Tag Archives: Q&A

Great Review of the Trader FAQs Book

Fred Elkins from Finance Banter wrote up an excellent review of my new FAQs book. I took …

Is the Japanese Yen a Safe-Haven Currency?

Frequent trading question-asker Rod is back with another one. He sounds worried that he’s asking a foolish …

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 …

Learning Trading from Scratch and Starting Small

Here’s a pair of questions I received recently. They are from a brand new trader and really …

Calculating Relative Strength

Yet another trader question! They are coming fast these days, which is fantastic. I enjoyed reading your …

How Can Interest Rates Go Below Inflation?

Today’s question focuses on interest rates and the fixed income market. I do not understand how interest …

Choosing the Best Trading Coach

I get trading questions from people all over the world. Here’s one from a trader on the …

What’s Your Opinion of Options Trading?

A reader named Bill asked the following question about options trading by way of leaving a comment the other …

Commodities Trading: Is it Worth Exploring?

Commodities have been a huge talking point in the market for a while now, and even more …

How Much Trading Capital is Enough to Start?

I received this trader question rececently: In your Ten New Trader Pitfalls article you mention a trader should start …

Help Me Trade Forex With Candles!

I am a newbie forex trader. My greatest challenge is identifying entry and exit using candlestick. I’ll be …

Am I Ready to Trade Live?

How do I know that I am ready to trade forex live? This, I’m sure, is a …

Divergence Trading Defined

Can you teach me divergence tading? That’s one of the recent questions I received. While I can’t …

How Do I Find Good Trades?

Here’s a question I received on identifying good trading opportunities. what troubles me the most is finding …

Which Timeframe Signals Should I Take?

I had an inquiry about trading timeframes yesterday. A new trader was confused about what trading signals …

I admit it. I don’t trade for a living.

I received an email recently from a gentleman who accused me of not really making a living …