Many struggling forex traders are in that position because they don’t realize one thing: the job of a professional trader is to isolate the least random market information and then take risks that are proportional to their trading capital. I say “least” random because a “non” random condition would mean that the particular setup would work 100% of the time. … Read More
SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Trade Review 5/24
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT reviews a short taken in the S&P500 CFD at a major market top. See how our pattern recognition and volume analysis allow our traders to hold a position longer. For more information visit: http://www.smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training [purehtml id=10] — Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
My Thought Process: $SPY Selloff
One type of price action that puts me on alert for a hard down move in the market is unusually large gyrations in quick succession. That is what is what we saw during the first few hours of trading today. Points 1&2 on the chart show up and down moves larger than the ATR of the SPY. This type of … Read More
Forex Trading: Position Sizing Is More Important Than You Thought
Too often I listen to inexperienced traders over reacting, exaggerating and showing how over dependent they are on things like technical analysis. Too many engineers and people who think they can outsmart the market by trying to define everything it does with some over restrictive measure, indicator or data series. Much of the time, the objective of this pursuit is … Read More
SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Analysis
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT conducts a broader technical analysis on the S&P 500 futures, EUR/USD, GBP/USD and AUD/USD. Use this to gather important for your strategies throughout the following week. For more information visit: http://www.smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training [purehtml id=9] — Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
SMB Forex and Futures Weekly Trade Review 5/17
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT, reviews a EUR/USD trade that combines our favorite setup with volume analysis confirmation. To learn more visit: http://www.smbtraining.com/overview/forex-training [purehtml id=8] — Marc Principato, CMT, Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
A Well-Priced Deal: $DDD
Publicly traded companies sometimes choose to raise capital by issuing more shares. This allows them to have more working capital without the burden of taking on debt. The better run companies tend to do “secondaries” (according to Wikipedia “secondary” is a misnomer and this type of deal is a “follow on” offering) when their stocks have run up quite a … Read More
Forex Trading: The Benefits of Volume Analysis
Whenever I mention “volume analysis” in relation to forex trading, almost instantly I get the following question,”Hey isn’t the volume in the spot market unreliable since there is no central exchange?” The answer is yes it is unreliable and that is why when I analyze volume in the currency market, I don’t use spot, I use futures. The next question … Read More