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What Causes A Chart Pattern?

A chart pattern is a visual representation of the actions of buyers and sellers in a market recorded in price action. A chart is not predictive of the future but shows what is happening with buyers and sellers in the present moment.The price action on a chart gives a trader signals about the current trend […]

Moving Averages Cheat Sheet

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Moving averages are technical trading tools for capturing trends in the stock market. Moving averages are price action filters that can identify a trend by which side of a moving average price is trading on. A vertical moving average can show that a chart is in a trend while a horizontal moving average can show […]

Best Moving Average Crossover For Swing Trading

What is the best moving average crossover for swing trading? My favorite moving average crossover for swing trading that I have also confirmed through backtesting on the momentum names on my watchlist is the 5 day exponential moving average / 20 day exponential moving average crossover on the daily chart. I call this bullish crossover […]

The Art of Cutting Your Losses

The Art of Cutting Your Losses

There is a common saying on Wall Street “Let winners run and cut losers short.” This quote tries to express the principle of creating big wins or small losses. Creating a high risk/reward ratio through the use of trailing stops for profitable trades and stop losses for unprofitable trades is the foundation of profitable trading. […]

21 Questions for a Trading Plan

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Before you can trade you must first have a trading plan. A trading plan is written while the market is closed to tell you what to do when the market is open. A trading plan tells you how to specifically execute your trading system in real time with real money. A trading plan forces discipline […]

Follow the Smart Money

Smart Money Moves

Smart money in the financial markets is considered to be capital traded or invested by experienced and educated professionals that are connected to better research on fundamentals or access to higher speed technology that gives them a technical edge over retail traders. There is little evidence to support the smart money edge as the majority […]

Cardano vs Ethereum

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Cardano and Ethereum are both cryptocurrencies and also blockchain ecosystems that other things can be built on. The Cardano network is very similiar to the Ethereum network. The primary creator of Ethereum is Vitalik Buterin. Cardano was created by Charles Hoskinson, who was also a co-founder of Ethereum. The cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain is […]

The Top 10 Mathematics of Trading

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Profitable trading is not about opinions, not about a prediction, or even great stock tips or picks. Profitable trading is all about math, making more money on profitable trades than you lose on unprofitable trades. How you do this is the details. Trading without understanding the math creates randomness and luck in your process. Understanding […]

12 Simple Trading Principles That Lead to Profitability

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If the stock market is in an up trend trade primarily on the long side and in a down trend short rallies primarily. The best way to lose money in the stock market is to fight the prevailing trend. Do not trade without a detailed trading plan covering entries, exits, position sizing, maximum positions at […]