Tip of the Week: Manage Your Expectations
Expectations are everything. Trading is so difficult because there is so much opportunity. But if you expect to take advantage of it all the time, that could be setting yourself up for a fall. In...
Expectations are everything. Trading is so difficult because there is so much opportunity. But if you expect to take advantage of it all the time, that could be setting yourself up for a fall. In...
Did you see that move in EUR/USD yesterday?
Since hitting a low in early March, EUR/USD has been on a tear, gaining eight out of 11 trading days. Heading into yesterday's Federal Reserve meeting,...
Market predictions are all over the map after the jaw-dropping fall and rebound in the S&P 500 over the past six months. Some believe the market’s 14% swoon in the fourth quarter 2018 was unjustified...
Crude oil is moving to its best levels in months, and an upward trend channel on the chart suggests there’s more room to run.
After falling sharply in the final few months of last year, prices hit a...
In this week's Tip of the Week, TopstepTrader's founder Michael Patak points out something that we all must accept: setting a personal loss limit. Whether that's a daily loss limit, weekly loss...
Smaller versions of popular stock index futures contracts are on the way. CME Group announced this week that it will list Micro E-mini futures in May. The new products will equal one-tenth of some of...
On Monday, the British Pound shot 1% higher. Those gains were magnified in the Asian and London trading sessions before the pair sold off sharply. Coming into the office Tuesday, futures and forex...
In this week's Tip of the Week, where TopstepTrader's founder and CVO Michael Patak shares one of the most important lessons to any trader. Make. A. Trading. Plan.
Trading plans are critical to any...
Friday’s payroll data could shake up a Treasury market that has already been reeling lately. Expectations are for another strong report, but nowhere near the 304,000 jobs added in January. Treasury...
We have a HUGE WEEK for markets ahead. Take a look at the economic events that are poised to move forex markets in the next five days:
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