Yearly Archives: 2009

The Relationship Between Stocks and Forex

I was asked a question by someone on my mailing list yesterday about the relationship between the …

Criteria for Position Trading

I was asked the question “What criteria is important with position trading?” by a recent site visitor. …

The Essentials of Trading Book Discount Availability

I got a question about my book recently. It speaks to me offering the book for sale …

Who is the Smart Money?

Ulli at The Wall Street Bully recently had a post in which he took on the question …

Whenever I trade the market goes against me.

Here’s an email I recieved from a clearly frustrated new forex trader. My problem is most of …

Trading Services Performance Records and Refund Policies

Here’s a question that came up over the weekend. Why do so many Live Trading Services not have …

A Collection of The Essentials of Trading Reviews

I found out about a set of reviews of The Essentials of Trading on a site I’d …

Should I Become a Chartered Market Technician?

Those looking to become professional traders or market analysts often ask questions related to education and professional …

Scalping Individual Stocks

What is the best way to approach trading only 1 stock over and over during the trading …

Fighting the Ignorance of Traders Who Claim They Know

It’s ranting time! There’s a certain blogger out there who’s only purpose for posting (seemingly) is to …

Computer Requirements for Traders

There comes up from time to time the question of the type of computer hardward and software …

On Technical Indicators and Trading Methods

Indicators are always a favor subject among traders, especially new ones still trying to find their niche …

Professional Trading: How Long to Get There, Are Good Genes Required?

I got a set of questions from a member of my mailing list over the weekend. They …

Forex Crosses Do Actually Trade

A question that comes up sometimes from new forex traders is whether the cross rate currency pairs such …

An Emailer Struggling to Trade for a Living

I received the following email from a trader struggling with trading for a living. Ho John, If …

Three Ways to Know You Shouldn’t Trade

The question of whether someone really should not be a trader is one that’s not often brought …

Three Big Reasons Small Trading Accounts Fail

I get and have frequently seen on trading discussion sites the question “How much do I need to …

Questions About Elliott Wave

I have been reading books on Elliott wave principle and trying to figure out how to apply …

Back from the Traders Expo

I’m back in to the swing of things once more after my trip to Los Angeles (Pasadena, …

Over Two Years Trading and Nothing But Losses

A member of my mailing list – from New Zealand, I believe – wrote in to express …

Forex Volume Figures

I had a question come in overnight regarding volume data and how it can be used for …

Price Movement Causality – Not What You Might Think

I saw the following statement made on the BabyPips site: Forex charts are nothing but a chart …

Minimum Stop Loss

A question came up on Trade2Win that I thought probably was of interest to readers here as …

Futures vs. ETFs Performance Differences

Here’s an interesting, but somewhat complex question about oil trading I had come in by email. Well, …

Where does forex leverage come from?

A question was posted on BabyPips which occurred to me as being something readers here might wonder …

Adding to Your Winning Trades

At some point just about every trader starts pondering the question of if, when, and how to …

Only for Advanced Traders?

I had an email over the weekend that came in concerning my price distribution trading methodology course. …

What are your favorite trading websites?

I want to conduct a bit of an informal poll of readers. As you’ve no doubt seen, …

Trading Discipline and Playing to Your Strengths

In my regular scanning of what other bloggers are posting I came across a post on the …

Do You Still Do Trader Coaching?

A student of one of my trading courses sent an email the other day that touches on a couple …

Exploring Automated Trading Systems

Fully automated trading through the use of so-called “robots” or “expert advisors” (EAs) at the retail (meaning …

Los Angeles Traders Expo Reminder

Just a quick reminder that I’ll be at the Los Angeles Traders Expo next month (June 3-6). …

NFA Justifications and Reasoning for Killing Forex Hedging

Marjorie, who has been commenting on the No more hedging for forex traders post, dug up the …

Track Market Sentiment to Understand Price Cause and Effect

I’m willing to bet that a lot of newer traders are having a hard time understanding the …

Failure to Track Your Trading Could Cost You Millions!

There’s a story on the Bloomberg site today with the title MF Global Told to Pay U.K. …

New NFA Rule Impacts More Than Just Forex Hedging

A couple of weeks ago I posted on the new NFA rule which effectively bans the practice …

No Evidence of Stop Hunting by Retail Forex Brokers

The subject of stop hunting continues to come up quite frequently, especially where forex trading is concerned. …

A Reader’s Story About a Stop Getting Hit

A reader named Susan left this comment recently on the Some Not-So-Great Tips for Using Stop Orders …

Big Trading Risk On Small Accounts – Bad Idea

If you’ve been reading my postings here for any length of time you’ll know that one of …

Technical/Fundamental analysis a child’s game

A reader named nikesh posted a comment to yesterday’s Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With …

Improving the Win Rate of Trend System With Oscillators

This question came in over the weekend from a gentleman working on improving his trend trading system. …

Can a Shared Trading Edge Still be Profitable?

Yesterday I wrote Conspiracies, Regulations, and Trader Paranoia in which I tried to clear up some of …

Conspiracies, Regulations, and Trader Paranoia

Last week I posted No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders to discuss the pending NFA rule which effectively …

Some Good Entries From Fellow Members of the Blogosphere

A couple of recent posts by fellow bloggers caught my attention and I wanted to share them …

Three Years Gone, But Just the Start

Time is definitely a funny thing. It was three years ago today that Wiley officially released my …

Shifting from Trade Signal Follower to Trader

Trader Rob from north of the border in Canada (at least that’s north of the border for …

Forex “Hedging” Continued

In yesterday’s No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders post I pointed out a new rule from the …

No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders

The National Futures Association (NFA) has a new ruling which goes into effect on May 15, 2009. …

Help! I Can’t Stick to My Trading Plan

Here’s a question I received over the weekend that I know is one a great many traders …