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Articles on institutional positioning, options flow, price action, and the neuroscience of trading.

  • Price Action, Breakouts & Order Flow

    Today I am writing a potent article about pre-qualifying forex breakouts, particularly understanding them from a price action & order flow perspective.  When you pre-qualify a breakout, you put yourself in a position to identify it as a high or low probability breakout. To do this however, you have to understand what makes a successful…

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  • The Beggar and The Trader

    There is a story about a beggar several hundred years ago from a small village. He was orphaned at a young age, and with no education and family, he had to fend for himself. He was reasonably intelligent and able, despite his challenging start. Living in a small village his whole life, since the village was…

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  • You Will Have To Do This Trading

    The Rosy Picture I know the idea of being a professional trader will seem like a rosy picture, but the fact of the matter is you are going to face some tough times as a trader. You will have to do many things to be a successful and professional trader (or successful/professional anything for that…

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  • Trading & Thinking in Probabilities

    The A+ Setups, The Trades That ‘Kick You In The Chin’ There is one mistake I see beginning traders constantly making. They wait on the sidelines for days, waiting for A+ setups, waiting for setups that ‘kick them in the chin‘, or ‘knock them over the head‘. If you need to get kicked in the…

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  • 2 Tips for Placing Highly Effective Stops

    One of the more difficult aspects for traders is placing highly effective stops. Either most beginning traders place stops too tight or too far away.  Place stops too close to your entry and they are likely to get hit.  Too loose and they unbalance your risk/reward ratios. In today’s article, I’m going to share 2…

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  • Trading Is Not A Fashion Contest

    There seems to be some fascination with newer/beginning traders to find this perfect setup, this small set of circumstances that give price action the appearance of a great trade opportunity. You’ve probably heard about these patterns and setups before, often referred to as Pin Bars, Engulfing Bars, Inside Bars, etc. Beginning traders become hypnotized, thinking…

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  • 2 Price Action Tips For Beginning Traders

    Today’s price action tip article is designed to give any beginning, or non-profitable trader, 2 critical tips to help accelerate your learning curve and avoid the pitfalls almost everyone falls into.  If you can learn to follow these two beginner forex trading tips, then you will find yourself making more winning trades, along with less…

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