To Trade or Not to Trade: A Beginner's Guide Dr Alexander Elder You can be free. You can live and work anywhere in the world, be independent from the routine, and not answer to anybody. This is the life of a successful trader. Many aspire to it but few succeed...
After finding an edge to trade, a trader needs a set of tools or instructions guiding them on how to enter the trade. Let's take two of the edges from the last video as examples, and look at some common tools traders use to help them enter those trades...
Similar to the 200-day Moving Average, large institutions often look at long term Linear Regression Channels. A Linear Regression Channel consists of three parts: Linear Regression Line: A line that best fits all the data points of interest...
To get a grasp on what a margin call is, you should understand the purpose and use of Margin & Leverage. Margin & Leverage are two sides of the same coin. The purpose of either is to help you control a contract larger than your account balance...
Traders will look for setups, patterns, or situations that give them 'an edge' for predicting what price will do next. In other words, the trader is looking for something that helps improve their ability or chances. An edge is not something that always happens...
Many believe that Forex investment is a savvy way for making money. There are drawbacks including the amount of time that should be invested in order to make this happen. In many cases, not everyone has the time that is needed. Understanding current market activities is also a plus...
These are two groups of exponential moving averages. The short term group is a 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 15 day moving averages. This is a proxy for the behaviour of short term traders and speculators in the market. The long term group is made up of 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 60 day moving averages...
Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader's Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Trading by Kevin Davey In Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader's Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Training, award-winning trader Kevin Davey shares his s...
Leverage financed with credit, such as that purchased on a margin account is very common in Forex. A margined account is a leverageable account in which Forex can be purchased for a combination of cash or collateral depending what your brokers will accept...
An overall goal It is hard to reach a goal if you do not have one. However, the goal needs to be realistic as well, and this is an area many traders lose focus in, which is fueled by an industry that commonly misleads traders with false information and fake returns...
Central Banks And Governments Policies that are implemented by governments and central banks can play a major roll in the FX market. Central banks can play an important part in controlling the country's money supply to insure financial stability. Banks A large part of FX turnover is from banks...
Entries & Exits: Visits to 16 Trading Rooms by Alexander Elder Come behind closed doors and see real trades made by real traders. Dr. Alexander Elder leads you into 16 trading rooms where you meet traders who open up their diaries and show you their trades...
Many traders know NRTR indicator and some of us are using it in our trading systems. What is NRTR? if I am not mistaken - NRTR is Nick Rypock Trailing Reverse) and the theory behind it is the following (see image): This Nick Rypock concept was invented in 2001 by Konstantin Kopyrkin...
The Simple Strategy - A Powerful Day Trading Strategy For Trading Futures, Stocks, ETFs and Forex by Markus Heitkoetter The Simple Strategy is very popular amongst traders for the following reasons: Clear Entry Rules When trading "The Simple Strategy", there's no second-guessing...
Hour: Which hours of the day will produce the best trades? Session: Which trading session has the most action? Day: What is the range for particular days of the week? Month: Do the days of the month differ? One of the key elements of any trading system is market timing...
The first step of any range trading strategy is to find the range. This can be done by identifying support and resistance on the chart. To begin, add a 30 minute chart to your screen, which includes a minimum of 1 weeks’ worth of price data...
Looks like the Euro is stabilizing after a wild ride and a great short. COT reports show commercials cutting bullish dollar bets for the 3 rd week in a row and there are Gartleys on the 4h chart. See my profile and chart for further discussion. https://www.mql5.com/en/users/on111...
Fractals indicate natural resistance and support levels, which helps to identify good entry points and locate stop-loss points. Most importantly, fractals help me identify trends and ranges...
A marked downward revision in the U.S. growth rate may generate a short-term rebound in EUR/USD should the preliminary 4Q Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report dampen bets for a mid-2015 Fed rate hike...
