How to Spot Trend Trading Opportunities

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Catching a trending move just as it is taking off is a very satisfying feeling, and you can do it with consistency if you know how to spot trend trading opportunities. Here’s how trends work, and how to catch the big moves. Trends have a repeating pattern of a strong impulse wave in the trending direction, then a smaller pullback against the impulse wave, followed by another impulse. The trend trader’s job, therefore, is to:…

How to Use the Commitment of Traders (COT) Report in Your Strategy

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Learn to read the Commitment of Traders (COT) report, as it shows you where the big money is flowing. It can tip you off to major turning points (extremes) and can also tell you when a trend is sound. It can also reveal in what assets the next major trends could be developing. By George Papazov Many traders assume the stock market to be this single entity which is logical, rational and knows where it…

FXTM appoints Marcelo Spina as Global Head of Partnerships

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Marcelo Spina to lead FXTM’s partnership business 21 January 2019 – Global award-winning forex broker, FXTM, is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteran Marcelo Spina as Global Head of Partnerships. Marcelo will be spearheading all aspects of the global partnership business, expanding the geographical reach of partnership engagements, introducing new institutional products and services, and overseeing the business development and support teams for the partnership business. Marcelo is a well-known figure in the…

What It Takes To Trade Forex Successfully, From Student’s Viewpoint

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The following article comes from a student who is working, and practicing, his way to being a consistent forex trader. Below he shares some of his insights on what it takes to trade forex successfully, based on mistakes made and lessons learned.  What It Takes Trade Forex Successfully, From Student’s Viewpoint… My (new) friend Cory Mitchell,CMT has been key to learning about forex trading and identifying a risk-managed, profitable, time-efficient strategy. Cory draws on over…

Trader Traits – How and Why to Trade Patiently

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Stories often impart a lesson much better than simply being told to do (or not do) something. Traders are often told to trade patiently: wait for the right setup, don’t exit your profitable trades too early, don’t trade if conditions aren’t right. Yet, often, we don’t seem to get the message. Maybe a story will help. Trade Patiently, as Rushing Will be Your Demise… 17th century Ming painter Chou Young had an experience which changed…

Four Trending Indicator Alternatives to the Moving Average

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Here are four trending indicators you can use to isolate the trend when trading. They include ATR Stops, MA Envelopes, Turtle Channels, and TTM Trend. Moving averages are a popular trending indicator, but these are some alternatives. As with everything in trading, it’s how we use a tool and not necessarily the tool itself. So check out these indicators, play around with them and see if they help your trading. Ultimately each trader must decide…

Swing Trading Filters for Finding High Momentum Stocks

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The following stock filters or screens look for stocks that have seen recent momentum coupled with a long-term uptrend (or entering an uptrend). Not every stock on the lists is worth trading. We still need to manually go through the list and look for the right trades setups, but these stock screens are great at finding some big movers.  In the Stock Market Swing Trading Course, I lay out some of my favorite patterns that…

How Availability Bias is Secretly Sabotaging Your Trading

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Availability bias is a bias we hold internally which affects our actions, but of which we’re often unaware. This bias can have significant effects on our trading, as we may be acting on false or unverified information, or information which may seem logical at a glance but has no basis in typical market movements. We can uncover our availability biases by noticing tendencies in our trading. Once we have found the biases we can work…