Hey traders, Here is the list of trading acronyms, every trader must know. TA - technical analysis FA - fundamental analysis HOD - high of the day LOD - low of the day O/N - over night 52s - new 52 week high B/O - breakout BOS - break of structure E/R - earning report Pre - pre-market trades AH - after hours trades R/R - risk / reward S/R - support and...
Candlesticks give you an instant snapshot of whether a market’s price movement was positive or negative, and to what degree. The timeframe represented in a candlestick can vary widely. Green candles show prices going up, so the open is at the bottom of the body and the close is at the top. Red candles show prices declining, so the open is at the top of the...
What is your recipe for success in trading? Developing traders often don’t understand, when you are asking to be a successful (or professional) trader, you are asking not just to build a pyramid, but to sit on top of it. What most forget is the base is the biggest part of the pyramid and the foundation for building higher levels. As the pyramid continues to...
👉What is a Pip? The unit of measurement to express the change in value between two currencies is called a “pip.” If EUR/USD moves from 1.1050 to 1.1051, that .0001 USD rise in value is ONE PIP. A pip is usually the last decimal place of a price quote. Most pairs go out to 4 decimal places, but there are some exceptions like Japanese yen pairs (they go out to...
Have you ever wondered what helped all those professionals of Wall Street become successful? You will be surprised, but the key to their reached heights is hidden in their mistakes. Yes, that is right. Most professional and successful traders made many mistakes before they got to the top. Making mistakes is ordinary and sometimes even necessary because you...
✴️Types of orders in trading There are two main types of order: entry orders and closing orders. An entry order is an instruction to open a trade when the underlying market hits a specific level, while a closing order is an instruction to close a trade when the market hits a specific level. ✴️Stops vs limits A stop order is an instruction to trade when the...
☑️WHAT IS A BULLISH ENGULFING CANDLE? The bullish engulfing candle appears at the bottom of a downtrend and indicates a surge in buying pressure. The bullish engulfing pattern often triggers a reversal in trend as more buyers enter the market to drive prices up further. The pattern involves two candles with the second candle completely engulfing the body of the...
Here is the list of thing that you should learn in advance before you start trading on a real account. 1) Open a demo (practice) account and learn to execute trades without making errors 2) Study the methods of great traders and financial minds throughout history - Jesse Livermore, W D Gann, Charles Dow/Dow theory, Paul Tudor Jones,Richard Wyckoff. Learn...
While some trading mistakes are unavoidable, it is important that you don’t make a habit of them and learn from both successful and unsuccessful positions. With that in mind, these are the 10 most common trading mistakes. 1 - Not researching the markets properly Some traders will open or close a position on a gut feeling, or because they have heard a tip. It...
The article is aptly named for it is the road that matters not the destination. And here is why: Our brain, though incredibly complex, runs its basic functions on ancient and primitive brain circuits using the carrot and stick principle to motivate us to do some things and to demotivate us from doing other things. That carrot and stick stimuli come in the...
📖I was reflecting on how I became a trader, and suddenly I was reminded of a great book called «A hero with a thousand faces» which then led to the analogy between the journey of a trader and the hero's journey. And while just as any analogy this one is somwhat superficial, I really feel like there is a lot of truth to it. Just think of how many of us have...
IN this video, I tell you the best trading advice without saying a word. ENJOY 💚💡
Check open positions less frequently... Once you've opened a trade, leave it. Don't watch the movement and close of every candle, this will lead to the trade becoming emotional, which spells DISASTER. If you swing trade, then checking trades 1-2 times a day should be fine. If you day trade, then checking open positions once an hour should be adequate....
Hello traders, it is worth looking at the psychological problem that appears during this tough time and that´s: "Trade what you see, not what you think" Many traders forget about their trading plan and try to change the rules to adapt to the current situation. The problem is, that nobody knows, what will happen tomorrow, in a week or month. Markets...
Hello traders! -READ THIS DESCRIPTION FOR MORE INFORMATION! -This tutorial is for people who are struggling with RISK MANAGEMENT and MONEY MANAGEMENT. In this tutorial i will show you how to be profitable with 30% ratio. But first i will explain you what is risk and reward. -Risk is amount of money or percentage what are you willing to risk(lose). -Reward is...
I had this on my hard drive, I thought I would wipe the dust of it and write in in a clean manner in a post, helps me think more clearly. I need, and everyone can benefit from (new intermediate advanced legend even), having all of this in their mind: 1) Advice that trading is 95% psychology ===> Throw it in trash container Worse advice I have ever seen, or I...
Hello, and welcome to my top 10 of the worse pieces of advice you hear in trading, or simple "commong knowledge" that either make me go "HAHAHA" or my brain go "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH". 1/ Trading is hard/easy. You have to git gud at trading. At least learn how it works unless you already somehow knew. Everythign is relative, so for sure trading is not...
There's a concept in game theory called the Nash Equilibrium . It can be applied to any game and determined with algorithms but there may be none, there may be many or there may be one we don't know how to find yet. In the game of trading/investing, Everyone (who is rational) would be looking to maximize their own gains with regards to everyone else doing the...