Monthly Archives: November 2008

Trading with Fibonacci methods

I received an email yesterday asking about trading with Fibonaccis. While I’m familiar with fibos, they are …

Efficient Markets: Should you even bother trading?

The question of whether the markets are efficient was broached again by a fellow blogger recently. The …

More trading rules that you might want to ignore

There was a post on the Trading Goddess blog  the other day which included “the four cardinal …

Revisiting the impact of these markets on traders and investors

The other day I asked the question “How have these markets impacted your trading?” (if you haven’t …

The End of Wall Street?

If you haven’t seen it already, there is a fantastic article by Michael Lewis entitled The End …

Is it ok to leave a trade open more than one day?

Yesterday I started answering an email from a reader, covering the part of what he was asking …

Should I use charting software, and if so which one?

It appears that the trend in trader questions landing in my inbox these days is to ask …

How have these markets impacted your trading?

I get a lot of questions from traders and I answer the vast majority of them here …

Taking a Look at Price Distribution Charts

Have you seen a chart like this before? (click to enlarge) This style of chart is known …

Improving your trading by thinking less

Analysis paralysis. We’ll all heard of it. Have we all experienced it? I know I have. My …

Can I build positions by adding to winners?

Over the last two days I have been working through a multi-part query which came in from …

Is it possible to trade only on the monthly charts?

In yesterday’s post I started to answer an inquiry which came in from a prospective equity index futures …

Which mini equity futures contract is best?

Over the weekend I received from a trader what I feel like is really a three-part inquiry. Rather …

The media won’t help you trade or understand the markets

It’s been said before. It will be said again. I’m going to say it now anyway. Take …

Please, please stop saying “the forex”!

I need to let loose a rant here – and offer some advice. Can someone please tell …

Which indicators and timeframe can be best used for scalping?

This question came in from a forex trader named Calvin. I am currently trading forex and wish to …

Which trading systems should I use?

Here’s a trading system question that came in over the weekend: Hello John, I’m happy that you’re …