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When day traders hear the closing bell, it may be tempting to shut things down and then move on with the rest of your day. But is this really the best thing to do or is there something you can do to improve your trading like logging in your trading journal?… Read more
Trading the trend is a trading approach where you find the main trend in a market, take a position, and ride the trend to its conclusion. The important part of trend trading is that there must be a trend that is either just starting or has strength behind it. Getting on… Read more
The Crude Oil Inventory Report is one of the most exciting events of the week for us day traders especially with the Counter Punch Trader. After today I was ready to pop the champagne which seemed appropriate the way to price blew to its targets. The champagne bottle trade is… Read more
I just finished a walk through video of this past week’s crude oil trades and I wanted to do another one with two very popular markets. The YM (Dow E-Mini) is a great instrument for traders of every level of trading experience and we hit new equity highs with our trading… Read more
A futures market that gets a lot of attention from traders in our Inner Circle, is crude oil. Crude oil futures is a very liquid market and when combined with our trading plans, can be a very consistent income generating market. You are not limited to only trading the regular… Read more
Trailing your stop loss in the market in the hopes of making big profits isn’t always going to be the best thing to do in every situation. Markets which aren’t trending (and most of the time, most are not) will come back on you and take you out for a… Read more
Trading is a game of probabilities and any successful trader knows that at any time, the next trade can be a winner or it can be a loser. Trading with an edge, you want to allow the probabilities to play out and that can only happen over a large basket… Read more
Kagi charts were developed in the 1870’s in Japan, and many of us in the US first learned about them from Steve Nison in his book Beyond Candlesticks. When we started using Range and Renko Charts with our systems here at NetPicks a while back, we got a lot of… Read more
“There’s no such thing as support and resistance levels” When I first heard that I thought “What kind of rubbish is this guy talking?” What are support and resistance levels? “support is a level or area on the chart under the market where buying interest is sufficiently strong to overcome… Read more
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
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
We held a Live Options Demo on Friday 6/29/18 to show how we approach the Options market at NetPicks. In the video below you will find a walk through of our options trades from last week and we also take a look at some new trades setting up for next… Read more
The Netpicks group of traders has put together a list of the best day trading tips we could give new and experienced day traders. Day trading has changed over the past decades as technology has made it easy for anybody to get involved in the markets. The pitch was you… Read more
I’ve received many emails about the crude oil inventory report trade that is done live in our trading room every week. The set time frame we look at, the trading plan we use, and how quickly someone short on time during the day can profit from the market is appealing… Read more
Our YM trading plan is one trade away of making all new equity highs. Russell E-Mini, NQ, ES, Crude oil and others all hitting their trade plan objectives with minimal trading, one or two trades only, and goals reached. Markets are challenging at the best of times but our trade… Read more
There are a lot of pitfalls in trading and it is only a matter of time before one of them starts to challenge you in ways you could not imagine. Traders often hear about trading psychology and how important it is to understand how issues with psychology can influence your… Read more
Winning trade plans for day traders are consistently accomplishing the goals of the Spotlight Power Trader strategy which helps traders stay consistent in their approach. The key is to not try to do too much and just stay focused on achieving the overriding goals of the strategy: To quit with… Read more
In this week’s Options Trade Of The Week, we will use our Spotlight Power Trader system to identify a bearish trade opportunity on PayPal (Symbol: PYPL). With the market making a big move higher over the last few weeks, we are left with many overbought markets. This is especially true… Read more
In a world where instant gratification is a desired result, the “one minute trade” fits the bill when we trade the crude oil inventory report. It’s not always “instant” because sometimes we have to wait two minutes but compared to a longer term trading position, it’s close enough Even when… Read more
Forex trading software has evolved from simple broker charts and Forex trading robots all the way to Forex automation software that make it easy for anybody to enter the market and begin trading Markets of all types have benefited from technology advances and the number of advancements in online trading can boggle the… 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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