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When to use Oscillators

Hi Traders, This idea comes from many years of live trading (real money not demo's etc) and sticking to figuring out when the typical (rebased/indexed) oscillators like the MACD and Stochastic. I don't believe in just...
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10 Trading Blogs Every Trader Should Be Reading

Like Trader Interviews, these popular trading blogs are worth checking out and adding to your RSS feed reader or list of sites you check each day.  Most of these are popular - others don't get nearly the attention they...
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When to Take a Profit Early?

This is an area of my system I have contemplated and have not found a consistent rule for. I would like everyone's opinion, (granted only about 5 people ever participate in this idea lab, I value everyones opinion greatly.) ...
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Has the forex market ever heard of supply and demand?

I trade stocks. My main methodology is based on simple supply and demand principles. Recently I opened a demo account to see if the forex market was anything like the stock market. I am so disgusted by what I see. It's like these...
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Fibo Extensions

In some late archived interviews a few traders talk about Fibo Extensions. This consists of a Fibonacci Matrix drawn from the high of a trend to the low point of the trend or timeframe on your charts. Once drawn, along with the...
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Minimum Average Volume??

What minimum average volume's does everyone use to filter in their stock scans and watchlists? While the main objective is to reduce liquidity risk, it helps to know the size of the position you are trading with you response....
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Scans and Watchlists

Hey traders, Lately I have been developing scans and watch list parameters and would love some input from fellow traders. Here are a few ways I develop watch lists for the following day... 52-Wk High List: For this list I record...
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Winning Percentage

I would really like you to ask each trader what percentage of their trades are winners.  Sometimes it comes up, but I think you should make it a point to ask all of them as it helps us listeners understand the...
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Trading to Survive

What specific dollar amount does everyone feel would be suitable to begin trading for a living. I will be going into my last year of college and am becoming extremely consistent with my trading strategy and would like to begin...
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The 3 Golden Trading Rules.

Hi traders,  If you somehow knew that soon you would fall off of your roof and bang your head hard enough to give yourself amnesia, and you had the choice to remember only 3 things about trading, what would they be?
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Should I ask interviewees how much money they make?

In this week's newsletter I ask our subscribers if they think it's appropriate to ask our interviewees how much money they make in the markets. I'm torn on the matter.  If its someone selling a system they say they use...
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The Super Bowl Indicator

As many of you know, the Indicator says that when a team from the original NFL wins, the market will go up. When a team from the former AFL wins, the market will go down.Below is a break down of the years these two teams have won...
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AAPL at an all time high on light trading. Time to take profits?

Disclosure: I own shares of Apple AAPL hit an all time high, on light trading, presumably because of the holiday. Projections of strong holiday sales and possibly new products being introduced at MacWorld in January may have...
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buy with higher high from previous day sell for lower low from previous day

buy with higher high from previous day sell for lower low from previous day
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Trading new Highs

I am trying a strategy to trade shares that are making new 52 week highs. The rationale behind this is that it should be a "strong" share, with still some way to go. However this is not alway the case, as there are a lot of false...
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Trade Entry, Stops And Risk.

I'd like to share a lesson which I learned today. I've known it intellectually for a long time but, today, I got to actually really feel and understand it. I wanted to go long ROCM on the morning of 09/20/07. I noticed a 5 month...
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S/R, Volume, Market Analysis

Can one define an edge by only using the basic TA tools of price charts and Support/Resistance? Here's the hypothesis: Using only candlesticks, volume, and market analysis, attempt to find an edge in the equities markets. I began...
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unwanted

Please do not read.  These are just some rambling thoughts from a guy using only half of his brain.  If you do not listen to the advise and continue to read,  but then decided to go 180 and follow...
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Momentum Play -------- Long and Short

This chart  tells the story. Traded this stock today and did very well. Mr Doji
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Buying Some Gold at 670.60

I went long gold as it is retesting former resistance turned to support at the 671 area. This is a low-risk spot to get long as I think there exists a strong possibility gold and the metals have put in a short term bottom. In my...
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Trading and Kung Fu

My journey in trading has mirrored that of other disciplines I've engaged in throughout my life. When I was studying martial arts, my teacher shared with me a quote from Bruce Lee (I'm paraphrasing actually): "Before you take...
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Options Strategy for A Bull Market

James Stewart talks about the risks and rewards of selling covered calls in a market that you feel has reached a top. Options Strategy Is Forgiving When It's Wrong but Profitable It isn't easy selling into a bull market, even...
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The Mental Edge, Part 1 - Focus on the Trade, not the Money

In my performance coaching work with traders, i frequently find the reason they fail to reach their potential is because they focus on the money rather than the trade. To be successful in trading, you need to reverse this thought...
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