Category: Trading Tips

Articles and comments intended to help teach trading and investing to new and novice market participants.

8 Ways to Limit Your Trading Education Tuition

Learning to trade is going to cost you in one fashion or another (and remember that your …

Investing vs. Trading in Forex

With the advent of the Currensee Trade Leaders program, the idea of investing in the currency market …

The Down Side of Day Trading

I’ve written on several occasions about the considerations involved in trading for a living and trading full-time. Most …

Looking at Random Trading

Every once in a while, the topic of random trading comes up. Normally, it’s part of a …

Be Careful Trading Against the Masses

A post on Zero Hedge inspired me to talk about something in the area of contrary indications …

Addressing Expo and Trading Education Skepticism

A recent post comment left by a reader on the subject of trading conferences begs to be …

Don’t Be Like This Trader

A reader of the market analysis service I work for emailed me after I posted a comment …

Penny Stocks vs. Forex Trading

Tim Sykes seems to be someone people either love or hate. He is upfront and straightforward with his opinions, which …

Five Observations from Successful Traders

Tim Bourquin has an article at TradingMarkets in which he discusses what he calls 5 Uncommon Rules …

Using Other Traders’ Mistakes to Improve Your Trading Performance

During the Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did with Currensee a little while back, fellow panelist …

Subscription Services as Part of Trader Development

During the Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did with Currensee a little while back, a question on …

Seven Deadly Sins of Trading

The idea of the seven deadly sins of trading was tossed my way last week. After giving it …

Resources for Finding a Trading Coach

A question came up during the recent Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did for Currensee which we …

A Peak Inside Professional Level Market Analysis

I want to share something with you that I recieved today in my email from one of …

Reaction to the “worst analysis” post

My post from yesterday, Some of the worst market analysis ever!, generated a bit of a response …

Some of the worst market analysis ever!

I came across an article the other day which got my blood boiling a bit. It basically …

Forex Seasonals Coming Up Big So Far

Do you know the seasonal patterns which tend to play out in the forex markets? If so, …

Biases In Market Analysis

A headline on the Business Insider blog caught my attention this morning: Once Again, Moody’s Is Behind …

On Elliott Wave, Implusive Trading, and Trading Plans

I’ve had a few questions come in over the last several days which don’t really require a …

Why You Shouldn’t Fixate on Winning Percentage in Your Trading

I’ve been reading Curtis Faith’s new book Trading From Your Gut, a review of which will follow …

Taking Your Trading to the Next Level

A really interesting question came in overnight from a trader who is still relatively new to it …

Looking for Meaning in Big Open Interest Drop in S&P 500 Futures

Here’s something I noticed today that I found REALLY interesting. First of all, take a look at …

Watching Positioning Figures for Biases and Changes

As you may have gathered from some of my prior posts (like Using COT data to spot …

What I Wish I Knew When I Started Trading

Brett Steenbarger started a new series of posts a couple weeks ago which revolve around Lessons Learned …

Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion

I’ve written on several occasions, including my first ever article published in Stocks & Commodities, on the …

Taxes, Budget Deficits and Inflation

A couple of things have come out from different politicians the last couple days which have me …

A Sample of Professional Market Analysis

I received an email a short while ago outlining the three reasons an analyst at CIBC World …

Trading Education is Not Just About Trading Systems

The following comment, sent to me by email, and referring to the Market Wizards and The New …

Understanding and Using the Dollar Index

The folks on CNBC and elsewhere in the media are all over the fact that the Dollar …

Understanding the Talking Heads

Talking heads abound in the markets. There are corporate CEOs and other high-level officers. There are central …

Taking the Piss Out of Goldman

My British and Aussie/New Zealand readers will understand the above headline, as will those who have spent …

Want me to tell you where to buy and sell?

Then walk a way now, cause it ain’t going to happen! My focus, and the focus of …

Where’s the Money, and Where’s it Going?

A lot of traders have been utterly confounded by the way things have been playing out in …

Looking at Stock Market Internals for Confirmation

While I’m no longer a stock market analyst (I’m focused on forex these days), I still keep …

Using COT data to spot potential big moves

I’ve mentioned the Commitment of Traders data on a few occasions previously in terms of its usefulness …

I don’t use stops. What do you think?

I got the question in the title of this post from a “fan” of The Essentials of …

Taking the Trader Positioning Data to the Next Level

Note: This is a cross-post. It was initially put up on the Currensee blog. The Commodity Futures …

Trading System Testing and Risk Management with Multiple Securities

A reader of my book sent me a question that combines system design and testing issues with …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Minimum Stop Loss

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