Tag Archives: market analysis

Trading Simply and Using the Right Trading Tools

The other day Brett Steenbarger referenced a post by Trader X in which he talks about simplifying …

Using Unusual Options Activity to Predict Large Stock Moves

Options have become an increasingly larger focus among stock market traders of late. Recently a question came …

The Trade that Hurts the Most

Way back in the day I was a newbie trader. I know, it’s hard to believe, but …

Trading With Pivot Points, MAs and Oscillators

The other day a trader named Sam put the following question to me: I day trade via …

Penny Stock Research

The other day Tim Sykes answered a question he says he often gets: Why Is There So …

An Inquiry for Active Forex Traders

I need to do a some research for my employer. If you’re an active forex trader, I …

One Question Before Investing in that Stock

The Jutia Group blog recently suggested the One Question You Need to Ask Before Buying Any Stock Now. That …

Opening Gap – Will it hold or will the market retrace?

A reader of this blog posted a question via comment the other day about trading opening gaps in stocks. …

Trading During the Holidays

The question gets asked every year around this time: Is it worth trading during the holiday period? …

What do you think of X market?

The following note/question came in from a reader named James over the weekend. His question brings up …

Markets and timeframes for price distribution charting

I received a set of questions following on my How to identify price targets for your trades post …

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 …

How have these markets impacted your trading?

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

Improving your trading by thinking less

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

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 …

Leading Indicators vs. Lagging Indicators

A question came up recently on the Trade2Win forum about what indicators are leading and what are …

Where should Fibonacci Lines be drawn from?

Here is one of the more detailed and specific trader questions I’ve gotten in a while. John, …

Trading with Elliott Wave, does it work?

Here’s good question that came in from a trader over the weekend. hi john, something that i’m currently …

I think technical analysis is crap, and I should study economics to swing trade forex

Here’s something I came across on Trade2Win. I am a newbie, have been reading forex stuff for …

What do you suggest is the best way to trade fx markets?

Here’s a part-comment, part-question I received from a trader named Garry the other day. Simplicity is the …

Kondratieff Long Wave Theory

I was asked the other day: What is your take on the Kondratieff Long Wave Theory?  Would …

Catching up after a bad long weekend

I’ve been a bit under the weather of late, so I’m in catch-up mode when it comes …

Questions about the Following the Quest for Value course

Another trader question came in over email recently: I have a couple of questions for you on your …

What type of trading resources would help me read charts?

Here’s a question from a relatively new forex trader named Craig which gives me a bit more to …