The New Highs/New Lows Indicator lets you glimpse underneath the market’s surface. Use it to find trading opportunities and spot changes in market direction. What Are New Highs/New Lows The New Highs/New Lows indicator is part of a group referred to as “Breadth Indicators.” Breadth indicators tell us a story about what is happening in […]
Breakout strategies are one of the oldest and most powerful trading strategies. A hundred years ago Jesse Livermore was writing (with Edwin Lefèvre in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator): “Remember that stocks are never too high for you to begin buying or too low to begin selling.” “Timid people don’t like to buy a stock […]
Do you trade Stocks, Forex, ETFs, Futures, Indices, Bonds or Commodities? There is one thing that every successful trader needs. Whether starting out, moving to the next level or developing new strategies. When you can do this you can: The magic trick to doing all this and more is Backtesting. Simply put: Backtesting gets you […]
Last week I was like most traders around the world. As the markets fell, I was biting my nails, drinking gallons of coffee and waiting anxiously for the next leg down. Each morning I would wake up and check the markets on my phone before doing anything else. But as last week’s violent market downturn […]
In this article, I look at how a pair of research psychologists have revolutionised how we think. I discuss how their work helps explain why a few traders are very profitable, while the majority struggle to make money. At the end of the article, I have a few ideas for simple trading strategies. The Undoing […]
One of the questions that I am asked most often is: where can I get free online historical price data? In this article, I look at some the best sources of free online data. I give my thoughts on why each source is useful, pitfalls to avoid and links to some valuable resources. Why Should I […]
All forex traders will admit that they found lot size a confusing issue when they first started trading. It is more complicated than other markets. However, with the explanation below you will soon be able to calculate the correct lot size with ease. This article shows how to calculate your lot size in order to risk a fixed […]
