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Full Time Trading. Everything You Need to Know Once you mature in trading and become a consistently profitable trader, the question arises: are you ready to trade full time? Becoming a full time trade is a very significant step and my things must be taken into consideration before you make it. ✨ Becoming a full time trader implies that you quit your current job, that you give up a stable income - your salary. In contrast to classic job, trading does not give guarantees . Please, realize that such a thing as stable income does not exist in trading. Trading is a series of winning and losing trades, positive and negative periods. For that reasons, remember that in order to become a full time trader, your average monthly trading income must be at least twice as your monthly expenses. ✨ Moreover, even if your trading income is sufficient to cover two months of your life, that is still not enough. You must have savings. Trading for more than 9 years, I faced with quite prolonged negative periods. One time I was below zero for the entire quarter. For that reason, supporting a family and living a decent life will require savings that will help you not to sink during the losing periods. ✨ Another very important sign is your correct and objective view on your trading. Please, realize that if you bought Bitcoin one time and made a couple of thousands of dollars, it does not make you a consistently profitable trader. Please, do not confuse luck with the skill. Your trading must be proven by many years of trading. ✨ You must be emotionally prepared for the living conditions that full time trading will bring you. Being a full time trader implies that you are constantly at home, you work from home from Monday to Friday. You do not see your colleagues, your social life will change dramatically. I know a lot of people who started to trade full time and then realized that they can not work from home for different reasons. ⭐️ So what are the necessary conditions for becoming a full time traders: you should have savings that will cover the negative trading periods, your average monthly trading income should be at least twice as your monthly expenses, your trading efficiency must be proven by objective, consistent results, and you must be psychologically prepared for working from home. When these conditions are met, you can make a significant step and become a full-time trader. Are you ready? ❤️Please, support my work with like, thank you!❤️
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
22
Essential Tips for Newbie Day Traders: Forex and Gold Trading Entering the world of day trading can be both exciting and daunting, especially for those who are new to the game. This article aims to provide simple yet valuable recommendations for beginner day traders specifically focusing on forex and gold trading. 💼💰🚀 1. Educate Yourself: Before diving into day trading, it is crucial to understand the intricacies of the forex and gold markets. Take the time to learn about the basic terminology, technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and different trading strategies. Knowledge is your best weapon in this realm. 📚✍️📈 Start by reading books, attending webinars or courses, or even joining online trading communities to gain insight into successful day trading techniques. 2. Practice with a Demo Account: To avoid unnecessary losses, it is highly recommended to practice trading using a demo account. This allows you to gain hands-on experience without the risk of losing real money. Take the time to experiment with different strategies and understand how the market works. 📊📝💡 Tradingview paper trading offers demo accounts where you can simulate real trading scenarios and test your skills. 3. Develop a Trading Plan: A well-defined trading plan is essential for any day trader. Specify your goals, risk tolerance, and trading style. Determine the maximum amount you are willing to risk per trade and set realistic profit targets. Stick to your plan and avoid impulsive decisions. 📝🎯💼 Example: Decide on a risk-to-reward ratio, such as 1:2, which means you are willing to risk $1 to potentially earn $2, and only take trades that meet this criteria. 4. Manage Your Risks: Risk management is a crucial aspect of day trading. Never risk more than you can afford to lose and always set stop-loss orders to limit potential losses. It is important to maintain a disciplined approach to preserve your capital. 💪💸📉 Example: Let's say you have $10,000 as your trading capital. Set a maximum loss limit per trade, such as $200, and ensure your stop-loss order reflects this limit. 5. Keep Up with Market News: Stay informed about global events, economic indicators, and market news that can impact the forex and gold markets. Develop a routine of reading relevant financial news and reports to stay ahead of market trends. 🌍📰💼 Important events like central bank announcements, political developments, or changes in commodity prices can significantly affect currency and gold prices. Tradingview nicely displays the coming news on the horizontal scale of a price shart. Just click on a circle and you will see the coming related events. In conclusion, starting out as a newbie day trader in the forex and gold markets requires a combination of knowledge, practice, discipline, and risk management. By following these simple recommendations, you will be better equipped to navigate the markets and enhance your chances of success in day trading. 💪📊✨
Education
by AnabelSignals
1
Slippery Slope: What is Slippage? With the unfortunate demise of the prop firm My Forex Funds, the issue of slippage has recently become a hot topic. This educational post takes a look at the slippery issue of slippage, beginning with the basics all the way to addressing popular theories and speculations about slippage. Something to remember is that every trader, regardless of expertise, will encounter slippage during their trading activity. What exactly is slippage? Slippage is the term used in the forex market to describe the difference between the requested price at which you expect to fill your order and the actual price that you end up paying. Slippage most often occurs during periods of high market volatility, when market conditions are very thin due to low volumes traded or when the market gaps; all of these scenarios then lead to market conditions being such that orders cannot be executed at the price quoted. Therefore, when this happens, your order will be filled at the next available price, which may be either higher or lower than you had anticipated. Understanding how forex slippage occurs can enable a trader to minimise negative slippage while potentially maximising positive slippage. Market Gap High Market Volatility Slippage is part of trading and cannot be avoided. This is due to forex market volatility and execution speeds. When a market experiences high volatility, it generally means there’s low liquidity. The reason for this is that during this time, market prices fluctuate very quickly. Where this affects forex traders is when there’s not enough FX liquidity to fill an order at the requested price. When this happens, the liquidity provider will complete the trade at the next best available price. Another cause of slippage is execution speed. This is how fast your Electronic Communication Network (ECN) can complete a trade at your requested price. With market prices changing in fractions of a second, having faster execution times can make a difference, especially on large trades. What is the difference between positive slippage, no slippage, and negative slippage? When slippage occurs, it is usually negative, meaning you paid more for the asset than you wanted to, though at some times it can also be positive. When slippage is positive, it means you paid less for the trade than you expected and therefore got a better price. To get a better understanding of this, let's see the image below. How do you calculate slippage? Let's assume that the price of the EUR/USD is 1.05000. After doing your research and analysing the market, you speculate that it’s on an upward trend and long a one-standard lot trade at the current price of EUR/USD 1.05100, expecting to execute at the same price of 1.05100. The market follows the trend; however, it goes past your execution price and up to 1.05105 very quickly—quicker than a second. Because your expected price of 1.05100 is not available in the market, you’re offered the next best available price. For the sake of the example, let's assume that the best next price is 1.05105. In this case, you would experience negative slippage (positive for the broker), as you got in at a worse price than you wanted: 1.05100 – 1.05105 = -0.00005, or -0.5 pips. On the other hand, let’s say your trade was executed at 1.05095. You would then experience positive slippage (negative for the broker), as you got in at a cheaper price than you wanted: 1.05100 – 1.05095 = +0.00005, or +0.5 pips. Negative Slippage Example Is slippage a technical glitch in a broker’s software, or is it built and designed to bring in extra revenue? There are popular beliefs that slippage is a software glitch or that it is made just to give brokers and liquidity providers extra revenue. This is not true, as slippage is something that is unavoidable. There are times when the markets are extremely volatile and price movements are too quick due to a lack of liquidity. Slippage does bring in extra revenue for brokers and liquidity providers, but you need to remember that slippage goes both ways; while brokers and liquidity providers will generate profits from negative slippage, they will also generate losses from positive slippage. Though there are times when brokers (very rare) use price manipulation on their clients to generate additional revenue (more on this later).  How can a trader avoid or minimise slippage? While slippage is impossible to fully avoid, there are a few things you can do to minimise the impact of slippage and protect yourself as much as possible in the markets, including using stop-loss orders to limit their exposure and placing orders during less volatile times. Stop-loss orders are instructions to your broker to immediately exit a trade if it reaches a certain price. By using stop-loss orders, you can limit your losses if the market moves against you. High liquid markets such as Forex enable you to take advantage of market swings to enter and exit trades rapidly, limiting your exposure to the market but also increasing the risk that your stop-loss order may not be executed at the price you expect if the market moves quickly against you. Additionally, there are some brokers that offer traders guaranteed stop-loss orders called 'Guaranteed Stop Orders' (GSOs), meaning that the stop-loss price is guaranteed, which makes the trader unaffected by slippage when getting stopped out. Another way to reduce the impact of slippage is to trade during less volatile times. The forex market is open 24 hours a day, but not all hours are equal. There are times when there are hardly any trading volumes being generated, and you want to avoid trading during this time at all costs as trading spreads will be wider and you will most likely get slipped due to the lack of liquidity in the markets. The best times to trade are usually when the market is most active, which is typically during specific trading sessions such as the Eurpoean or US trading sessions. To summarise, to minimise slippage, you should: What is slippage tolerance, and how should you factor that into account with regard to your stop-loss and risk-to-reward calculations? Some brokers will enable a feature called the 'Market Order Deviation Range' where the trader can adjust the slippage's maximum deviation. This is done so a trader can estimate his or her tolerance to slippage. For example, if you set the maximum deviation to 3 pips, the order will be filled as long as the slippage equals 3 or below. If the price slips beyond the set maximum, the order won't be filled. This is an effective way of managing your risk-to-reward calculations because if you have a strict risk-to-reward set-up and do not have much leeway to give in terms of slippage, you can adjust the slippage tolerance setting so that if the trade comes with more slippage than your trade can afford, it will not enter you in the trade. How can a trader tell if his or her broker is being predatory with regard to slippage? Although rare and illegal now that regulators are prevalent in the industry, in some cases, brokers may manipulate prices to cause slippage. This usually happens during times of high volatility when there are a lot of market orders. By creating a large amount of slippage, brokers can increase their profits. Forex brokers that are not regulated by the major governing bodies are more likely to do this. For a broker to gain the regulation of a major governing body, they must adhere to very strict guidelines set out by the regulating authority. Firstly, if you suspect that your broker is manipulating prices, you should immediately look for another broker. If you have evidence of your broker manipulating prices, you should report that broker to the financial authorities. A good way to gauge if a broker is potentially manipulating prices is by requesting a trade journal from them. A good and reputable broker usually offers trade journals to their clients. Trade journals show execution times of trades and will have a comment on the journal if the trade was slipped. On a standard trade journal, slippage comments should not appear there often (unless you are trading at times when the market is volatile, thin, or trading outside liquid hours). A broker that manipulates prices to their clients is usually hesitant to offer trade journals to their clients because it shows this on the trade journals. So if your broker is not willing to share the trade journals with you, you might want to think twice about continuing to trade with them. To add to that, you can also check if your broker is either a market maker or directly connected to the interbank market, as they will handle slippage differently. To recap, slippage is a part of forex, and no trader is immune to getting it. It occurs most often during periods of high market volatility. Though slippage is almost impossible to avoid and can impact your profit and losses, there are a few things you can do to minimise slippage and its impact. This includes the use of limit and stop-loss orders, placing orders outside of volatile market times, avoiding major economic and news events, and only using brokers that are regulated by the major governing bodies. BluetonaFX
Education
by BluetonaFX
14
GBPUSD - Double IB and is it going to reach 50% OE?GBPUSD is compressing and making a double insider bar. After a compression,we usually get a big outburst move. We have placed our entry on the confirmation bar according to our smart money framework and the target for the 50% OE distance as indicated on the chart. Trader Order Details: GBPUSD(Short) E - 1.2146 SL - 1.2332 T - 1.2040 We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com
Short
by masterthemarkets2010
Is BTCUSD third attempt at 24919 going to hold?(4)We have now successfully hit target on Bitcoin. The chart image shows the sequence of events from 1-4 as per the trade order. As per our previous post, here are the trade order details. Trade order details: BTCUSD(Long) E - 26086 SL - 24919 T - 29045 Target hit on 16th Oct 2023 2959point profits @£1000 risk = £2535 Great job on those who followed us on this trade. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Refn Image from previous post
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDLong
by masterthemarkets2010
Live Trading Session 242: Closed & potential trades on BTC,etcIn this live trading session video,we look at our open and closed positions and the potential trades setting up for the week on GBPUSD,S&P 500,Brent Oil,Bitcoin and many more. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com
CAPITALCOM:US30
by masterthemarkets2010
Brent Oil Short Trade Consideration(1)We are looking at Brent oil for a potential short trade only if the following occurs: 1.Wait for Daily bottom to confirm 2.Then for top to confirm before taking shorts till Weekly Confirmation Bar low is taken out at 83.46 **We will only be considering this short trade for a very small period as Weekly is in Uptrend** We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Refn weekly Image
EASYMARKETS:BRTUSDShort
by masterthemarkets2010
Is BTCUSD third attempt at 24919 going to hold?(3)Bitcoin is still holding its potential weekly bottom level of 24920. Price structural level of 24756 on the weekly timeframe is still holding and has not been broken yet to give a trend change. Next level for BTCUSD to break through for further strength to the upside is the last potential top at 28592 as in image above. As of now,Bitcoin is retracing quite abit. We will wait and see if the top gets confirmed. For now,we have trailed our stop to almost break even. As per our previous post, here are the trade order details. Trade order details: BTCUSD(Long) E - 26086 SL - 24919 T - 29045 TSL at 25976 We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Refn Image from previous post
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDLong
by masterthemarkets2010
How far is US30 going to go lower?(2)As per our previous post, the US30 had a 10% probability of going lower and it has turned around this week to confirm its bottom according to our smart money indicator. The weekly is on a Uptrend P2. The 2nd daily bottom is it's 2nd attempt to make a weekly bottom towards a weekly P1.We have taken this trade on a long position upon entry on the 4H timeframe towards a weekly P1 move. Trade Order Details US30(Long) E - 33111 (4H Entry) SL - 32810 T- TBC To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Weekly reference image:
CAPITALCOM:US30Long
by masterthemarkets2010
Live Trading Session 241: Open & closed trade on BTC,Gold & moreIn this live trading session video,we look at our open and closed positions and the potential trades setting up for the week on GBPUSD,S&P 500,Brent Oil,Bitcoin and many more. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com
CAPITALCOM:US30
by masterthemarkets2010
Is EURUSD going to reach its 50% OE target?(3)We had entered EURUSD on the daily confirmation bar on a short trade. This is based on a daily P1 trend continuation move, and along with a weekly continuation trade move according to our smart money framework indicator. As per pour previous posts, after the Fed News, our stop did not get hit and the trade went further in our favour to hit our target 9 days later after entry. EURUSD(Short) E - 1.0642 ISL - 1.0761 T - 1.0542 Target hit at 1.0542 for £840 @ £1000 risk. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Reference Previous chart image:
Short
by masterthemarkets2010
Chart of the WeekFollowing up from last week, the Pound moved upwards on Thursday and Friday but the luck of momentum was obvious due to the establishment of the current downtrend. The weekly candle closed bearish therefore this week we expected to see more weakness in the pair. Also, the Daily candle on Friday closed as a bearish reversal due to the selling pressure accumulated during the New York Trading Session. Therefore short trades will be ideal the first week of October
Short
by MarketMindsMastery
2
Live Trading Session 240: Live positions on Gold and EurIn this live trading session video,we look at our live running position on gold and the closed trade on EURUSD. Both these trades were take live on the RTCT webinar and still running. They are based on the Smart money framework,cycle methodolgy and volume principles. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com
FOREXCOM:XAUUSD
by masterthemarkets2010
Live Trading Session 239: Open & closed trade on BTC,Gold & moreIn this live trading session video,we look at our open and closed positions and the potential trades setting up for the week on GBPUSD,S&P 500,Brent Oil,Bitcoin and many more. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com
CAPITALCOM:US30
by masterthemarkets2010
Is EURUSD going to reach its 50% OE target?(2)We have entered EURUSD on the daily confirmation bar on a short trade. This is based on a daily P1 trend continuation move, and along with a weekly continuation trade move according to our smart money framework indicator. As per pour previous post, after the Fed News, according to our OE tables, the more than 50% likely chance of the weekly potential low got fulfilled. Ahead of the Fed news, our stop was at the initial place according to the chart at 1.0761 according to our strategy rules. The Fed news bar did not stop us out, even though it went further up and then shot back down and formed a big outsider bar as in the image. As of yesterday our trail is at the high of the Fed News Outsider bar at 1.0739. We are still abit of distance away from target. We will stick to our plan with discipline and see how this trade plans out for the law of numbers to work. Do refer to our previous post images and links below. EURUSD(Short) E - 1.0642 ISL - 1.0761 T - 1.0542 TSL currently at 1.0739 We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Reference weekly image:
Short
by masterthemarkets2010
Is USDJPY going to reach its 50% OE target this time?(3)We had previously entered USDJPY on the daily confirmation bar on a long trade. This is based on a daily P1 trend continuation move, and along with a weekly continuation trade move according to our smart money framework indicator. Ahead of the Fed news, we had trailed our stop to low of IB-1 at 147.32 shown as TSL 1 on the chart image. The Fed news bar did not stop us out on our trail but shot back right up and formed a big outsider bar as in the image. As of yesterday our trail is at the low of the Fed News Outsider bar at 147.46. We are a few pips from target but as of now, we are seeing a strong seller bar. We will stick to out plan with discipline and see how this trade plans out for the law of numbers to work. Do refer to our previous post images and links below. USDJPY(Short) E - 147.45 ISL - 146.10 T - 148.55 TSL currently at 147.46 We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Reference Image:
Long
by masterthemarkets2010
Is US30 low at 34024 going to hold and confirm weekly bottom?(5)US30 has now recently made a lower high and is now in an extended market compression. For us to consider trailing our stop, it has to take out the first swing high at 35012 and then at 35098 as shown on chart image. Once it does take out both those levels, it has a higher probability to confirm the weekly bottom.Let's see how the trade plans out according to our smart money framework indicator. US30(Long) E - 34607 SL - 34023 T - To be confirmed(TBC) We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Refn Image of Weekly timeframe
CAPITALCOM:US30Long
by masterthemarkets2010
Is BTCUSD third attempt at 24919 going to hold?(2)Bitcoin is still on the upmove and holding its potential weekly bottom level of 24920. Price structural level of 24756 on the weekly timeframe is still holding and has not been broken yet to give a trend change. Next level for BTCUSD to break through for further strength to the upside is the last swing high level at 28142 as in image above. We have entered this trade as per our previous post on 4h confirmation bar on a reduced risk(Refer to image below). Trade order details BTCUSD(Long) E - 26086 SL - 24919 T - TBC We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Refn Image of Weekly timeframe
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDLong
by masterthemarkets2010
Is EURUSD going to reach its 50% OE target?(1)We have entered EURUSD on the daily confirmation bar on a short trade. This is based on a daily P1 trend continuation move, and along with a weekly continuation trade move according to our smart money framework indicator. You can see on the image below on which part of the cycle we are in on the weekly timeframe and how that matches up with the daily timeframe. According to our OE tables, we can see that there is a more than 50% chance since it is a phase 1 move that the weekly potential low will be taken and for the short move to continue further south. EURUSD(Short) E - 1.0642 ISL - 1.0761 T - 1.0542 We will be tracking this move and updating the post as we go along on the charts and on video. Keep a look out for it traders. To understand our ideas and videos better,we highly recommend watching our following stream videos: 1.Trader Starter Pack 5 day video course Look on our channel profile or at our signature section to access it 2.7 steps to achieve consistent trading performance www.tradingview.com 3.7 steps for strategy construction www.tradingview.com Reference weekly image:
Short
by masterthemarkets2010