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Posted by TopstepTrader on April 30, 2018

Shorting a Market at New Contract Highs

Paul Tudor Jones has made his living picking trend reversals. He considers them low-risk opportunities. You may get cut five or 10 times, but with diligence, you can also catch huge moves. 

One of...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 27, 2018

One Way Futures Traders Can Get Killed

Futures traders have a lot of information to process in order to make good trades. How are correlated markets performing? What is the long-term trend? What is the trend for the day? But one thing...

Posted by TopstepFX on April 26, 2018

This is the Best Time to Trade Forex

With the prevalence of OTC forex markets, traders can trade forex nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week. But just because the market is open doesn’t necessarily mean it presents you with the best...

Posted by TopstepFX on April 23, 2018

3 Tips from a Resilient Trader: Interview with a Funded Trader

If there's one thing that more than 13 years of trading teaches you, it's that trading is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's a lot of hard work, setbacks and persistence. These are traits that Jacqui...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 20, 2018

This is the Best Way to Place a Stop

If you are trading without a stop, you are playing with fire. Not because the market can move 100 ticks in a second — though it could. But because then, you haven't clearly defined your risk. And...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 19, 2018

Consistent Profitability is a Journey: Interview with a Funded Trader

Think you have to trade a lot of contracts to put up four-figure days? Wrong. Sarah S. in Jersey City, NJ made $3,200 her first day trading in a Funded Account®, $1,000 her second, and $3,500 two...

Posted by Mark Meadows, TopstepFX on April 17, 2018

What It's Like to Lose $16K in 2 Minutes Trading Forex

At 7:05 PM ET on October 6, 2016, I had $6,350 in my retail forex trading account. I was long 210,000 of GBP/USD — max leverage  anticipating that the Pound was nearing a post-Brexit recovery four...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 16, 2018

$5K in One Crude Oil Trade

With volatile markets, traders are able to take advantage of some big moves, without having to take on more risk. In this latest episode of The Trade, Performance Coach Dan Hodgman talks about a...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 13, 2018

TopstepTrader Named #14 on Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago

This week, Crain's Chicago announced that TopstepTrader ranked #14 on its list of top 100 Best Places to Work in ChicagoAnd among small businesses, we took the #5 spot! 

The lesson: do important...

Posted by TopstepTrader on April 12, 2018

These are the Two Things You Should Pay Attention To While Trading: Volume & Price

Developing a trading strategy is about finding that right mix of factors. You want to pay attention to the things that might indicate prices are about to change, while ignoring all the noise that...

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