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

  • Developing A Successful Forex Trading Mindset Pt. 2

    In my previous article Developing A Successful Forex Mindset Pt. 1, I discussed how your trading mindset is essentially a product of three things; 1) Your Neuro-Physiological Wiring 2) Your Mindset of Level of Mindfulness 3) Your Psychological Conditioning I focused specifically on how your Neuro-Physiological Wiring, specifically how your mind and brain are integrated and…

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  • Setting Trading Goals for 2013

    Now that 2012 is wrapping up for traders, I’m guessing many of you (like myself) are dying to get into the new year of trading.  During this time, it is a fantastic opportunity to reflect upon what successes you had last year, but also what you need to work on. A common practice and tradition…

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  • My Top Trading Mistakes for 2012

    The learning process never ends for a trader.   The market is always evolving and you have to adapt. Algorithmic trading was about 3% of the FX market in 04′.  Now 28% of it is just HFT’s alone! Think that has changed the intraday price action?  Absolutely! Thus, you must always be learning, evolving and…

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  • Developing a Successful Forex Trading Mindset Pt. 1

    Today’s lesson is just to give you some brief tips on how to develop a successful forex trading mindset. Without a profitable and successful trading mindset, you will be swimming upstream against your emotions/fears, thoughts and unconscious habits which undermine your success.  Perhaps you have noticed this already in your trading, almost as if you…

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  • The Ideal Trader

    Over the last two weeks, I wrote on the subjects of ‘Quality vs Quantity – Which is Better For Trading?’ and ‘What is A High Quality Signal‘. The main theme has been around dispelling some freshman arguments and confusions others have written espousing the quality is better than quantity argument, and what really constitutes a…

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  • What Is A High Quality Signal?

    I recently wrote a controversial article dispelling some of the misconceptions about the ‘Quality vs Quantity‘ argument, the ‘Less is More‘ being better for your trading.  It has already garnered a lot of questions and responses on the web, which was its purpose. But there are still some lingering and freshman ideas floating around there.…

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  • Trading With Amnesia

    Last year the Colts were the first team in NFL history to go 0-13 following 9 straight playoff appearances. They had the single biggest lost of 2011, the worst AFC record in 3 years and finished with a 2-14 record which was the worst in the league that year.  Because of this, they got the…

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  • Ichimoku Price Theory | An Introduction

    This is the third installment introducing details to subjects which are not really discussed or talked about when it comes to Ichimoku Trading, that of using Ichimoku Time Theory and Ichimoku Wave Theory. Remember, according to Goichi Hosada (the creator of the Ichimoku Cloud), the Ichimoku trading system is based upon three pillars, and they…

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  • Live Intraday Price Action Trade on Silver

    I wanted to share a video of an live price action intraday trade on Silver I took, showing the result from my brokers chart (chart below). In the video I explain my entry, exit, stop, limit and the price action analysis of why I took the trade, why I continued with the trade and where…

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