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Trading Strategies
Last Updated on September 15, 2022 by Mark Ursell This article shows the best way to trade Triple Witching. Learn how to avoid the dangers and maximize the opportunities around [...]
Excel Trading
Last Updated on March 11, 2021 by Mark Ursell Traders and investors are now able to use the Excel STOCKHISTORY function. It is currently available for all Excel 365 subscribers. [...]
Essential Traders Library
I recently read the book – The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution. It is an entertaining and eye-opening read about the man who [...]
Portfolio Analysis
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell ‘Diversification: the only “free lunch” in finance’ Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist and originator or Modern Portfolio Theory An age-old question [...]
Trading Information
Last Updated on January 20, 2021 by Mark Ursell Breakout strategies are one of the oldest and most powerful trading strategies. A hundred years ago Jesse Livermore was writing (with [...]
Technical Indicators
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article is a comprehensive guide about how to trade with the PSAR indicator. You will will read about: What the [...]
Historical Price Data
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell In this article and video, I show you how to download price data from Yahoo Finance into Excel. Yahoo Finance is [...]
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell This article shows how trading volume combined with price can improve your trading results. Watch the Video In the video I [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell I tested three different ETFs to answer the question: Can you profitably trade opening gaps? And if so: what markets and [...]
Google Sheets
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article shows you how to import live data from Google Sheets into Excel. Google Sheets or Excel – Which is [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell Do you trade Stocks, Forex, ETFs, Futures, Indices, Bonds or Commodities? There is one thing that every successful trader needs. Whether [...]
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell Would you like to know the best strategy for different market conditions? It would certainly give you an edge to know [...]
Last Updated on February 25, 2020 by Mark Ursell This MFI trading strategy is designed to give you large winning trades. This strategy is perfect for people who are patience [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell What is the MFI indicator? and why you should be using it. Video article demonstrating the powerful Money Flow Index (MFI) [...]
Last Updated on January 7, 2020 by Mark Ursell This video and article shows you a volatility trading strategy that you can trade today. Take advantage of the best of [...]
Last Updated on October 8, 2021 by Mark Ursell This video article shows a Renko Trading Strategy that you can use to trade the S&P 500 or SPY ETF. Renko [...]
Excel Trading Candlestick Trading Technical Indicators
Last Updated on October 8, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article explains why many traders benefit from using Renko charts. It also explains how to calculate Renko and get a [...]
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell One of the most important lessons that every trader needs to learn is to trade a strategy that fits your personality. [...]
Excel Trading Historical Price Data
Last Updated on March 8, 2021 by Mark Ursell It is really useful to have live price data in Excel. And Microsoft has now made it much easier to import [...]
How to Hedge
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell This article looks at how you can prepare yourself for a future stock market crash. I look at what has happened [...]
Trading Books Trading Psychology
Two traders start their day. They both wake up at 7 am ready to face the markets. They check what the markets have done overnight and read the latest articles on [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article describes a Nasdaq QQQ trading strategy. The strategy is easy to manage and it will keep you on the [...]
Google Sheets Relative Strength
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell Imagine you are watching a horse race. The runners and riders are at the starting gate. The starter’s flag does down, [...]
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell The storm clouds burst in the financial markets in early 2018 The skies were blue and clear in 2017. But lightning [...]
Trading Information Trading Psychology
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell Last week I was like most traders around the world. As the markets fell, I was biting my nails, drinking gallons [...]
Cryptocurrencies Trading Strategies
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell 2017 saw Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies blow up from nowhere to become the world’s most popular financial story. Digital millionaires [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell At this time of year investors and traders are looking forward to a bit of festive cheer. December has historically been [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell In this article, I look at how a pair of research psychologists have revolutionised how we think. I discuss how their [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell Why a Breakout Strategy is an Essential Part of Your Portfolio Every trader should consider including a breakout strategy in their [...]
Trade Ideas Trading Strategies
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell I recently received an email from Dr Alexander Elder in which he mentions using the VIX Volatility Index as an entry [...]
Last Updated on April 26, 2018 by Mark Ursell One of the questions that I am asked most often is: where can I get free online historical price data? In this [...]
How to Backtest Relative Strength Trading Strategies
Last Updated on December 9, 2019 by Mark Ursell In this article, I show how you can use Excel to test your own stock market trading strategies. The strategy in [...]
Trading Psychology
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell I recently thought about the similarities between becoming a successful trader and successfully losing weight. Both of them can be very [...]
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell All forex traders will admit that they found lot size a confusing issue when they first started trading. It is more complicated than [...]
MT4 Trading Automation
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell In December 2013 I wrote an article on How to Create an MT4 EA for a SuperTrend trading strategy. Since then [...]
Last Updated on March 12, 2019 by Mark Ursell What Picture are We Painting? Playing chess is like trying to paint a masterpiece while someone is tugging at your sleeve [...]
Google Sheets Trading Automation
Last Updated on March 9, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article shows you how you can import live price data into your Google Sheets spreadsheet. Google Sheets spreadsheets are part of [...]
Chart Patterns
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell Double Top and Double Bottom are classic chart reversal patterns. In this article, I show how you can use Excel to [...]
Last Updated on August 13, 2021 by Mark Ursell In this article, I show you can invest profitably in the Nasdaq and S&P500 using a relative strength strategy. I show [...]
MT4
Last Updated on June 25, 2018 by Mark Ursell This article shows how you can use MetaTrader 4 to get push alerts for Android and iPhone. You can set up trade [...]
Last Updated on August 19, 2021 by Mark Ursell People spend a lot of time thinking about how and when to enter a trade. However, how you exit a trade [...]
Learn to Trade Trading Strategies
Last Updated on August 19, 2021 by Mark Ursell The Time Series Forecast (TSF) indicator uses the Linear Regression to predict the future price. In this article, I show how [...]
Last Updated on September 12, 2018 by Mark Ursell In this article, I show a trading strategy that uses the SuperTrend indicator to trade the EUR/USD forex pair. I also [...]
Last Updated on July 13, 2020 by Mark Ursell Swing trading is a way of taking advantage of market retracements to get better entries and more profitable trades. In this [...]
In this article I look at whether the Impulse Indicator is a good tool for trading the S&P 500 index. In my analysis I got some surprising results and I [...]
How to Backtest Trading Strategies
Last Updated on March 10, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article shows you a step-by-step process for backtesting a trading strategy. All traders can benefit from testing their trading strategies. [...]
Last Updated on December 4, 2019 by Mark Ursell I like to take a quantitative approach to the markets and I find seasonal factors very interesting. In this article, I investigate whether [...]
Essential Traders Library Trading Books
Last Updated on January 6, 2020 by Mark Ursell Written almost 100 years ago, few trading books have had the influence and lasting popularity as Edwin Lefèvre’s trading classic. This [...]
Last Updated on March 2, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article shows you a Fibonacci retracement trading strategy. You will learn the best way to identify Fibonacci levels, how to [...]
Excel Trading Trading Information
Last Updated on March 9, 2021 by Mark Ursell This article shows you how to calculate Fibonacci Retracements in Excel. Like many traders, I love using Fibonacci Retracements on my [...]
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell Every trader should understand their edge in their trading. If we have an edge, we have the ability to make a profit [...]
Last Updated on February 15, 2021 by Mark Ursell In this article and video, I show how to calculate the Williams %R using Excel. The Williams %R is a technical [...]
Interviews with Traders
Last Updated on November 22, 2019 by Mark Ursell I have been keen to do an interview with Mike DiBari for a while now. He has a fascinating way of [...]
Trading Strategies Excel Trading
Last Updated on January 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell “A more subtle form of point and figure charts” 3 Line Break Charts are a fascinating type of charting system that [...]
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell Fibonacci retracements look great on charts but how useful are they for forex traders? I wanted to know whether they are helpful [...]
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell Volume is often overlooked in technical analysis. However, volume contains fascinating information about the strength of the market feeling. High volume [...]
Algorithmic Trading
Last Updated on December 4, 2019 by Mark Ursell Trading into the future Algorithmic trading is more popular than ever. No longer the preserve of Wall Street and hedge funds, it [...]
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell In this article, I describe the Gator Oscillator and how you can use it as part of a pyramid entry trading [...]
Last Updated on August 24, 2020 by Mark Ursell In this article, I talk about how to calculate the PSAR indicator. I show how the indicator can be used and describe the formulas for [...]
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell Aroon – Dawn’s Early Light The S&P 500 index is a great way to invest, trade and make money out of [...]
Last Updated on March 8, 2021 by Mark Ursell In this article, I show three Ichimoku trading strategies. I then show you the results of how these trading strategies perform [...]
Last Updated on November 25, 2019 by Mark Ursell In this article I describe a long-term stock index trading strategy. I then show how the strategy performed on the S&P [...]
Last Updated on September 6, 2018 by Mark Ursell Heikin-Ashi candlesticks are a slightly different way of viewing the markets. In this article, I will show how they are used [...]
Last Updated on February 19, 2018 by Mark Ursell MetaTrader 4 (MT4) is a hugely popular platform for forex traders around the world. In this article, I will show how [...]
Last Updated on February 13, 2020 by Mark Ursell Random Entry This article is the second in a series investigating how effective random entry can be in a trading strategy. In [...]
Excel Trading Trading Strategies
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell In this article I will show the results of my backtest of a EUR/USD trading strategy. What is interesting about this [...]
Essential Traders Library Trading Information
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell In this article, I discuss five technical indicators that are used by trend following forex traders. In 2004, Michael Covel published [...]
Last Updated on January 24, 2017 by Mark Ursell In this article I discuss the book, Market Wizards, by Jack D. Schwager. The book is one of the best books on trading [...]
Last Updated on January 24, 2017 by Mark Ursell What do trading the financial markets have to do with the game Rock, Paper, Scissors? In this article I look at [...]
Economic Growth
Last Updated on November 29, 2017 by Mark Ursell The European Commission (EC) published economic forecasts for European Union countries on May 5th 2014. The forecasts are produced by the Directorate-General [...]
Binary Options Learn to Trade
Last Updated on August 25, 2016 by Mark Ursell This article discusses why candlestick trading is an ideal way to trade binary options. Viewing price action in the form of [...]
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell This Article and PSAR Calculation has been superseded by a new version. The new article is better and easier to follow. [...]
Binary Options Trading Information
Last Updated on July 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell Binary Options are a growth part of the trading business. In this article I look at what I think is interesting [...]
Last Updated on March 8, 2021 by Mark Ursell This post shows how an Excel backtest model can be used to calculate a trailing stop-loss for a trading strategy. You [...]
Many traders and investors carefully watch the release of economic indicators such as PMI data to get a glimpse of how the economy is performing. A release that is perceived [...]
Last Updated on December 16, 2019 by Mark Ursell This article shows you how to optimize a MT4 Expert Advisor (EA) and turn a good trading strategy into a great [...]
Last Updated on January 9, 2020 by Mark Ursell In this article, I will show you how to build an Expert Advisor for a SuperTrend Trading Strategy. MT4 is a [...]
Last Updated on March 20, 2020 by Mark Ursell As the name suggests, the SuperTrend technical indicator helps to identify market trends. This article introduces a SuperTrend trading strategy and [...]
Learn to Trade
Last Updated on December 20, 2019 by Mark Ursell Welcome to this detailed guide about how to trade and calculate the Awesome Oscillator and its partner the Acc/Dec Indicator. The [...]
Last Updated on August 24, 2020 by Mark Ursell The Stochastic Oscillator is a hugely popular trading indicator. The indicator was developed by George Lane. Tracking Momentum The stochastic oscillator [...]
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