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Many trading lessons are not learned until the student runs out of money. The same is true of life lessons. It is the law of the jungle really. One big difference between those that survive and those that don’t is the understanding that it’s not the speculators job to figure out which way the market [...]

“You get what you pay for”, is gospel to generations of people – particularly in America. But is it really so in the financial industry?  What if we told you that it’s common believe amongst brokers, particularly in the more speculative futures and forex segments of the market, that the individual with the biggest, fanciest [...]

Daily Forex Report for 7/28/10  Click the link below to view Jay’s Daily Forex Report for 7/28 where he covers the major currencies and the U.S. stock market. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid86410614001?bctid=292390923001 Teresa Bell www.trading-u.com DISCLAIMER: Forex (off-exchange foreign currency futures and options or FX) trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Risks include the potential that [...]

The core of our confidence in trading is a direct result of the back-tests from our methods. I remember telling my partners earlier in the year, after compiling an extensive back-test based on trend trading signals on the Daily charts with the Weekly confirming: “if we can eliminate trading from late June thru late August [...]

The market can do only three things once you are in trade: fail, go sideways, or follow thru in the direction of the trigger. A professional will have a modest loss on one of those circumstances, make a bit on the second, and bank on the third, for a net profit. A novice on the other hand will [...]

I believe that we can accurately gauge a market’s direction on any time frame, and that knowing direction on the higher time frame charts, i.e.: the weekly, and monthly charts, will lend the trader a significant edge in their investing and trading.  Yes, in my educated opinion market movement is predictable, especially on its higher time frames. To support that statement I’ve included links to [...]