In this video, we take a look at losses. Losses, or losing trades are important, because every trading system will have losses. I just think it is important that vendors talk about losses to make it clear to everybody that no matter how good a system looks or appears to be, it will have losing trades. In the video we take a look at our "History Triangles" (which...
Merry Christmas everyone: Hope everyone is well and healthy, and enjoy the holiday season as much as we can :) Back here with another quick educational video on price action structures/patterns. I am going to go into detail on double tops/bottoms type of price action. Many of you have asked me to elaborate more on what double tops/bottoms truly mean, and...
Hello everyone: I want to go over an important topic of scaling into the market. This is something more advanced in my opinion, and should be used cautiously when applicable. First you will need to understand that it's important to fully accept the risk when you try to scale in a trade. Essentially you are doubling down on a trade when you do so. What is your...
In my earlier article, " Proving Your Trading System with Backtesting ", I demonstrated how, in the Futures market, you could backtest your trading system, see what works and what doesn't, change your variables, and rinse & repeat until you have a winning trading formula. You GET this winning formula by torture-testing (ahem, *back*testing) your system under...
Hi traders: Hope all is doing well. I want to do another quick educational video on price action analysis. Many have asked me to elaborate on this topic, and I thought video is the best way to do so. So basic understanding of price action analysis is that after a strong impulse phrase in the market, we will get a period of consolidation (correction) before the...
In the forex market we can get leverage on our trading accounts.
Hello everyone: In this educational video, I will discuss how I utilize multi-time analysis in my trading. -What multi-time frame analysis does is to help us to get more clarity on what the overall market is doing from a top down approach. -Analysis should always start on the higher time frames such as Monthly/Weekly/Daily. -Then, drop down to the lower...
In my earlier article, " Proving Your Trading System with Backtesting ", I outlined the HOWs and WHYs of backtesting. Does your trading system work under all conditions? Under what conditions might it *not* work? Can you remove those instances from your plan? Under what conditions might you *improve* your win rate? In another article, " The Unexamined Trader ",...
Hi everyone: In this quick educational video, I will go over how I incorporate “forecasting” in my trading, and how that helps me to be a better trader overall emotionally and psychologically. Couple things you “forecast” prior to the actual entry: 1. You should draw out the different possibilities on the price’s movement. Different possible scenarios if...
One of the BEST parts of TradingView is ALL the thousands of free and paid indicators you can add to your charts to try and find your own unique style and what works best for you. I made a video a couple of days ago where I showed how you can use the built-in TradingView stock screener to find stocks in a nice steady uptrend using moving averages and some...
Hi everyone: In this quick educational video, I will go over my 2 trades in EURNZD short. What was my analysis, management and thoughts on this bearish run. I will always start my analysis from the HTF, looking at what the price action is telling me will give me a better edge to enter higher probability setups. I want the HTF to be clear on the bias that I have...
This is a companion video to my "Trade Like a Pirate" article showing how the Long & Short tool can help you manage your "aRRR" - Your Reward-to-Risk Ratio. Whether you are trading a Company, a Currency, or Commodity, you want to Consistently trade your positions in terms of Risk and Reward for consistent results and to not "blow up your account" with a bad trade.
Hello everyone: In this video, I am going to explain my reasonings on why I personally don't use MA/EMA in my analysis. I will start off by saying that I have nothing against traders who use them and are consistent and profitable. I am sure there are many who do use indicators in their analysis along with their trading plan, risk management that find success...
Hello traders: Welcome back for a quick educational video on over leveraged trading. This ties with Trading Psychology greatly, and I want to elaborate on this a bit more to give new and experienced traders my understanding on this topic. It's important to know that leverage can work for you as well as against you. You may already hear this a lot when you open...
3. If you flip an account, like you want, how long would it take to blow it again? Let’s imagine you have a small account like $2000-$3000. What do you want from it? Most likely, you would like to live from it, so depending of a country you live in you’ll need somewhat between $600 to $2000 a month for a decent living, right? In this scenario, you’ll need to...
Hello everyone: In this educational video, I will go over what an impulse and a correction is in the market. I will point out how to distinguish them in different time frames, and give a few examples on them as well. The market can only be in two phrases. Either its in an impulsive phrase, or a corrective phrase. It doesn't matter what market or the time...
Hello everyone: In this video (all talking in this one) I am gonna talk about my trading journey and experiences. All the ups and downs that I have been through in hope to give new and experienced traders a honest raw example of a trader’s journey. Of course everyone learns and absorbs information differently, and I am sure there are people out there who didn't...
Hi everyone: In this educational video, I will explain how I determine reversal and continuation structures/patterns in the market. Many have asked me to break this topic down more in depth and in live, so I hope I can address all the questions I get on this. So, in my opinion there is only 2 main type of structures/patterns: Continuation...