Patience is a great quality in trading. Why ? Simply because it helps you not ceeding to impulsivity and it helps you decreasing mistakes. Patience in trading is similar to patience in poker. A good poker player will wait hours to get the best hand possible. He will wait for a very good pair like AA or KK instead of risking losing with weak pair like 44 or 66. Of...
5 natural reactions to failure in trading It could be very useful to understand your natural behavior when you are faced to failure in trading. All of us are facing losses, sometimes these losses can be huge when come a krach or a bad choices. The situation in itself will not determine the reaction of the trader. It is his personality, his history facing which...
The escalade of failure in trading ! : 5 reasons why most of traders lose their money ! Reason 1 / Step 1 : The "I DON'T ACCEPT LOSING" syndrom Reason 2 / Step 2 : The "I MOVE MY STOP LOSS" temptation Reason 3 / Step 3 : The "AVERAGE DOWN" disease Reason 4 / Step 4 : The "RISK EVERYTHING" game Reason 5 / Step 5 : The "I SWEAR IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN...
The escalade of failure in trading ! : 5 reasons why most of traders lose their money ! Reason 1 / Step 1 : The "I DON'T ACCEPT LOSING" syndrom Reason 2 / Step 2 : The "I MOVE MY STOP LOSS" temptation Reason 3 / Step 3 : The "AVERAGE DOWN" disease Reason 4 / Step 4 : The "RISK EVERYTHING" game Reason 5 / Step 5 : The "I SWEAR IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN...
This is a quick example of how I use the 8 EMA and the Wavetrend Oscillator together. Please remember that reading the candles is 99% of it, and everything else is just lagniappe. Happy Trading, Charles
Keep this in mind. Only one trade without stop loss can burn your capital. A stop loss is an indispensable tool allowing you to limit your losses. It is also a level from which you feel that your scenario will not happen anymore. It is mandatory on every position if you want to keep your money safe. See it like an insurance policy. In case the trade is going...
Quick video this evening to highlight how patterns typically repeat themselves not only within one part but many pairs. Whether in crypto, forex or even in stocks. I like the acronym KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. While my charts may look a mess, I try to keep them very simple and clean without any indicators other than price action, a few moving average and...
Risk Management (RM) is a heavy part of trading any asset class. What amount of risk or loss are you willing to take? And how do you limit your losses? In my years of technical trading, risk can be limited by the entry point, buying close to support and selling upon the break of said support. This works both ways, up and down. Up and down you say? What does that...
If you read this post, it means that probably you are interesting in making money in the crypto markets. You want to trade cryptocurriences and multiply your investments. But do you really think that it's easy? The cryptomarkets open for everyone great opportunities, but you must have some skill for conversion these opportunities into real money. If you think that...