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Posted by TopstepTrader on November 18, 2017

-$857.84 on the Week: Performance Coaches' Trading Combine Challenge

This was the Performance Coaches' most challenging week yet in their Trading Combine®. They gave $857.84 back to the market - lowering their balance to $49,726.31. That puts them $273.69 under their...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 16, 2017

We Assure You, Trading is Hard: Performance Coaches' Trading Combine

After taking yesterday off, the Performance Coaches bought the Emini S&P 500 ($ESZ7) early in today's trading session and rode it for a $400 winner. That brings their balance to $50,204.71. 

While we...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 16, 2017

5 Key Lessons From Our Successful Funded Traders - Coach's Playbook

At TopstepTrader, we've funded more than 1,000 traders over five plus years. They tend to have the five traits in common:

  1. They don't trade every day.
  2. They don't go to max leverage on every trade.
  3. ...
Posted by TopstepTrader on November 16, 2017

Crude Rolls, Equities Bid: Thursday's Market Forecast

The December Crude Oil ($CLZ7) contract has rolled to January ($CLF8), with the price falling $0.25 in the process. Equities are bid this morning, rising sharply from yesterday's early-morning...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 15, 2017

Equities Falling Out of Bed, Will There Be Buyers: Wednesday's Market Forecast

Equity markets are falling out bed this morning, with the Emini S&P 500 ($ESZ7) dropping 0.8% at the open. The Nasdaq ($NQZ7) is down nearly 1% and the Russell 2000 ($RTYZ7) is down more than 1%. Has...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 14, 2017

3 Things to Do in a Losing Streak: Performance Coaches' Trading Combine

This was a rough day for the Performance Coaches. There's no sugar coating that. The Coaches' Trading Combine® is now at $49,808.39 - roughly $810 away from their Trailing Max Drawdown. After a great...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 14, 2017

23 Invaluable Lessons from the World's Greatest Traders

Jack Schwager did every aspiring trader a service when he wrote his Market Wizards series of books. For those unfamiliar, the series is one-on-one interviews of legendary traders like Paul Tudor Jones

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 14, 2017

Opportunities to Trade Emerge: Tuesday's Market Forecast

Markets are moving in early U.S. trading, giving lots of opportunities to establish trades. In the first half hour of the session, Crude Oil ($CLZ7) has fallen to lows of $56.10, while the equity...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 13, 2017

Good Trades can Lose Money Too: Performance Coaches' Trading Combine

The Performance Coaches gave back $370 in their Trading Combine® challenge today after they were stopped out twice on Crude Oil longs. The second was perhaps the most painful - as the Coaches were...

Posted by TopstepTrader on November 13, 2017

What Caused Gold's Mysterious Sell Off on Friday?

Gold had an unusual 10 minutes midday on Friday. After spending the first hours within a $2 trading range, the price fell $10 as more than 65,000 contracts traded hands. That's the equivalent of 6.5...

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