Tip of the Week: Take a Break
It's a holiday week here in the States. That means market hours are funky and the opportunities slim for retail traders. Why not give you mind a rest and leave it all behind for a while? Spend...
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It's a holiday week here in the States. That means market hours are funky and the opportunities slim for retail traders. Why not give you mind a rest and leave it all behind for a while? Spend...
Not every trader needs to be swinging for the fences like an early-2000's Barry Bonds. Because frankly, I'm not aware of anything at the pharmacy that will turn you into a monster trader. Odds are...
Booking a huge winner isn't the only way to be victorious in trading. Sometimes scratching a trade or getting out of a loser can be just as big of a win. Even choosing not to trade at all on a...
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Obviously, we can't control where the market moves, but we usually do have control over where, and when we get flat. Never put yourself in a position...
In trading, just as life, it's easy to get distracted. There are so many things in our environments screaming for our attention. It sometimes feels like there are too many screens, too many...
There's an old Chinese proverb that says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is today. Now, there is some disagreement about whether this wisdom actually came...
Summer is just around the corner (for all of us trading in the Northern Hemisphere at least), and that means that market conditions are about to change considerably. In this week's Tip of the...
What is the job of a trader exactly? If you can't articulate what you're supposed to be doing, then you should probably just stay out of the markets altogether. In this week's Tip of the Week,...
Don't be one of those annoying traders who treats the number of contracts they have on at any given point as a reflection of their self-worth. You don't always need to be swinging for the fences....
Most traders learn pretty quick that the release of numbers like unemployment or GDP can cause huge swings in the futures markets, but remember, it’s not just the government that can make or break...
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