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Happy new all time market highs! What an impressive run this market has been on the last few weeks. With so many markets at new all time highs it’s no surprise that volatility has been completely sucked out of this market. In fact, we are going to close the week… Read more
The goal in trading is to compound your trading account allowing you to scale up your trading business. As your account size increases, so does your ability to trade larger position sizes which, in a perfect world, becomes wash, rinse, and repeat. In order to do this correctly, you must… Read more
At what point has your trading become over-complicated? Some traders can have many variables in their trading plan and do fine. Others can get overwhelmed when there are too many things to consider for a trading setup. I’m sure we’ve all felt that way at times. There is no simple… Read more
GLD is one of the few ETF’s in this market that has good volatility. As a result, the options are more expensive giving us more opportunity as an options seller rather than a buyer. For this week’s Options Trade Of The Week we are going to take a look at… Read more
Last week, a student in our Nasdaq Options Superstars program had a hard time grasping why anyone would consider other options strategies. “If I’m bullish it’s best to buy calls. If bearish it’s best to just buy puts.” While most people get attracted to the idea of trading options because… Read more
Whether we’re talking Elliot Wave, Fibonacci, Donchian Channels or even a simple strategy such as the Golden Cross, the trading strategies and market analysis techniques a trader uses are rarely original. Ideas from experienced and successful traders and market technicians rise and fall in popularity as the next revelation becomes… Read more
The new IPO’s that we have seen over the last year have shown some amazing returns. Names like BYND, LYFT, and now SLACK have been extremely active since they have started trading which makes them ideal candidates for us to trade. LYFT – Bearish Trade Opportunity With the entire… Read more
Summer trading is upon us and many times that means slow markets. But just as in life, we can’t get lulled into going through the motions when grinding price action takes over our screens. So let’s have a conversation about how markets can change their behavior very quickly. They can… Read more
Learning to trade is a life long process as you modify and improve the trading systems and strategies you are using. But there is a point where you become profitable more often than not and that requires work. My question is: How many hours do you spend on your quest… Read more
After selling a call spread on AMD in last week’s Options Trade Of The Week, we are going back to the well by selling another call spread this week. This time we will be doing so on EBAY. We have continued to see a strong market again this week which… Read more
The stochastic momentum index (SMI) is like the stochastic oscillator on steroids and was brought to the trading world by William Blau. Instead of reading the closing price of the asset as the standard stochastic indicator, the SMI will calculate the closing price in relation to the average of the… Read more
The market has produced one of the biggest 5 day rallies in a long time here this week. We have seen 5 days in a row of impressive gains to the upside and as a result, the market is overbought in the near term. If you are like me your… Read more
I have seen a disturbing trend with many retail options traders over the last year that is holding many people back from experiencing the big growth in their accounts. The issue has to do with not using proper risk management in their trading. A common approach to risk management that… Read more
Donchian channels, brought to us by Richard Donchian (1905-1993), is a great trading indicator to highlight trends, ranges, and new X number of day breakouts. You can design many trading strategies around the Donchian channel and it was the primary indicator for the Turtle Traders. The channel works by highlighting… Read more
Do you ever get the feeling that markets are rigged against you? Does it always seem like the market makes the exact opposite move that you are looking for? Why does it seem like the market reverses the very moment you put a trade on? While it can see like… Read more
One of the most popular chart patterns in technical analysis is the triangle pattern. The triangle pattern is considered a consolidation price pattern, generally a continuation pattern, where the range of price gets tighter. This getting tighter is an indication of lower volatility and there will eventually be a resolution from… Read more
The three moving average crossover strategy is an approach to trading that uses 3 exponential moving averages of various lengths. All moving averages are lagging indicators however when used correctly, can help frame the market for a trader. You can see how MA’s can give you information about market states… Read more
The CCI indicator, the commodity channel index, is a momentum based indicator that falls under the oscillator classification. The CCI oscillates between several levels including: +100 -100 0 +200 -200 These levels are often used as overbought and oversold levels. The +100 would be considered overbought as an example. A move… Read more
You may be an expert in technical analysis and are able to read the market movements. You have a good eye in seeing who holds the balance of power on the chart and your trading plan takes advantage of that skill Traders can look at a chart and see, according… Read more
There are many types of trader personalities but I want to focus on two specific types. Both of these types have the potential to be successful as a trader only if they are able to get out of their own way. You may find yourself as one of these types… Read more
Are You Ready For When Your Trading Strategy Begins To Fail?
Markets and the traders that trade in each market, are constantly in a state of change. No two trades are ever exactly the same and that’s even if we’re looking at the same instrument on the same day in the same market phase. But markets evolve over time as they … Read more
3 Things That Losing Day Trades Can Tell You – Are You Paying Attention?
You are going to lose in trading but the trouble is, many traders make the mistake of attempting to avoid losing trades at all cost. Negative trade outcomes are a big part the trading business and for day traders, the fear of loss can paralyze them but they must accept… Read more
Here Is How to Stop over Trading and Become a Winner
Day trading has the potential to keep you glued to the screen the entire day as you punch in and out of trades. It can actually be addicting as you watch the increase in your trading account – perhaps not so addicting when the losses come. But even with the… Read more
Should You Scale And Trail Your Trading Profits?
Trade setups and entries are one of the most searched for topics when it comes to trading. What gets missed is the exit strategy you will use to exit your trade for profit or at your stop loss. I have a question for you: “How many times have you been in… Read more
Complete MACD Indicator Settings and Trading Strategy Guide
One of the first indicators I ever experimented with was one developed by Gerald Appel in the late 1970s called the MACD indicator, otherwise defined as the moving average convergence divergence indicator. The MACD histogram was added in 1986. Right from the start I used it as a technical analysis tool,… Read more
13 Forex Trading Tips Every New and Experienced Trader Must Know
Some of the best Forex trading tips that can lead to trading success are usually the simple ones. Given that Forex market is popular for both experienced and beginning traders, you know there are quite a few tips available for all traders With low initial deposits depending on your account… Read more
Lack Of Confidence Will Kill Your Trading Dreams
The success rate in terms of successful traders, by all accounts, is pretty poor. This has the potential to rip the confidence of anybody thinking of making trading an income producing activity. Trading is a performance sport and just like any performance endeavor, without confidence with what you are doing, you… Read more
90 Second Crude Oil Trade Win
Another Crude Oil Inventory Report trade and our trading system, Counter Punch Trader, banked us (and our trading room members) a first trade winner with overall exposure time in the market of less than two minutes. This is what successfully trading for living is about – repeating the same actions over and over again… Read more
Crude Oil Inventory Report Trade Recap
This crude oil trading session for Feb 28 2018 had some excellent learning points in it and it would have been easy to get tripped up if you were approaching your trading without a concrete approach to the markets. All of our Inner Circle members and those who attend our live trading… Read more
3 Principles Of Mindfulness Trading
In a post entitled Take A Break From Your Trading Screen, I touched on the benefits of shutting off your focus and letting her brain take a break. For traders, where the need of intense focus is immense, being able to step back mentally is vital. Up until the last several… Read more
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