Here’s a way to find regular short-term trades at night… (You can even trade them while you’re tucked up in bed asleep!) I’ve got more short-term trading stuff for you this week… And one question that crops up quite often is this: Can you...
Sit down – anytime – and find these easy-to-spot price action trades I’ve been doing some work on the scalping stuff over recent days – remember I promised to share something with you in the New Year? Much of this material needs to be worked through in order,...
A friend of mine from college and I went to watch a band play in Manchester – our old stomping ground – and decided to kick things off early by visiting some old haunts in the afternoon. Affleck’s Palace, a kind of multi-storey flea market, was much the same as...
Reality check! Scalping: what kind of results can you really expect? Last week I asked whether you’d be interested in learning some short-term trading methods (scalping)… Well it turns out I’d completely underestimated how many traders want to trade...
~Date.DayOfWeek~, ~Date.DayOfMonth~ ~Date.Month~ If I share my knowledge of short-term trading (10 to 15 pip profit trades) would you find it useful? Read on and let me know… I’m taking a quick break to write to you about an idea I’ve had…...
What have trading and slicing up birthday cakes got in common? Did you know there are only two key phases to ANY profitable trading approach? They both fall under the banner of Money Management. Or in other words the fine art of managing your trading bank. Money...
Try this simple ‘pickpocket’ trade entry pattern (I’ll tell you the simple market psychology that makes it work too) I’m going to share a quick and easy trading technique with you today. It’s one that’ll let you find solid trading...
Uncovering the REAL reason behind your trades And why pinning down a ‘starter goal’ is your first step to true success. Give the following question a bit of thought… What it is you actually want to achieve by trading? Yes, I know that making money...
A Simple 3-Step Sequence to Find the Holy Grail of Trading… Consistency! I’m going to have a little wager with you today… If you were to sum up your biggest trading frustration in just one word, what would it be? Here’s what my money is riding...
Top 5 Market Shaking Data Reports (and 3 ways to handle them) Do things like interest rate decisions and employment statistics make your brain go numb? You’re not alone. High-level economic data has been making headline news over the last month but goodness me;...
How the old-timers used volume to get ahead in trendless markets (and how you can do it too) September’s been an odd month for the Forex markets… Despite all that commotion leading up to the US interest rate decision, and one the most eagerly anticipated...
I don’t know whether you’d noticed (!) but the Rugby World Cup is in full flow at the minute. The New Zealand All Blacks played on Sunday. Masters of the sport and the fittest team in the competition, they are a force to be reckoned with any day of the...
Are you familiar with the old maxim: What gets measured gets improved? It’s true you know. Yes, at times it can be a real pain to carefully record the details of every single trade you take. But once you’ve moved beyond the complete beginner stage – once...
Financial Warfare! (and how the Stock Market is really a 21st century battleground) I’ve just read an eye-popping article about computer hacking and its effect on trading… Jim Rickards wrote the piece and he’s been pushing some strong views for...
Machine Guns and Mavericks (what I learned at the country seat of the Duke of Westminster) I spent a very pleasant afternoon at the home of the 9th richest man in Britain on Sunday. Gerald Grosvenor – Duke of Westminster – lives down the road from me. His Eaton Hall...
What to do with your trades when chaos reigns Holy smokes – did you see the market carnage on Monday? Traders had been anticipating further currency devaluation from China after the weekend, and when it didn’t come all hell was unleashed! The Shanghai index had...
Why did China devalue the yuan? (And what comes into play next?) I’m not a big fundamental trader. I much prefer to follow the technical picture on the charts instead. But I was intrigued by potential long-term effects of those yuan devaluations by China last...
I received a real shock at the weekend. We had some friends over for dinner – my oldest mates and their wives/partners. We don’t get together often. Three or four times a year at most. But when we do it’s just like old times – the ribbing and stories of infamous...
How ‘scaling out’ of trades can cure profit taking anxieties I’ve got an alternative way of exiting trades I’d like to tell you about… It might be a concept you’re already familiar with. And if that’s the case you’ll...
Interesting events lit up the news wires at breakfast time Monday… Despite China’s best efforts to prevent it, the Shanghai stock market tanked again overnight Sunday. 8.4% down on the day. 345 points lost. And the second biggest crash in its...
Pi Waves and the Strange Story of Martin Armstrong (And why he’s bracing himself for market meltdown – starting 1 October 2015) I’ve just been reading about a market forecaster called Martin Armstrong… Don’t be surprised if you haven’t...
Stop, Limit, & Instant Execution: All about Forex Order Types (And how to use them to your advantage) I’ve received questions about different Forex order types recently… When newer traders make their way to the Metatrader platform for the first time...
3 charts to suggest a ‘stress test’ for global markets (and 3 that show there are always opportunities to make money!) Well, things certainly livened up after Greece’s ‘no’ vote to austerity on Sunday… Yanis Varoufakis, the...
Making money from empty spaces: How to trade the ‘Greek Gap’ Well, the first card has fallen… As I’m sure you know by now, Greece imposed capital controls on Sunday. The Greek government announced the banks will be closed for the week and left...
