Trading the Futures Market is an extremely risky proposition, and while there are no guarantees of success in futures trading, not following the rules below could blow your chances of success. RULE #7: Trade with a risk reward ratio of…
Directional trend trading can be challenging… to put it mildly. The market swings and surges cause financial and mental damage and can shake up even the most disciplined plan. Predicting price correctly is a low probability prognostication. Many investors turn…
The high to low price differential in a stock, ETF, commodity or currency is an import attribute that often gets overlooked when traders get caught up in the emotion of volatile market movements. The trading range is critical for short-term…
Buying options, either bullish Calls or bearish Puts, is a limited risk tactic that can be used as a stock substitution strategy for directional trading. No matter what happens to the underlying stock, the maximum dollar exposure is the premium…
Trading is more art than exact science. If a trading technique could beat the market consistently, the value would be immeasurable. Honestly, there is no one right way to trade…successful tactics may only work under certain market conditions. Discipline is…
The predictive power of technical indicators is sometimes questioned, especially considering the potential for fakeouts in leading indicators and the delayed power of lagging indicators. Whether technicals work for forecasting can be debated, but the market reaction to widely held…
Trading should be boring… patiently waiting for only the best opportunities to profit using a disciplined methodology. A simple process to limit emotion can be applied to all transactions, long or short, holding for minutes or even for months. Employ…
The age of online trading has made almost all stock easy to trade, sometimes too easy – with just a click to pick. But, a significant difference exists between EASY stocks and PROFITABLE stocks. A combination of liquidity and tight bid/ask spreads make both…
