and put your money at risk. As with the lottery “You gotta be in it to win it”. Trust me when I [...]
What Time Frame Should You Trade?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007by Mark McRae On a recent lecture on trading I asked one of the audience whom I knew traded spot forex where the trend was for the Euro/Dollar this week. He immediately replied that the trend was up. I then asked how he knew the trend was up for all the traders who trade the [...]
Pre-market Traps
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The premarket game starts around 8:30am (EST) and lasts until 9:29am (EST) (on Nasdaq). Early in the session, MMs (marker makers) will start to gap their inside bid prices subjective to news or sector strength. We have constantly seen the premarket gap and traps take in many amateur traders. The rule of thumb here is [...]
How To Use Volume To Determine Trends
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007by Tim Bourquin Day traders often find themselves overwhelmed with complex technical indicators, moving averages and complex algorithms. However, sometimes it helps to step back and get back to basics. One of those basic indicators is volume (the number of shares bought and sold in any given day). Not long ago, a hundred million share [...]
Fibonacci Trading
Monday, November 19th, 2007We are indeed fortunate in this lesson to have Neal Hughes give some of his time and explain some of the basics of Fibonacci trading. Neal has taught Fibonacci trading methods for many years to private clients and small groups. Neal is well versed in all aspects of technical analysis. He is also an accomplished [...]
How to Design a Simple Trading System
Sunday, November 18th, 2007by John Piper I have spoken a lot about system design and the next logical step is to write a more detailed piece on this subject. So how do you design a system. Well, the first step is to put the structure in place. By this I mean the aim of your system. What do [...]
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