Recently I sat through an excellent presentation about trading psychology. One thing that I learned about the best of the best traders is that their most common trait is something called “process”. Process is just another name for routine. It took me a very long time to realize how important this one concept is for the developing trader. The main … Read More
Starting Your Trading Day with Scenario Building
In this video excerpt of the trading room, Marc Principato, CMT, explores multiple time frame analysis and the importance of scenario building. These are significant elements of a trading plan that trainees at SMB Forex learn to create. — Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
Aware Of Your Thought Framework?
When first starting out trading any instrument, many beginners already have a thought framework in place whether they are aware or not. Most of the time, this thought frame work is conventional in nature. This means that their reasoning process relies on things like conventional market wisdom, other peoples opinions and gut feelings. From the start, new traders are set … Read More
Who Are You Competing With?
Have you ever contemplated who you are really competing with in the forex market? Does it really matter? You just want to make some money. Who cares right? It matters because you can gain great perspective from understanding why different market participants operate in the market. Contrary to what many of the retail trader conspiracy theorists believe, your broker is … Read More
S&P, EURUSD Still In Resistance Zones?
S&P and EURUSD are gyrating in broad resistance ranges. Timing a short all depends on price structure. — Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
An Aspiring Trader’s Email
At SMB we get a lot of emails from traders of all levels. Much of the time they are from aspiring traders who are very passionate about the markets and their work. And all of us here make every effort to respond and provide some insight into the world of professional trading. So in this article, I am going to … Read More
Why is Order Flow Important?
When it comes to order flow, many newer traders tend to think of volume bars or time and sales information. It is much more than that, and it really helps to understand the premise behind how markets facilitate order flow. It may not give you an immediate strategy to make money with, but what it does is provides an added … Read More
S&P Trend Change In Effect
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