Tag Archives: trading strategy

From the data: One reason traders struggle

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working with the forex trader data I’m going to …

Trader Psychology is NOT the most important thing

I came across a post on the FXStreet site with the following statement: “The majority of trading …

What do you trade and why?

A question came up on Trade2Win recently on a new thread. It asked the question of the …

The new trader system loop

A poster at Trade2win started a discussion recently which I think is very worth addressing here. It …

CANSLIM and market trend

Someone asks whether it’s important to factor current market trend into the CANSLIM stock trading strategy.

Maintaining a Position Mindset in a Portfolio

I met with the head of a PhD program yesterday. We had a good discussion of markets …

Drawbacks to packaged trading systems

Here are some of the major issues with purchasing a trading system from someone else.

Testing Trading Exits vs. Reversals

I’ve been reading a book of late that I will shortly be reviewing. There was a comment …

Using Secondary Indications in Your Market Analysis

Yesterday Adam at Forex Blog put up a blog post looking at the British Pound, specifically in …

Quick and Dirty Position Sizing Rule for Traders

There’s all kinds of discussion and advice about how much risk should be taken on a trade-by-trade …

Using Daily or Weekly Trading Goals

Day traders usually talk about their daily and weekly goals. Someone told me that this is typical …

A Few Bits of Trading and Market Wisdom

At the beginning of the year, Barry Ritholtz published a list of Market Truisms and Axioms from Arthur …

Comparing Your Trading to the Alternatives

I wrote the original version of this for the Currensee blog, but it has a broad based focus, …

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 …

Don’t Be Like This Trader

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

What about the Forex Market?

Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …

BDH

Book Review: Buy Don’t Hold

A practical text focused on the application of asset allocation looking at the market trend status

Five Observations from Successful Traders

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

Some of the worst market analysis ever!

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

Entering Trading Positions Around News

Last week I took part in a Currensee panel discussion titled Scalper, Swinger, or Holder. The main …

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 …

Alternative Ways to Play Interest Rate Moves

I’ve written in the past about ways to play moves interest rates. Among the ETFs I’ve mentioned …

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 …

Avoiding a Covered Call Being Called

A former classmate of mine from my undergraduate days (he and I were officers for the Finance …

RMAM

Book Review: Reading Minds and Markets

Primarily about asset allocation – picking the best place(s) to put money to work

Scalping Individual Stocks

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

Adding to Your Winning Trades

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

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 …

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 …

Happy Accidents are Rare in Trading

Brian Shannon at AlphaTrends recently wrote the post Bad Trade Gone Good (with some luck). In it …