Tag Archives: trading

ATFBC

Book Review: A Trader’s First Book on Commodities

A pretty solid introduction to futures trading

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 …

How Markets Can Fall Without Actually Trading

One of the things many market participants fail to realize is that prices do not require transactions …

Entering Trading Positions Around News

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

Answering Trading Questions Taken to the Next Level

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you’ll know that I answer a lot …

Currensee Now Open to Oanda Traders

Word has come out from Currensee that Oanda traders can now become members of the forex social network. …

Is Trading for a Living Worthwhile?

Here is a very good inquiry I received from a trader named Yvan in Bern over the weekend …

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 …

The Cost of Forex Trading

I was asked by frequent emailer Rod to address something he came across regarding the cost of …

The best forex trading technique or trading system

I got the following email over the weekend. Let me know what your immediate response is. I …

Stock Trading is Not Zero Sum

I recently got a zero sum question in regards to the stock market. The one question I …

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 …

Someone Else Slamming Forex

I really wish people would get their facts right. There was an article posted in the ft.com/alphaville …

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 …

Professional Forex Analyst Interview

A short while back I did an interview with one of the Content Editors (a position I …

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 …

How much do traders lose before becoming winners?

The following was posted by a trader on a forum recently. It’s a question which comes up …

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 …

When Black Monday comes…

A slight twist on a Steely Dan tune there. It might seem like I’m dating myself a bit with …

Avoiding a Covered Call Being Called

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

Screwed by his forex broker

The following rant was posted in a forum by a clearly frustrated forex trader claiming his broker …

Why teach others how to trade?

A question came in this morning from a “fan” of The Essentials of Trading Facebook page. It …

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 …

Criteria for Position Trading

I was asked the question “What criteria is important with position trading?” by a recent site visitor. …

The Essentials of Trading Book Discount Availability

I got a question about my book recently. It speaks to me offering the book for sale …

Who is the Smart Money?

Ulli at The Wall Street Bully recently had a post in which he took on the question …

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 …

Trading Services Performance Records and Refund Policies

Here’s a question that came up over the weekend. Why do so many Live Trading Services not have …

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 …

Professional Trading: How Long to Get There, Are Good Genes Required?

I got a set of questions from a member of my mailing list over the weekend. They …

Forex Crosses Do Actually Trade

A question that comes up sometimes from new forex traders is whether the cross rate currency pairs such …

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 …

Questions About Elliott Wave

I have been reading books on Elliott wave principle and trying to figure out how to apply …

Price Movement Causality – Not What You Might Think

I saw the following statement made on the BabyPips site: Forex charts are nothing but a chart …

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 …

What are your favorite trading websites?

I want to conduct a bit of an informal poll of readers. As you’ve no doubt seen, …

Exploring Automated Trading Systems

Fully automated trading through the use of so-called “robots” or “expert advisors” (EAs) at the retail (meaning …

NFA Justifications and Reasoning for Killing Forex Hedging

Marjorie, who has been commenting on the No more hedging for forex traders post, dug up the …