Monthly Archives: January 2008

Practice, Practice, and Practice Some More

AÂ Trade2Win memberÂ going by the moniker of bluetipex madeÂ posted the following recently in response to an earlier poster …

Divergence Trading Defined

Can you teach me divergence tading? That’s one of the recent questions I received. While I can’t …

How Do I Find Good Trades?

Here’s a question I received on identifying good trading opportunities. what troubles me the most is finding …

Is My Broker Stealing from Me?

The following was actually left as a comment on the site, but since I’m sure it’s something …

Another Rogue Trader

If you were completely out of touch Thursday you might have missed the adventures of our latest …

Which Timeframe Signals Should I Take?

I had an inquiry about trading timeframes yesterday. A new trader was confused about what trading signals …

Yield Curve Madness!!!

I had to share this with you. It’s a snapshot of the US Treasury market as of …

Did You Freak?

Be honest. Were you freaking out today? For a little while there it was getting kind of …

Increase Your Cash Returns – An Interesting Alternative

I thought I’d share with you something of which I’ve recently become aware. It’s not directly trading, …

Use Market Mechanics to Your Advantage

This is an article I wrote for Trading Markets that I thought my own readers would also …

Oh, Woe is Me!

Today was an awful day. Well, sort of. OK. I might be getting a bit dramatic here. …

Book Review: The Age of Fallibility by George Soros

As much a philosophical treatise as an exploration of global affairs

What Market or Markets do You Trade?

Most traders basically fall into a market when they get started. They generally don’t give it a …

When Free Isn’t and Paying Makes Much More Sense

One of the things that comes up on a fairly regular basis in the forums and other …

Risking Something Other Than 1-2%

The idea that you should only risk 1-2% of yourÂ trading account isÂ a bit of advice which is …

Can Anyone Help Me Find a Mentor?

Here’s another question along a subject line which is often brought up by new traders: Hi I …

Being Clear on Margin

One of the things which traders new to leveraged trading sometimes get a bit wrong is margin …

My Top 5 Trading Books

There are lots of trading books out there, and many of them are quite good and useful. These five, though, are the ones that have most influenced me.

The Timing of Data Releases

A question which recently came up had to do with getting data releases. A trader looking to …