Category: Trading Tips

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

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 of Wealthy Traders. …

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 Mike …

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 Market Wizards …

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 …

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. …

Trading Discipline and Playing to Your Strengths

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

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. …