April 6th, 2009

Pulling The Trigger To Enter A Trade

A trader may have a problem pulling the trigger to enter a trade for several
reasons.  One they are not confident enough with their analysis.  Two they
have not done enough demo trading to see the results of a trade.  This is
part of the over 100 trades that need to be done in order to get [...]

April 2nd, 2009

Pulling The Trigger To Exit A Trade

We have all had trades where we did everything right, we entered based on good
signals, our stops were placed, we new how we were going to exit the trade at a profit,
the trade started out positive then turned and headed against us.  In order
to follow our trading rules we watch the trade go against us [...]

March 27th, 2009

Lower Time Frames May Cause Over Trading

Traders can get caught up in thinking that shorter time frames can reduce risk.  They think they can get out of bad trades sooner but they also get out of good trades sooner.
If a trader is looking at the smaller time frames like the 1- and 5- minute they will get more signals.  They [...]

March 25th, 2009

Is Trend Trading Right For You

Trading the trend can be profitable, that is if you can identify the trend in a timely manner and then manage the risk along the way.  The good thing is that trading the trend can apply to any currency pair or time frame.  Here is some more good information the trend can help you systematically [...]