by Rich Fitton | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles
A question arrives from TN reader Tony T: “I’m getting ready to trade again tomorrow [after the long Easter weekend] and feel a bit slow and ‘out of touch’ but I’ve heard some traders say they get better after taking a break. Is it normal...
by Rich Fitton | Apr 16, 2019 | Articles
A question arrives from TN reader Paul T: Rich, I trade my own strategy (I leant it from a book and added my own twist). It does work but I can’t seem to get it performing past breakeven. I’ll have a good run and then it always seems to hit a sticky patch...
by Rich Fitton | Apr 10, 2019 | Articles
I must admit, I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for volume. You might have heard me talk about it before. It tends to be followed more closely by futures and stock traders than Forex traders, and it has a certain sentimental appeal to it. Traders like Jesse...
by Rich Fitton | Apr 2, 2019 | Articles
I was flicking through an old trading journal of mine the other day. It’s a bit tattered around the edges but when I look at them now, I can see that those pages contain absolute pearls of wisdom. At the time, I was still desperately trying to figure things out....
by Rich Fitton | Mar 26, 2019 | Articles
I’ve been doing some work on trading Mindset this week. It’s for the ‘Campaign Management’ module of my new strategy (more on that to come in a minute). Now traders typically put all their energy and effort into ‘Method.’ You know...
by Rich Fitton | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles
Do you know one of the single biggest problems traders face? You might not agree at first glance because it actually sounds like a BENEFIT rather than a potential threat. But it’s been the ruin of many a trader over the years. And it’s a particular threat...
by Rich Fitton | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles
Imagine: you’ve spent weeks, months even, developing a trading strategy. Your back-testing is complete. And on paper this strategy has the potential to make an eye-popping 7% return on account per day. Yes, 7% return on account PER DAY! That’s not 7% per...
by Rich Fitton | Feb 12, 2019 | Articles
When you are over prepared you run the risk of ‘marrying’ your market opinion. All that hard work went into doing your analysis – it’s easy to become blinkered to any other possibility but the one you envisage. You may analyse the markets...
by Rich Fitton | Feb 5, 2019 | Articles
You never really know what the market will serve up next. Will it be a profit or will it be a losing trade? Consistent profits actually come from a random pattern of winning trades and losing trades. It’s only when you’ve got a proven system in place you’ll have...
by Rich Fitton | Jan 22, 2019 | Articles
A question comes in from a TN reader: ‘Aren’t you contradicting yourself when you’re dissing off the peg “forex systems” at the very same time you’re promoting the use of them?’ It’s a fair point, and one that probably...
by Rich Fitton | Jan 15, 2019 | Articles
Back in October I was playing around on a popular charting platform. The software itself is nothing unusual. Anyone can get their hands on it immediately on the internet. In fact, it’s probably the kind of thing you’re using right now to follow the...
by Rich Fitton | Jan 8, 2019 | Articles
Happy New Year! I hope you and your family had a happy festive period and didn’t overindulge too much. Anyway, the markets are back in action, and the brokers returned to full and normal hours this week, so it’s back to business… Now, the big thing...
by Rich Fitton | Dec 18, 2018 | Articles
Here’s a question I get asked on a regular basis: How can I fit trading in around my job and still make consistent profits without having to check charts during the day? The good news is there are loads of ways! The trick of course is finding the way that has...
by Rich Fitton | Dec 11, 2018 | Articles
Trading strategies are polarising objects… An approach that suits one person down to the ground might totally torment and irritate another because it doesn’t fit their own unique trading ‘personality’. But when you can chop bits from one...
by Rich Fitton | Nov 27, 2018 | Articles
The trend is your friend (well, until it bends at the end). Cheeky, I know! But I’m only poking a bit of light-hearted fun here. 9.76 times out of 10 following the trend is EXACTLY what you should do. But… isn’t it a thrill when you DO nail a...
by Rich Fitton | Nov 21, 2018 | Articles
You know, there’s a fine line between trading and gambling. One way has you flying by the seat of your pants. The other has you operating with cool calculated professionalism. But to all intents and purposes the exact same actions are taken either way. So how on...
by Rich Fitton | Nov 14, 2018 | Articles
Sometimes, traders come to me with a glaring gap in their strategy. One common oversight can be the thing getting in the way of good results. It’s this… Many traders think of their trade results ONLY in terms of pips won or lost. Nothing wrong with that...
by Rich Fitton | Nov 6, 2018 | Articles
Do you ever feel you’re not quite in control of your trading actions? Is greed and fear driving your decisions? Let me tell you exactly what signs to look for, and then what to do about it if you do self-diagnose one of these nasty afflictions. 5 ways reckless trading...
by Rich Fitton | Jul 24, 2018 | Articles
I detect a whiff of panic… All these emails I’ve been receiving about the new ESMA regulations. Honestly, you’d think the world was coming to an end or something. And I don’t mean emails I’ve been receiving from TN readers – most of...
by Rich Fitton | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles
Remember that English guy who carried out the ‘biggest military hack of all time’ a few years ago? Gary McKinnon hacked straight into NASA’s systems from his house in Scotland! Luckily he was only on the hunt for photos of flying saucers, but imagine...
by Rich Fitton | Jul 4, 2018 | Articles
Common sense can be a rare and peculiar beast in today’s digital age. I’m sure you’ve seen those stories of people driving into canals and lakes because the sat-nav in their car told them to ‘turn right!’ Well, it can be a similar case when less...
by Rich Fitton | Jun 19, 2018 | Articles
Reader ‘KN’ asks: “What’s the difference between trading ‘Forex’ and ‘Forex futures’ and when would you use one but not the other?” It’s a good question. What we’re looking at here is ‘Spot Forex’...
by Rich Fitton | Jun 12, 2018 | Articles
There’s no doubt about it, good trade management is a skill that can only develop through conscious practice. There’s no real short cut other than to expose yourself to the feelings and emotions you’ll go through as you put real money on the line....
by Rich Fitton | Jun 5, 2018 | Articles
We’re pretty lucky as home-based traders. Almost all the tools we need are free. But, there are small investments you can make in certain ‘performance-enhancing tools’ that can really pay-off. The trick is to know where the point of diminishing...
