Is forex trading profitable? Is day trading profitable? Are commonly asked questions by new traders but the answer can be yes or no depending on how someone trades. Yes, trading is profitable if you have a positive expectancy model where the average win is bigger than the average loss over a series of trades. Profitability […]
These are the Principles to Succeed in Trading and in Life “The funny thing is that the principles you have been teaching me for trading success have also been helping me in other areas of my life. I think much more clearly about many parts of my life now. My journal has expanded into a […]
When you enter a trade a stop loss is the exit tool you use to know when it is time to get out of the trade because you are losing money. A stop loss is the tool you use to prevent a small loss from becoming a big loss. This is one of the most […]
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it, he who doesn’t, pays it.” -Unknown Why is compound interest considered the eighth wonder of the world? Here are three shocking examples of the exponential growth of compounding. If you start with capital and grow it an additional 1% everyday […]
YOU have a MUCH BETTER chance of success than I ever did. When I started, all I had was the local library and books on strategies that never worked to begin with. With YouTube, Zoom and social media at your finger tips, it’s a great time to learn anything.
Sturgeon’s law states “Ninety percent of everything is crap.” The saying came from the science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon. Sturgeon came to the conclusion that even though science fiction was criticized at the time (1951) for its low quality it was true for all fields. The majority of work in all professions were also low […]
According to Thomas Bulkowski, the best performing and also most likely to be profitable chart patterns are: bullish flags that are high and tight that breakout to the upside and complex head and shoulders top chart patterns with breakouts to the downside. His picks are based on his exhaustive research and backtesting price action on […]
Jesse Livermore was an early innovator in the trading world as one of the first traders to create a trading plan and a system. He basically invented price action trading and trend following in the early 20th century. He had higher highs and lower lows than most people can even imagine, he both became wealthy […]
Heikin Ashi candlestick charts are a different variation of traditional Japanese candlesticks. Heikin Ashi candlesticks use the opening and closing price data from the previous period and also the opening-high-low-closing price data from the current period to build a combination candlestick. The Heikin Ashi formula candlestick filters out a lot of the price action noise […]
