The world of trading, much like the realm of art, is filled with uncertainty, complexity, and the need for creativity. Both traders and artists embark on journeys of discovery, seeking to master their crafts and find a unique approach in their respective fields. Without further due, let’s delve into the fascinating parallels between the practices of famous artists...
Stop Loss Hunt, Liquidity Sweep, Market Manipulation - all of these are fancy names of a highly frequent act performed by big sharks of the market to target the retailers. - "Oh, do you think they care about my 0.01 lot size?" Individually, not. In big volumes, yes. Textbook chart patterns that are so prominent to us are all subject to going through a...
Hey, TradingView community! In this article we are going to go over 12 things that complete our trading style here at Investroy. Navigating in financial markets can be highly rewarding, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges and risks. Successful traders are not only armed with a deep understanding of market dynamics but also possess certain habits...
As Investroy, a company dedicated to financial education, we are thrilled to celebrate our remarkable milestone of 1000 publications on TradingView. This achievement symbolizes our ongoing journey of learning and growth in the world of trading. Throughout these years, we have accumulated invaluable insights into the psychological aspects of trading, the importance...
Welcome to the intriguing world of Forex, where currencies act at their own rhythm, sometimes defying expectations and confounding even the most experienced traders. In this article, we are going to unravel the “mysteries” surrounding the reactions of USDCHF and EURGBP to recent interest rate hikes. We will dive into the realms of market anticipation, monetary...
The Trojan Horse was a wooden horse used by the Greek army to enter the city of Troy and win the war. Although the inhabitants of the town had initially perceived the horse as a victory trophy, Greek fighters emerged from inside of it and destroyed the city. "Yeah, that's a nice story. But how the heck is it related to trading?" Let us clarify. Trading is...
As we all know, the three most popular trading styles are the following: Swing trading, Day trading, and Scalping. This educational post is concentrated on highlighting some of the pros and cons of all three techniques. When it comes to Swing Trading (middle to long-term trading), some of the advantages are less screen time, less anxiety, less risk, and less...
Welcome to another edition of our educational articles that should help the TradingView newbies find an edge over the market and help strengthen the existing mentality for already successful traders. Trading is not just about having a winning strategy and implementing it correctly. Trading psychology plays a crucial role in trading performance. Emotional biases,...
First of all, let us clarify, that what we mean by a "bad trade" is simply a transaction that was unsuccessful . There are no "good" or "bad" trades as the whole system of trading is random and unpredictable. In other words, if we knew how to differentiate between bad and good trades, then technically, we would always choose to enter good trades, right? Or should...
Hey there, traders. One of the common tools we use for technical analysis are Fib retracements and a lot of you been asking on how to use them properly. Well, today is your lucky day :) Fibonacci Retracement is a technical analysis tool that is widely used by traders to identify potential levels of support and resistance in financial markets, including forex...
We have mentioned it in a list of our previous educational posts and we will state it again: your risk-reward plan is much more important than your win rate. You can have a 90% win rate and still be losing in the long-run. On the contrary, you only need a 35% win rate to be a consistently profitable trader on the longer term. Beginners mainly focus on winning as...
There is a famous saying in the world of trading: trend is your friend until it tends to bend. Following the mighty trend and riding its impulsive moves is one of the most satisfying feelings out there. There are several ways of identifying a trend and hoping on it. One group of people favours using indicators such as SMAs or EMAs for this case. Another group of...
Happy Friday, sorcerers. Welcome on another educational post by Investroy! The trading and investing industry is a difficult one to succeed in as it has various complex details that you need to dig into both from technical and psychological perspectives. Predicting the price movement and understanding the logic behind it may be challenging at first. But as time...
Good time of the day, friends! Rushing into trades is definitely among the top #3 common mistakes done by relatively newer market participants who we would call early sellers in this context. The chart/infographic above is pretty self explanatory, but let’s still cover some aspects of it by considering a following scenario: Market was moving sideways the whole...
Enter, monitor, and exit are three vital steps to follow while trading. While most traders focus on how and when they can enter a particular setup, they pay less attention to their exit strategy. Today, we are gonna look into some popular exit strategies that we utilise in our personal trading. 1) Breakeven closure When the price is moving in our direction and is...
As mentioned several times before, we risk 1% of our total trading capital per transaction. In simple terms, we risk 1 egg out of the 100 that we have in the basket in an attempt to get more eggs. However, even though the average price mark where we place our Stop Loss is 30-60 pips away from the entry price, SL levels set differ from one trade to another, and...
Happy new trading week, friends! As you can tell the text above is a satire. However, unironically some of us still make the mistakes above that take you from Hero to Zero. What are the most common mistakes we can avoid in our trading journey? Let's take a look. 1. Taking revenge or jumping into the market because you think you found the trade of your life is the...
Happy Chewsday, traders! Some of you reached out and asked for more educational articles and we’re here to deliver. Relatively simple but important topic of entries is going to be lightly covered today. The image above should be pretty self-explanatory, but to cover it in more details: There are 4 main entry types. - Range fadde is when we buy the bottoms and...