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Geopolitics will remain in the spotlight next week although barring a new spike in risk aversion European data should influence markets as well...
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We expect top-line CPI to rise 0.3% MoM with the YoY inflation rate steady at 2.1%. Core CPI likely rose 0.2% MoM with the YoY rate unchanged at 2.0%. In June, prices received by farmers fell -2.6% suggesting overall food prices rose at a slower pace last month...
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Here in tropical Australia, the saltwater crocodile is a fearsome and intelligent predator known to wait patiently for days or weeks on end until unaware prey come to the water’s edge and become its next meal...
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Leaders of the five BRICS nations agreed on the structure of a $50 billion development bank by granting China its headquarters and India its first rotating presidency. Brazil, Russia and South Africa were given posts or units in the new bank...
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Muhammad Syamil Bin Abdullah
5 skills every trader must have
Many people believe that trading cannot be taught. They say that the best traders in the world are born with an innate gift that allows them to trade the markets with ease. Others, however, think trading can be taught, and this was famously put to the test by Richard Dennis and his Turtle Traders.
Whatever your personal opinion, successful traders do require certain skills and here are a few:
1. Discipline to trade to follow the plan
One of the key skills a trader must have is the discipline to follow the plan. When things are going wrong and the markets are not playing as expected, it’s tempted to abandon the plan and trade by gut instinct but this is a mistake. In fact, it’s times like those when the trading plan becomes even more crucial.
2. Intense work ethic
Some people get into the markets for the money alone and it is these people who normally do not last very long. Surviving in the markets means having the work ethic to do your homework on the markets, to analyse future opportunities and to go over all of your previous trades looking for ways to improve. In the end, it’s no surprise that those who do well in the markets are those that stick at it for long hours every day of every week.
3. Recognising when you’re wrong
Being able to recognise when you’re wrong is what sets winning and losing traders apart. If the price action is telling you that your trade is wrong, you need to have the strength to throw in the towel and close the position out for a loss – before it gets even worse. All traders make losing trades so traders who can’t recognise when they are wrong stand to lose much more hanging on.
4. Pulling the trigger
To succeed in trading requires finding profitable opportunities the moment they appear so it is necessary for a winning trader not only to find the trades but to act on them without delay. Following technical indicators and watching price action can lead to good trade signals but if pulling the trigger on a trade is a problem, it will always be difficult to make money. Because, profitable trading opportunities rarely exist for very long in the forex markets.
5. Patience
Patience is required in large amounts in order to be a successful trader. You must be patient to wait for the perfect opportunity to trade, then you must be patient enough to watch that trade as it loses money. Finally, you must be patient enough to go through the many years of hard work which it takes to become good at trading.
Many people believe that trading cannot be taught. They say that the best traders in the world are born with an innate gift that allows them to trade the markets with ease. Others, however, think trading can be taught, and this was famously put to the test by Richard Dennis and his Turtle Traders.
Whatever your personal opinion, successful traders do require certain skills and here are a few:
1. Discipline to trade to follow the plan
One of the key skills a trader must have is the discipline to follow the plan. When things are going wrong and the markets are not playing as expected, it’s tempted to abandon the plan and trade by gut instinct but this is a mistake. In fact, it’s times like those when the trading plan becomes even more crucial.
2. Intense work ethic
Some people get into the markets for the money alone and it is these people who normally do not last very long. Surviving in the markets means having the work ethic to do your homework on the markets, to analyse future opportunities and to go over all of your previous trades looking for ways to improve. In the end, it’s no surprise that those who do well in the markets are those that stick at it for long hours every day of every week.
3. Recognising when you’re wrong
Being able to recognise when you’re wrong is what sets winning and losing traders apart. If the price action is telling you that your trade is wrong, you need to have the strength to throw in the towel and close the position out for a loss – before it gets even worse. All traders make losing trades so traders who can’t recognise when they are wrong stand to lose much more hanging on.
4. Pulling the trigger
To succeed in trading requires finding profitable opportunities the moment they appear so it is necessary for a winning trader not only to find the trades but to act on them without delay. Following technical indicators and watching price action can lead to good trade signals but if pulling the trigger on a trade is a problem, it will always be difficult to make money. Because, profitable trading opportunities rarely exist for very long in the forex markets.
5. Patience
Patience is required in large amounts in order to be a successful trader. You must be patient to wait for the perfect opportunity to trade, then you must be patient enough to watch that trade as it loses money. Finally, you must be patient enough to go through the many years of hard work which it takes to become good at trading.
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Stocks Fall as Fed Chairwoman Concerned About Housing Market; J.P. Morgan, Goldman Earnings Beat Estimates U.S. stocks moved lower on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen expressed concern about valuations in some corners of the market. In prepared testimony, Ms...
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is planning its biggest round of job cuts in five years, as the software maker looks to slim down and integrate Nokia Oyj’s handset unit, people with knowledge of the company’s plans said...
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Mario Draghi’s newest stimulus tool will hand banks more than 700 billion euros ($950 billion) of cheap funding, economists say...
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Eurozone industrial production is expected to decline by 1.2% MoM in May after the disappointing figures across key countries published this week. In France (−1.7% MoM), and to some extent in Italy (−1.2% MoM), industrial activity was distorted by the higher-than-usual number of holidays...
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index completed its worst week since April, as signs of financial stress in Europe and speculation the recent rally is overdone pulled stocks down from record levels. Netflix Inc. retreated 6.9 percent as Internet stocks tumbled with small-cap shares...
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Retail sales likely rose by 0.7% in June based on another strong vehicle sales report and healthy chain-store sales. Total light-vehicle unit sales rose by 1.2% in June to a 16.98m-unit rate. Gasoline prices rose by 0.5%, most likely boosting gas station receipts...
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Stocks from U.S. to Europe slid as increasing concern over signs of financial stress in Portugal sent investors seeking safety in Treasuries, the yen and gold. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.4 percent at 1:16 p.m...
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