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Think Nimble

The price expansion continues as shown by the ATR line. The key here has been to stay nimble -even intraday- and to establish positions once a trend is establish for the day. Continue reading

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What is your trading expectancy?

Expectancy is basically how much a trader can expect to profit or lose on a trade based on past performance. Successful traders have a high positive expectancy. Continue reading

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Trading is counter intuitive

Some recent studies found that traumatic events are burned in our memories when there is a large amount of adrenaline in the human body. And we humans release adrenaline when we are scared or angy. Fear and anger are feelings that are also present when trading because we put our capital and our egos at risk. Continue reading

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Risk Management Pt 4

Managing risk in trading is all about keeping losses small and your winners big. In the previous post I talked about how to calculate Reward : Risk in a trade and that the aim is to only enter trades that offer at least 3:1. In other words aiming for gains that are at least three times the losses. I (in the first post) also talked about parameters to choose your position sizes according to skill level (proven edge), trading capital and type of account. Next is to determine the number of shares for a new position. Continue reading

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Risk Management Pt 2

In the previous post I talked about the different variables in play to determine a good risk management model and technique. One of the variables was the trader’s edge. Continue reading

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Failed Shorts

Last week I run a scan for stocks over $5, trading at least 500k shares per day on average and that were trading below their 20, 50 and 200 DMAs. I was looking for short setups as the market was in a down trend. I also run a similar scan looking for stocks trading above the 20, 50 and 200 DMAs for potential long trades. Continue reading

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Performance Analysis

At the end of every month I take a look at my journal entries and analyse my trading performance. This month my performance was poor. The main reason was that I failed to sell short. I noted in my journal both last week and the week before that selling short was clearly the trade but failed to do so. Continue reading

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Order Flow Observations and Trade Entries

Looking at a chart will give you the traded price action, but it does not show you orders that have not been filled yet. L2 data can give you additional insight of supply and demand levels. Continue reading

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A Better Entry

Writing and reviewing a failed trade in ASIA gave me the edge to nail an even better trade in MFW. Continue reading

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Choosing What to Trade

Choosing the stronges instrument to trade is key to profits. Using the Advance – Decline and the Tick can be of use to determine what stock or ETF offer the best Risk / Reward. Continue reading

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