Ten Things A Trader Has To Know You have to know your own tolerance for risk and draw downs in capital. Not what you believe is your risk tolerance but what you can bear in reality when your real trading capital is down 5%, 10% […]

Last week was very choppy and sloppy and the market could hit a signal intra-day then move fast. Equities as a whole are not under accumulation in 2014 so far they are only be traded in ranges as an asset class.  $SPY and $SPX are still negative on the year but have provided plenty of

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First of all, you really should not even be trading your very first year you start in the markets. The first year should be spent finding out what the right questions to ask even are not trying to beat professionals at their own game. Most new traders don’t survive their first year because they trade

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  The 70 RSI level is the intra-day resistance here. $190 $SPY will also likely be a key resistance if we get there. Above the $SPY $190 or 70 RSI we would be parabolic but the odds are against it. The risk/reward is in favor of the downside but momentum after the gap favors a