Monthly Archives: June 2009

From Goal Setting to Trading Plan

Resolutions of all varieties are made at every New Year. These resolutions are usually made without any serious thinking or preparation. This is the distinction between a resolution and setting goals. Goal setting is a focused plan based on demonstrated methods to achieve preferred results and a stipulated set of rules and system Since the [...]

Trading – Trends, Gaps and Probabilities

Trading is the one form of speculation on the earth that allows you to stack the odds in your favor before putting any of your hard earned money at risk. Knowing the trends, gaps and probabilities is the key to success in trading. Use a simple checklist based on objective information to determine exactly what [...]

The Trading Game Plan

There are an unlimited number of methods to design a trading plan.  Despite strategy, risk tolerance or trading capital, having a plan is one of the most important components of achieving success in the market. The ability to adapt to ever-changing market conditions is the key to success. It seems logical to assume that a trading plan [...]

Time Based Trading Part 1

Many traders find themselves in a recognizable minefield with enormous intraday losses. Out of desperation, they put on double, triple, and quadruple the normal size of efforts and time just looking for a miracle. The one word that injects fear into the heart of every trader is blowout. This is purely because traders speculate on [...]

The Stock Market: A Beginners Guide

Over modern times progresses in technology have made the Stock Market far more available to the general public. Regrettably involvement in the Stock Market is not a one-way street. It is commonly acknowledged that losing a chance in Stocks is much easier than gaining one. The chances are that all you hear concerning the Stock [...]

Shorting Stocks – The Basics

Shorting stocks means to borrow the stock from your dealer and to sell to a third party. At a later date, the short seller buys back the stock they shorted and returns the stock to close out the loan. If the stock has reduced in price since they sold short, they can buy the stock [...]

Choosing the Right Forex Broker

Online Forex trading market becomes progressively more saturated and the choice of brokers becomes wider, the decision of which broker to run with becomes increasingly important for the trader.  Although the majority of brokers offer the same basic trading platform, there can be an enormous variation in what they offer their clients, both in terms [...]

Market Action and Reaction

Forces come in pairs. For every action, there is contrary reaction. The primary thing that comes to mind is those purchasers were willing to buy at higher and higher prices. While one certainly can have one seller selling to several buyers, they can also have multiple sellers selling to one buyer that would cause rising [...]

Gap Trading in the morning

The Art of Trading the Morning Gap Open trade is a fantastic opportunity for the smart trader who knows how to identify supply and demand. Most of the time, our entry is within seconds to minutes of the opening bell. Prices gap up because there are more buy orders at the open morning than there [...]