July 17th, 2008

Inside The Trader’s Mind

Over the next couple of weeks we will give you some of our thinking about why we are all different in our trading success. We have been asked what kind of results will we get with your trading system, what percentages of success will I get? Let’s look at two traders.  They have the same [...]

July 3rd, 2008

The Excitement of a Flat Market

We have heard many complaints from traders about the market being flat, the market is dead etc. Is that the real problem or is it that traders do not know what to look for when the market is going sideways? For new traders it is soon learned that sideways markets are great set ups for [...]

June 30th, 2008

Trading in Larger Time Frames

There are three main trading styles. They are: Day traders        1-5-15 minute time frames Swing traders    30 minute to 4 hour time frames Position traders    1day and longer (These are general rankings for the time frames of the trading styles) Day traders go for smaller numbers of pips and large number of lots.  They [...]

June 26th, 2008

Holding Trades For A Few Minutes or a Few Days

We hear the pros and cons of trading short term vs. long. If a traders wants to sit in front of their computer for long hours day after day then they can trade short term. If traders love to trade and want to have a life in addition to trading they should look at using [...]

June 16th, 2008

A Conversation I Had

I was talking to another trader about what a currency pair was setting up to do.  We both came to the same conclusion.  We were waiting for the 4 hour chart to create its next candle to see what the market was saying.  What we were looking for was the changes in direction on the [...]

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