Take a look at the picture above. There are no Bollinger Bands, MACDs, Moving Averages, RSIs or Stochastics… None of the esoteric charting patterns beloved of technical analysts… Fibonacci retracements, double tops, heads and shoulders… What you can see in the image...
Making the move from demo trading… PLUS: how to tell when you’re ready to increase your size… It was a big day for Evie, my 4 year old… After 12 months of frustration, watching her older brothers go whizzing past, she was finally ready to move up...
It’s that time of year again already… The markets wind-down, the big players jet off to sunnier climes (or to their alpine retreats) and we’re left with what can be treacherous trading conditions. So will you be taking a trading break over Christmas? The final call is...
Use This Futures Trader’s Trick to Reveal Hidden Support and Resistance Levels I’m right in the middle of writing a new beginner’s guide to Forex trading… You’ll be invited to see it all in full very soon but I thought I’d share the...
Remember last week I asked for your feedback on my “Summer Special” trading report? I had three ideas in mind and asked which you’d prefer to see fully developed. I also asked for your own suggestions of other trading topics you’d like me to...
I’ve been thinking about position sizing a lot recently… If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while you’ve probably seen me refer to the five essential parts of a well-rounded trading strategy: What to trade, when to enter a trade, when to...
How to Spot and Profit From Market Reversal Signals “The trend is your friend (until it bends at the end)”… Have you ever heard that old piece of trading wisdom? It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek I know. And I’m not knocking the popular...
Secrets of The Hungarian Dancer Who Made $2.2 Million in Trading Profits Part-time… While Touring The World With His Dance Troupe Forget Strictly Come Dancing… Here’s a performer traders can really take a lesson from. Back in 1952, in a Canadian nightclub, a...
Why ‘Banging the Close’ kept these traders in the money for two years… and how their party might have come to an embarrassing end The financial regulators got their knickers in a twist last week… It was all about the latest market fixing...
Check out this explosive trade set up… I’ve just spotted a lovely trade setting up in the Yen/US Dollar market… It uses an old technique to get us in, one of the first I was ever shown, but this still works a treat. Today, I thought I’d walk...
Use this simple results tracking method to keep you focused on long-term trading success PLUS: read this book if you trade economic news announcements It’s not much fun when you’ve got a proven, profitable trading system but you’re putting yourself through the wringer...
Plus: The trading ‘Bible’ that’ll show you how to make powerful charts with simple noughts-and-crosses I’ve got a bit of a battle on my hands at the moment… And to be honest, I don’t know whether I’m making a big deal of...
PLUS: Check out these medium-term target levels in EURUSD Teeth clench, temples throb, stomach churns, you can’t think straight… Ever feel like this when you’re trading – maybe when a trade’s going against you, getting near your stop...
PLUS! What Keith Richards, Lewis Hamilton and a Hedge Trimmer can Teach us About Forex Trading It’s Wimbledon fortnight and that means one thing at Kato Towers… Time to cut the hedges! (I’ll bet that doesn’t sound as tempting as the fresh Strawberries or pitcher of...
Plus: The Charting Trick That Shows You How to Get in Early and Profit From Trend Reversals If you stand in my garden and scan your eyes South, you’ll see an old ruin poking-up on a rocky hill like something out of The Lord of the Rings. It’s Beeston Castle, built in...
I’ve been working on the longer term charts this week… Just reminding myself of the price action we’ve seen throughout 2013, and inking in a few key levels to trade off as we move into the New Year. I thought I’d share some of my research with...