Tip of the Week: Every Day is a New Day
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 from...
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 from...
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 Week,...
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. In...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:
This week, we're launching a new video series: Tip of the Week, where TopstepTrader's founder and CVO Michael Patak shares lessons he's learned in more than a decade of trading — and more than 7...
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