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Trading Tips & Insights

Simplicity & Discipline are Key

A few considerations when developing your trading strategy.

Most important: have the discipline to follow your strategy and avoid letting emotions take over.

Choose A Market:

Every market, whether Futures, Forex, Stocks, Bonds, all have different personalities and behaviors. Each one reacts differently to economic news, geo-politics, and market events.
Choose one market and learn it well.

Choose a Time of Day to Trade:

Markets behave different throughout the day and night markets depending on when various exchanges open and close around the world.
Be aware of Economic News announcement times each day. News can move the market very quickly and with high volatility. (link to Econoday Calendar)

Choose Charting Time Frame

Choose a trading time frame. Which ever you choose, learn it well. Minute, Volume, Tick, Point and Figure, Kagi, Renko, and Range charts are all valid.
Higher and lower time frames as references for broader market view.

Daily Targets

Set a daily profit target, once you reach it, stop trading and go enjoy your day.
Set a max daily loss limit for yourself…. and most importantly be disciplined enough to follow your plan.

TRADE IN SIMULATION BEFORE EVER TRADING WITH REAL MONEY

You would not run a marathon without training first. So why would you risk your hard earned money without trading it in simulation first?

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Risk Disclosure:

Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones’ financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Hypothetical Disclosure:
Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. no representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. for example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all which can adversely affect trading results.