We used the unfortunate global environment to pinpoint natural gas as a trading opportunity in early 2022. We then used the Olympus Cloud to define entries and exits.
When we are trading on a longer term time frame, such as the daily, and we are confident our fundamental analysis is on point, we will risk up to 4 times more (5-8%) than we do in our high frequency...
In a year when the S&P 500 dropped as much as 25% and fear gripped the market, we have gained over 35% on our entire account by trading the NASDAQ.
We used the QQQ ETF, which tracks the NASDAQ, and the Olympus Cloud indicator on multiple time frames. Signals were derived from QQQ, and trades were taken on SQQQ. We used the daily time frame to determine when the...
Happy Sunday!
Please go easy on me for my first video;) I have had good responses to my ideas and even been requested to do a breakdown on how I trade. I hope you all find that this video makes sense and you don't find it boring!. This is a pair that I am eyeing up for this week, obviously the video breaks down as to why I will be taking this trade.
I like to...
Hello,
I wanted to show a great example of how small account holders can maximize their profits whilst minimizing loss and this trade is a great example. in about 7-10 days I have taken £200 to £650. I am documenting this journey to £1000 to show how easily it can actually be to trade and build a small account into something bigger.
If you are a small account...
Contingencies:
Plan for the worst and have contingencies. As was I preparing for today’s trading session, I lost my internet. But I had a contingency in place.
There are 3 main issues traders can face, in addition to the market.
1. You can lose Power,
2. You can lose internet,
3. Your computer crashes
It is prudent to have contingency plans in place for all the...
Correlation:
Correlation is a key concept and can make the difference between both winning trades and losing trades as well as good trades becoming great trades.
As those who follow me know, I trade almost exclusively the GBP pairs. Ideally, we want to see all the pairs moving in the same direction. That is a great sign that not only will the trade be successful...
How many Trades do you need?
I am often asked or advised that I should post more trades and/or have a signal service. This brings me to how many trades do you need. Understand, that enjoying the lifestyle that trading affords is always something you want to strive for. Do you want to be strapped to your computer for 8-12 hours a day? where is the fun in that?
if...
Trading before News
News is a fact of Forex trading and while their are several ways to trade the Actual release and it's aftermath, today I want to focus on trading before the News. Understand that the decision to enter the market before News is a conscious one and you don't have to do it. Prime examples are days where interest rates, for a currency you...
Trade Review and Documenting
Most successful traders review and document their trades, unfortunately, alot of new traders do not. "what's done is done, can't change it...." while that is true, you can, and imho must , learn from them.
Each afternoon, whether I take a trade or not, I review the market and my potential set-ups, executions, and trade completions....
Measuring Success and Goals
As a Professional trader, you have 1 goal...Make money!!
That said, traders like to measure their success differently. Some use pips, some use wins v. losses, personally I use daily return. Understand my focus is on generating income and my mantra is "keep stacking positive days"
Imho, using pips to measure success can be misleading,...
Methodology v Strategy
Some traders use the words interchangeably, I do not.
A strategy is a set of conditions that signal you to enter the market, for example, A moving average crossover, RSI going into oversold/overbought and then reversing, Divergence, etc. and combinations thereof.
A Methodology, on the other hand, is a systematic approach to the market...
CCS Disease:
CCS Disease is a disease many new traders are afflicted with and it can be fatal!! CCS disease is short for "constantly changing strategies". Certainly, I firmly believe that a trader must find a trading strategy that fits both their personality and the time they have to trade. However, once you find a strategy that you like, imho, you must back...
BACK TESTING CONT.:
High probability set-ups
To be a consistently good trader, you must trade in a consistent manner.
As those of you who follow me and review my trade idea’s know, they are the same, almost boring. You see Type 1 (Shown above) or Type 2 trades all the time and they look all the same. EXACTLY!!! That is what you need.
If you have taken (either...
Waves 2 and 4 within an Impulsive wave will unfold in different forms: if wave 2 is a simple ABC form ( zigzag), the 4th wave is likely to be a complex wave (triangle, double three etc.)
What Are Fractals?
When many people think of fractals in the mathematical sense, they think of chaos theory and abstract mathematics. While these concepts do apply to the market (it being a nonlinear, dynamic system), most traders refer to fractals in a more literal sense. That is, as recurring patterns that can predict reversals among larger, more chaotic price...
