A big thing that trips up new traders is they get an entry signal at a breakout or a bounce off a key moving average like the 50 day simple moving average but have trouble quantifying how to let the it run if it is a winner or cut the loser short if it goes […]
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The gap up failed yesterday to hold. The gap down today held. The 5 day ema crossed under the 10 day sma yesterday. Over the past two days volatility has expanded to trading in a $168-$164 price range. Seven straight days of ugly bearish candlesticks. In the past 5 days price has been under the
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We are at an interesting crossroads in the market. The long term up trend is still in place but we are over due for a pull back to either the 21 day or 50 day sma just to get some price consolidation from this extension so far above the 200 day sma. There is
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Do you use moving averages in your trading? It is very interesting to lay a 50 day and 200 day moving average on to a chart over a year time frame. You will begin to see patterns develop. Bounce off the 50 day, a last chance for support at the 200 day etc. Each index,
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When being a trend trader you never know where the big profits are going to come from. You take your entries and follow your rules and let the market tell you what to do next. Here is a simple trade I did in April using a conservative tax deferred trend following account that is
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“Mr. Seykota himself has put together a money management track record with returns of roughly +60% net of fees over the three-decade span of his trading career…” -Futures Magazine Ed Seykota, first featured in the book Market Wizards has one of the best records of all time for any trader. Ed Seykota’s record is as
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Making money in the financial markets is not only challenging but just surviving an account blow up is also a win for many new traders. There is one thing that ultimately determines your success in the markets. It is not your stock picking skills, your trend following or even trading a robust method. The dividing
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All trading methods come down to one very simple basic thing: we are all in search of capturing the trend correctly. Long term trend followers are trying to be right about the long term trends using mechanical systems. Buy and hold investors are trying to be right about the stock market indexes and mutual
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There are seven things that I believe are pretty common in the successful traders I have known, read about, and seen in action. Whether it is stock trader Nicolas Darvas in the sixties, commodity trader Ed Seykota in the twentieth century, or Jesse Livermore at the turn of the last century, many of
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Who is Dan Zanger? Dan Zanger is the modern day version of Nicolas Darvas. His mother Elaine loved the stock market and Dan would often watch the business channel with her. One day in 1978 Dan saw a stock explode across the ticker tape at the bottom of the screen hitting $1. He made
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