Futures and Forex Trading Blog

This is How to Ride a Market Wave Higher

In this week's episode of The Trade, Performance Coach Dan Hodgman takes a look at a trade by one of our funded traders, Melissa M. in Oklahoma. This is an actual Crude Oil ($CLJ8) trade that Melissa...

Did You Miss What Barron's Said About TopstepTrader...

This weekend in a profile of TopstepTrader, Barron's completely nailed our value proposition — that TopstepTrader is the place to go to safely engage in markets, while gaining access to up to...

This is a Guaranteed Outcome from Trading with a Gambler's Mentality

Some traders confuse trading with gambling. They start to focus on the winning and losing instead of the decision-making. And that will assuredly lead to ruin — the unfortunate situation where a...

30-Year Trading Veteran: This is "The Most Important Concept" to Traders

 There are a lot of traders that have been trading for 30 years... but not a lot that have made trading a career for 30 years. That's Brian Lund — who caught the trading bug early in his life. He...

This is How to Trade an Open Away from Settlement

In our new trading segment, The Trade, Performance Coach Dan Hodgman breaks down the logistics behind an interesting setup from last week. The first episode talks about one of Dan's favorite trades —...

This is How You Become Consistently Profitable

Being consistenly profitable should be the goal of every trader. It's not about turning a $10,000 account into $1 million as quickly as possible. It's possible, but that will be the same mentality...

This is How You Avoid Trading on Tilt

Let’s say you’ve done everything right. You know your entry and exit points. You’ve got your stop losses in place. Then the markets open, things don’t go as planned, and you start to lose.

For most...

What These Traders Wish They Knew Before They Lost Huge

Great traders and not-so-great traders likely have one thing in common: they’ve all lost a lot of money trading. Trading is a tough business. And between finding a strategy and keeping our mental...

It's Time to Kick Your Market Bias to the Curb

Markets are uncertain and ever changing. If the last two weeks hasn't reinforced that, then nothing will. 

As traders that watch the markets every day, it's hard not to form an opinion on where they ...

Last Week Changed Everything: Here's How You Can Profit Trading This Week

This will be known as the week that the volatility complex blew up. Two major short volatility ETFs literally imploded. XIV — Credit Suisse's short-term short volatility ETF — closed on Monday at...