Monday, October 17, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Unlucky
Bit unlucky there yesterday. My target setting didn’t pay me last night, in the last position I set only 75 pips target ,normal setting is 150 pips. Even some time I set mental taget, why didn’t I do it yesterday? I would have made $12000 for the last trade alone.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Trade results August 2011
Very volatile market condition makes me stopped out few times this week ,except those big hit it was an average month.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Are you making money?
By looking at the features of your trading behavior ,one easily can tell what kind of trader are you or will be come. May be you are making money at this moth or this quarter but in the long run your activity will determine your success in trading.
Some key characters of armature retail traders:
Armature traders usually do not have any written trading plan, when they enter a trade, their position size will always very; they hope trade will go in their way and will make fortune in one trade. They want to be in market all the time, shorter time frame gives them that opportunities. Some trader use 30 seconds time frame witch is not only difficult to trade but impossible for a human brain to react that fast. It’s easy for them to enter a trade but they struggle to get out of a losing trade, usually their losing trades are so big that 10-12 winning trades can even cover that.
One important fact about armature traders are that they always want to enter a trade to the exact level or point but market is random place accuracy is rare here.
They trend to go against the main trend and scalp it to get some quick profit using Bollinger band or any reversal indicator, which often bring disastrous results.
Since they don’t have any plan what so ever, profit taking is much quicker then price action it self.
They can’t relax when they are in a trade and their family life often suffers for that.
Now let’s see what are the characters of successful traders:
They have elaborate written plan which they follow by every word. Capital preservation is the top priority of the plan. Their position changes according to their capital and open positions. Stop levels they use are for emergency exit only.
Their percentage of winning trades is not that great but they usually cash 10 -20 times more then their initial risk. They do not believe in over night success, consistency is they key to their success.
Professional traders separate their family life and trade. They are come quite and calculative. They keep journal of their trades, some trades even video record all trades to see what went wrong, what could have done better to get best out of every trade.
Some key characters of armature retail traders:
Armature traders usually do not have any written trading plan, when they enter a trade, their position size will always very; they hope trade will go in their way and will make fortune in one trade. They want to be in market all the time, shorter time frame gives them that opportunities. Some trader use 30 seconds time frame witch is not only difficult to trade but impossible for a human brain to react that fast. It’s easy for them to enter a trade but they struggle to get out of a losing trade, usually their losing trades are so big that 10-12 winning trades can even cover that.
One important fact about armature traders are that they always want to enter a trade to the exact level or point but market is random place accuracy is rare here.
They trend to go against the main trend and scalp it to get some quick profit using Bollinger band or any reversal indicator, which often bring disastrous results.
Since they don’t have any plan what so ever, profit taking is much quicker then price action it self.
They can’t relax when they are in a trade and their family life often suffers for that.
Now let’s see what are the characters of successful traders:
They have elaborate written plan which they follow by every word. Capital preservation is the top priority of the plan. Their position changes according to their capital and open positions. Stop levels they use are for emergency exit only.
Their percentage of winning trades is not that great but they usually cash 10 -20 times more then their initial risk. They do not believe in over night success, consistency is they key to their success.
Professional traders separate their family life and trade. They are come quite and calculative. They keep journal of their trades, some trades even video record all trades to see what went wrong, what could have done better to get best out of every trade.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
How to increase the probability in 2B pattern!
Definition: When market makes new high or new low, there is always a pullback. After the pullback the market will re-test the previous high/low. If the market fails to hold the new high/low, it signals a potential trend reversal. Trade orders are entered to sell the low of the bar trying to breakout or buy the high of the bar trying to breakdown.
This pattern is regarded as a high probability set up; there is one way to increase the probability even higher. Divergence is a great tool to see the dying momentum in the 2B pattern. The price will make new low or high to form a 2B pattern as we can see from the definition. In a successful breakout, momentum should shift to higher level but 2B is an unsuccessful breakout or you can say fake out, so failing momentum will be an early sign for us to not enter the breakout. We will now wait for the signal candle to enter the trade with confidence.
Target: The target is usually set at the ‘swing low’ prior to the new high or ‘swing high’ prior to the new low.
Stop: Protect your ‘long’ trade entry by placing a ‘stop’ below the recent low and protect the ‘short’ trade entry by placing a ‘stop’ above the recent high.
This pattern is regarded as a high probability set up; there is one way to increase the probability even higher. Divergence is a great tool to see the dying momentum in the 2B pattern. The price will make new low or high to form a 2B pattern as we can see from the definition. In a successful breakout, momentum should shift to higher level but 2B is an unsuccessful breakout or you can say fake out, so failing momentum will be an early sign for us to not enter the breakout. We will now wait for the signal candle to enter the trade with confidence.
Target: The target is usually set at the ‘swing low’ prior to the new high or ‘swing high’ prior to the new low.
Stop: Protect your ‘long’ trade entry by placing a ‘stop’ below the recent low and protect the ‘short’ trade entry by placing a ‘stop’ above the recent high.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
What should you look for in a trading system?
1. Profitability: This is a must when we look for a system .Lowering the risk factor and increasing the reward is simply the answer to a profitable system
2. Probability: One of the important elements of a trading system, but it does not always mean it will be a profitable trading system, if the proper money management is not in use.
3. Consistency: Without consistency we will not be able to breath in the on going changing market condition. A consistently profitable system will pick up some drawdown as soon as the extreme condition is over.
4.Flexibility: Providing Simple, Easy and Powerful System which can be used in any time frame and on any financial instrument.
2. Probability: One of the important elements of a trading system, but it does not always mean it will be a profitable trading system, if the proper money management is not in use.
3. Consistency: Without consistency we will not be able to breath in the on going changing market condition. A consistently profitable system will pick up some drawdown as soon as the extreme condition is over.
4.Flexibility: Providing Simple, Easy and Powerful System which can be used in any time frame and on any financial instrument.
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