Articles on institutional positioning, options flow, price action, and the neuroscience of trading.
Last week we posted a trading quiz on price action trading which went over 3 charts on 3 separate instruments. I did not show the prices, nor the time frames of the charts, so you had to rely upon your pure price action trading skills to read the charts. The task was to analyze each…
In my Price Action Course, I am often sharing my personal live trades, using them as a learning experience for the private members. My goal is to help them learn price action, so one of the methods I will employ to help them with this is create trading quizzes. Today I want to share one of…
There is a statement non-profitable traders often use regarding some of their losses. Perhaps you have heard this before, or said this yourself (myself included years ago). It is the commonly used term ‘Failed Trades‘, which is something of a misnomer. In reality, there are no ‘Failed Trades‘. In fact, there are only three types of outcomes…
This weekend my girlfriend and I watched the new movie Lucy with Scarlett Johansson. Entertaining, funny and somewhat provocative, the movie describes a woman who (through a strange turn of events) develops an ultra-powerful brain. Being that I have studied Neuroscience at the University, while my partner has studied the brain from a health perspective,…
The World Cup ended a few days ago with Germany hoisting the trophy. Some are speculating this Germany may be the best national team ever. Such a statement will be argued across bar tables and countries for years to come. Regardless, below are a few amazing facts about Die Mannschaft winning the World Cup; 1) No European team…
By now we have fully entered the summer trading months which are traditionally slower to begin with. When you combine the summer + the lack of ‘flow information‘ shared by bank traders under investigation, you have an environment of lesser volatility, smaller moves, and more false break setups. With that being said, how can we maximize…
In the summer of 1988, a new trend was about to begin. During the Olympic games of this year, (ironically being hosted in Seoul, Korea), team archery was being introduced. Since this inclusion of team archery into the Olympics, the Korean women’s team have won all 6 titles, with the men’s team winning 4 out…