WRITING-A-FOREX-MONEY-MANAGEMENT-PLAN

Writing a Forex Money Management Plan

This post was written in 2009, since then, I have delved a lot deeper into money and risk management. If you want to see my up-to-date trading, risk, and money management plans, Check out the free Forex course. Every self proclaimed guru out there tells you how a money management plan (mm plan) is essential. […]

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Stop Trading a Demo Trading Account

A Demo trading account has four uses: For brand new traders who need to learn the basic concepts of trading i.e. pips, long and short positions. Testing out a broker’s platform before going live. Primary testing for a new method. Trading in a trading competition. That is all demo accounts should be used for PERIOD! […]

USING-MENTAL-STIP-LOSSES

Using Mental Stop Losses

In the chat room this week I had an interesting conversation with a trader about mental stop losses. I have spoken very little about stop losses in the past. I have said many times to use only mental stop losses but I haven’t spoken much about why. In this article, I am going to cover […]

3 Steps to Better Trading

Most new traders approach the market in the wrong way. In this article we will cover better trading techniques. They some how get the idea that being a trader is all about finding the right method. So they go on an expedition in search for that perfect combination of indicators, and it rarely ends well. […]

ADAPTING-TO-MARKET-CONDITIONS

Adapting to Market Conditions

Hey Guys, It’s been a while since I last posted. Sorry I haven’t been around much but I have been busy with a family emergency. It’s also Christmas time so I have been running around like crazy, organizing Christmas and buying presents. I am back to trading now so let’s take a look at the […]

KILL-YOUR-LOSING-STREAKS

Kill Your Losing Streaks

Imagine a small losing streak of just 5 trades risking 1% on each; it would cost you nearly 5% of your account. Think about that for a second, 5% of your account wiped out, by just a handful of bad trades. If you’re a trader, that should scare you. For a trader who has been […]

CORE-FOREX-SKILLS

Core Forex Skills – Candlestick Analysis, Part 1

This candlestick analysis article was written in 2008, while it is still perfectly valid today, I have expanded on the subjects discussed here. To read my most current articles on candlestick analysis, check out my free price action strategy. People are often told how to trade candlesticks by identifying patterns. The problem with identifying patterns […]

RANGE-TRADING-BASICS

Range Trading Basics

If you’re trading GBP/JPY, or one of the many other pairs that are moving so painfully slowly right now, you might think that the past two days have been boring. Well, the truth is they have been pretty boring. Ever the optimist, I think there is a great learning opportunity in a market like this. […]