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Posted by TopstepTrader on August 28, 2017

Don’t Let Losing Trades Define You: New Funded Trader, Peter (Eagan, Minnesota)

Trading Lessons from Peter's Success:Two to three contracts is plenty of size: Peter kept his contract size to two or three at a time, despite the fact that our scaling plan in the 150K Funded Trader...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 28, 2017

Gold, Metals on a Tear: Monday's Market Forecast

Gold ($GCZ7) is near its recent highs, pushing above $1,300 to prices not seen on the December contract since April and June. It will have to push to $1,307 to make fresh yearly highs. 

On the equity...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 26, 2017

Do You Have Realistic Expectations - Trader Behavior

Want to make $1,000 a day? That's what TopstepTrader Founder and CVO Michael Patak thought was possible after graduating college. That goal ended up being more of a hinderance than a help to...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 25, 2017

How to Identify a Trade - Coach's Playbook

Being patient and taking the right trade is one of the hardest things that we do as traders. How do you ensure you're taking the right trade? How do you take a step back and verify that you're not...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 25, 2017

End the Week Strong: Friday's Market Forecast

Today, the Fed Chair will give her much-anticipated speech. So things could get a little volatile in the morning, particularly in interest rate products. Here, Senior Performance Coach John Hoagland...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 24, 2017

What Will Yellen Say: Thursday's Market Forecast

On Friday, Fed Chair Janet Yellen will take to the microphone - and traders are starting to get interested in what she may say. In September, the FOMC is expected to begin withdrawing stimulus. The...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 23, 2017

Winning Trade Size Must Beat Losing Size: New Funded Trader, Robert (St. John, Indiana)

Trading Lessons from Robert's Success:Watch your average winning trade vs average losing trade: On the TopstepTrader Dashboard, we provide a lot of valuable information, including the average size of...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 23, 2017

Was Tuesday the Real Deal or a Head Fake: Wednesday's Market Forecast

Equity markets moved sharply higher yesterday, with the S&P 500 ($ESU7) adding more than 20 points, while Gold ($GCZ7) and Crude Oil ($CLV7) were largely unchanged for the day. Wednesday morning is...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 22, 2017

Uncertain Markets: Tuesday's Market Forecast

Markets are oscillating back and forth as a battle continues to wage between the bulls and the bears. Who's going to win out?

Senior Performance Coach John Hoagland takes a look at the E-Mini S&P...

Posted by TopstepTrader on August 21, 2017

Profitable Scalping: New Funded Trader, Darya (Omsk, Russia)

Trading Lessons from Darya's Success:One trade is all it takes: Unlike Graham's 47 days, it took Darya just 16 days to meet her Funded Trader Preparation profit target of $1,500. On 14 of those days,...

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