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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared here on ColibriTrader.com.   Dear traders, This last week I had a couple of trading ideas that initially looked great on the chart, but then failed. So, why did they not work out?   First Failed […]

This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video we talk about the types of returns you’re getting in with your trading/investing strategy. By the

You can’t determine whether mechanical entry and exit signals are viable for profitable trading unless you test it over a broad range of trading vehicles through different market environments. Recent price action can create bias and isolated examples are not enough to make decisions from. You have to start with your own watch list and

A back test is where a trader takes a series of historical price action data and tries to find patterns that were profitable in the past. The trouble is when a trader tries to keep changing the parameters of a back test until they fit in to a path to profitability in the past. A

The following is an excerpt I wrote for Bob Lang’s new book “Know Your Options: How to Build Wealth Using Proven Options Trading Strategies and Technical Analysis.” What is a trader? Traders are often misunderstood. While investors are more mainstream, traders are viewed as risk takers or as having ulterior motives. There are some significant

This is a Guest Post by Curtis Brown. If you want to invest in the real estate business, you quickly learn that it’s much more confusing and a lot more to learn than you first thought. It is more difficult to invest in real estate today than to invest in stocks due to the legal,

This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Everywhere you look there are robots taking over. Even in markets! With the rise of quant trading, AI, algos, and everything else,

“I think investment psychology is by far the more important element, followed by risk control, with the least important consideration being the question of where you buy and sell.”– Tom Basso The financial markets are strange environments. Unexpected events commonly occur while the sure thing rarely happens. The best times to buy low is usually

This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video we’re going to discuss how Ray Dalio created his investment strategy and how you can use the same principles