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The mindset of an elite trader
Forget about the charts, alerts, and catalysts. Sometimes being the best possible trader you can be—has nothing to do with the technicals. If you don’t have your head on straight… none of it will matter. That’s why elite traders focus on trading psychology as much as...
The Inside Bar – Price Action Trading Strategy
Are you a fan of no-frills chart analysis? I know plenty of traders who are. The elegance of a simple, pure, and clean stock chart— can make them look like witchdoctors to the untrained eye... ...it looks like reading tea leaves and dark voodoo magic when I watch a...
Day Trading vs. Swing Trading
Let’s play a game… Are you able to identify which type of trader you are? Having trouble? That’s ok! Over 75% of traders fail to identify a trading style they associate themselves with. There are many different ways of trading the stock markets… almost too many! ......
How To Trade Three Black Crows Candlestick Pattern
Have you ever found yourself looking over charts and realize that you missed an amazing trade… I am talking about one of those picture-perfect reversal patterns— that seemed to come out of nowhere. With thousands of stocks to scan and limited time on our hands, I...
Most Chart Patterns Don’t Make Sense…Except This One
Before I get started, I would just like to thank Davis Martin one last time—yesterday he announced his retirement from the service. I’ve been working alongside Davis for the last two months, but I’m now ready to take over full-time. That said, let’s get on with...
How to trade reversal patterns with Bollinger Bands pt 2
Have you ever noticed that some indicators work better on one time frame compared with another? In fact, some indicators only work at specific time frames with certain stocks. Why is that? Because of the market structure. Some stocks react to certain moving averages...
How to trade reversal patterns with Bollinger Bands
If you live under a rock you may not know who John Bollinger is. For the rest of us, we recognize him for being the innovator behind the technical indicator, Bollinger Bands, which has been around since 2001. No matter the time frame, style of trading, or markets...
How To Time The Markets Using Trendlines – Breakout Edition
The other day I talked to you about trendlines and how they can be used to improve your trade entries and exits. Well, it’s time we step it up and take it to the next level and talk about how we can use trendlines to spot where the big dogs are getting in and out of...
How To Time The Markets Using Trendlines
Trend lines are one of the most basic concepts in day trading, and easily argued to be one of the most powerful concepts. Trend lines have been used for trading as long as there have been markets. From stocks, currency, commodity, futures, and now even bitcoin, trend...
The Only Candlestick Pattern You Will Ever Need
One thing I hate more than Monday mornings—is having too many choices. Whenever I look at traders screens it seems that they have hundreds of indicators and endless trend lines drawn on charts. Talk about sensory overload. It’s paralzying to even the best traders. But...
This Moving Average Strategy Identifies Market Reversals
I was recently asked a basic question that got me thinking… Are moving averages even valuable for trading? And almost immediately I responded - no way! But I decided to think about it more carefully before responding. And a series of thoughts started racing through...
Are you a wolf or a sheep?
Quick question… Have you ever witnessed a stock blast higher on heavy, I mean heavy volume—on its ascent to the day’s highs… Some traders will get irritated, and start asking questions like: I need to get in this trade, but is it too late? Wouldn’t this be considered...
