Two Days In Paris
Wednesday July 30, 2008
As I mentioned in the article about choosing a day trading seminar, I believe that seminars are one of the best methods for learning about day trading (as long as ... Read More
Master Trading Psychology Instantly
Wednesday July 30, 2008
Unless you have a completely automated trading system, there is going to be a human involved in your trading decisions (most likely yourself), and whenever a human is making trading ... Read More
Good News, Bad News, What News?
Monday July 28, 2008
There has been a lot of economic news recently (bank collapses, US dollar declines, etc.), so it is a good time to remind new traders (and many experienced traders) why ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday July 27, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes an average amount of news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia). Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so there ... Read More
Day, Swing, or Position Trading?
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Day trading as a profession includes three distinct styles of trading known as day, swing, and position trading. Day trading as a style is short term trading where a trade ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday July 21, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes a few news releases from each region (the US, Europe, and Asia). Each region also has at least a couple of high volatility news releases, ... Read More
Adjusting Trading Systems for Different Markets
Monday July 21, 2008
Trading systems are usually designed to trade a specific market, and therefore have default (or recommended) settings that suit one market more than any other markets. For example, a trading ... Read More
IB Doubles Intraday Margin
Friday July 18, 2008
Interactive Brokers (IB) is one of the most popular day trading brokerages for professional traders. However, IB has recently done something quite unprofessional, which will have caught many beginning and ... Read More
Buying Volume, Selling Volume, or Both
Wednesday July 16, 2008
Every trade requires both a buyer and a seller to trade the same contract at the same price in order for the trade to occur. This means that there is ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday July 14, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from the US, Europe, and Asia. Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so there will probably be some ... Read More
Trading Stock Indexes
Saturday July 12, 2008
If you are a new trader that is wondering how you can trade a stock index like the Nasdaq or the FTSE 100 ... the answer is that you can't. ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday July 6, 2008
This week's economic calendar includes a few news releases from the US, and several news releases from Europe and Asia. Each region has a few high volatility news releases, but ... Read More
Buy and Hold ... and Hold ... and Hold ...
Friday July 4, 2008
Buy and hold is the standard stock trading strategy that is used by most non traders when they invest in a stock. Buy and hold gets its name because the ... Read More
Long Trade Using Double Moving Average Bounce
Tuesday July 1, 2008
I received a request for an example of a long trade that would have been taken using the double moving average bounce trading system:
Adam, would you please show an example ... Read More