CONTROLLING RISK

One of the most important things You can do as a trader is to control your risk. In other words pre-set a point that You have determined that You could possibly be wrong.



Remember, trading isn't hard, it is just tricky because everyday the market does the same thing, it moves up and down and sideways and gets choppy. It not only does this every day, but every week, every month and every year. Your job is to determine the primary direction of the market's movement and try to profit from that knowledge.



Sounds easy, but there are hidden traps in the market to snag You, and keep things interesting. Market Makers are always trying to to trick You before taking price strongly against You. They are attempting to trap You in a losing position. This happens everyday in the market, and it WILL eventually happen to You too.



You advantage is in keeping your losses small. Have a predetermined amount of pips the You are willing to lose. Once You have determined that amount, 'say 20 pips or so on a short term trade, MAKE NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!



A FREE RUNNING LOSS can be a major game changer!



It should not take a -200 pips in short term trading before You realize that You have loss Your advantage. If You are telling yourself "Ah it will come back", chances are very good that You are already in trouble!



Being a pro traders does mean that you never take losses, being a Pro Trader means that You never let losses take You out of the game!!!



NEVER LET THEM TRAP YOU!!!!!!!







If You are telling yourself "Ah it will come back", chances are very good that You are already in trouble!



CUT BAD TRADES QUICKLY AND GO IN THE DIRECTION OF PROFIT!!!!!

YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)!

SEASONS

This was an amazing gift from a Friend this morning and I had to share it:

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral :

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.



Thanks Jonathan, it was a much needed lesson for life (^_^)

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A LOSS IS LIKE A RATTLE SNAKE

A loss is like a rattle snake, DROP IT BEFORE IT KILLS YOU!!!!!!!

As of late, I have been getting emails from traders who have blown up their accounts. Believe me, I know first hand the pain, desperation and frustration that comes with that experience as I have had it many times. The first time I blew up an account I had to get two jobs 7 days a week to almost cover my bills and I was still struggling.

No matter how many accounts I have blown up, I have always managed to do it the same way every time 'holding on to a loss' that grew up to kill me because I refused to let it go, hoping and praying that the market would come back in my favor.

When I would read other traders info that said cut losses, I thought they were being negative and trying to make me lose my money. Had I listened to that wisdom, it would have saved me many heart-aches.

Let's deal with some hard facts about trading:

#1 YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE MONEY HERE!

This is a big girl's game, if You are afraid to lose money, You should be doing something else with your life, it will be much more profitable.

#2 THE MARKET IS VERY VERY GENEROUS AND WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MONEY!!!!!!

-CUT BAD TRADES QUICKLY AND GO IN THE DIRECTION OF PROFIT!!!!!!

Most of us got into forex with the idea that this is easy money, ignoring everything that told us that 95% of all 1st time traders go broke in the market. We ignored it because we decided that we would be part of the 5% who beat the odds. If You are like I was, You read every book You could get your hand on, every website and attended every webinar to make sure You were part of the 5% who were successful here.

FOREX IS NOT HARD. FOREX IS TRICKY AND WITH THE RIGHT EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINE ANYONE CAN DO IT (^_^)

What we fail to realize is that forex is like any other profession, it take most of us a while to be successful here.

NO ONE WHO IS TRULY GREAT DID IT OVERNIGHT, it took continuous education, practice, discipline and sometimes a little blood, sweat, and tears.

I don't care how brilliant a surgeon is, You don't want him to cut on you without PROPER TRAINING & PRACTICE. Notice how many high powered professions are always practicing, 'Practicing Physician', Practicing Attorney'. Other professionals are practicing to get better and so should You.

You can be successful at forex, but not if You are not willing to do what it takes to succeed.

SUCCESS LIST FOR FOREX:

WAIT for a proper trade set-up before entering the market!

LET GO of bad trades quickly!

ALWAYS TAKE MORE than You give!

YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)

SAVE YOURSELF!!!!!

Last week we got a huge surprise in the market when the bank of Japan intervened to devalue the yen against other major pairs. Most traders were caught on the wrong side of the trade. Many took huge losses and some of them let their account be blown up.

Guys when bank volume starts to move price, You may not get a pullback to take a smaller hit. If You don't have volume on your platform, You can recognize bank action by price that moves one way almost continually without much retracement. Price will get to a resting plateau and rest before exploding again in the direction of the previous price action.

Many of us will sit at our screens, cursing, praying, begging, but the best thing to do is to save yourself, by cutting bad trades quickly. DON'T DEPEND ON THE MERCY OF THE BANKS TO DO IT!!!!!! THEY ARE OUT TO EAT YOUR LUNCH ALWAYS ! THEY ARE YOUR ENEMY, AND THEY ARE RUTHLESS WITHOUT MERCY!!!!!

What happened last week was nothing more than a market shake out, it happens to traders about 3-4 times a year. The last big one in May 2010 saw a drop of up to 1000 pips in 24 hours.

What can You do to save yourself from this kind of adverse action.?????????????

#1. DON'T LEAVE OPEN POSITIONS! Trade what You can see. When You are not in the market take your money out with You. That way You can save on all of those foul words to Your broker when he tries to explain the price slippage that caused price to go beyond Your stop loss.

#2. If You must leave trades opened, put in a physical stop losses..

#GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!

NEVER LET LOSSES RUN !!!!!!

NEVER LET LOSSES RUN !!!!!!

NEVER LET LOSSES RUN !!!!!!

CUT THE LEGS FROM UNDER THAT BEAST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

Two things are essential if You are going to enjoy a very successful and lucrative trading career.

#1 Wait for a proper trade set-up

#2 Learn to save yourself. CUT BAD TRADES QUICKLY!!!!!! So what if it comes back in your favor, many times it will, but it only takes one good shakeout to leave your lifestyle in jeopardy.

Cut bad trades to leave the most capital possible for a more profitable trade set-up. THE MARKET IS VERY VERY GENEROUS, IT WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME PAPER, BUT YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR LOSSES QUICKLY SO THAT YOU HAVE THE MAXIMUM CAPITAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT PRESENTS ITSELF!!!

The market is swim, float or sink. Don't let them sink You. SAVE YOURSELF!

YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)

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DANCING WITH THE MARKET

Dancing with the market can often be a frustrating experience because it is constantly attempting to trip You up on the dance floor.

To make Your dance experience a little more pleasant, You must develop the discipline of a Master Trader.

You must be willing to severe trades that are working against You.

You must be willing to wait for proper trade set-ups.

You must continue to educate yourself.

The market is fickle and temperamental, some might even call it bipolar. Sometimes it is up, sometimes it is down. As a trader You must tread lightly and follow the varies moods of the market until You can see an advantage.

As a trader You only have two jobs when You engage the market in dance.

#1 Keep from being tricked........

#2 Try to put a little money in your pocket...............


That is it!!!!!!! It is as simple as that (^_^)

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EVERY BROKE TRADER DOES IT THE SAME WAY

Every trader who ever goes broke does it the same way.

I have heard it said that Traders go broke because they are under capitalized, that isn't true. If You can lose $100.00, you can lose $1,000,000.00. The problem is the same in both traders, the refusal to let go of losses. The difference between the pro and the amateur isn't necessarily his/her trading ability. Trading is easy!

The difference is in how he/she takes a loss. A disciplined pro will say, " I will stop the bleeding here if I am wrong." The amateur says, " I am right and eventually the market will come back in my favor." If You are thinking that, You have lost Your advantage.

While a pro will let 10 profitable trade kill 1 loss, an amateur will let one loss eat the profits of ten profitable trades. Both traders had the same number of trades but one will end the month in profit and the other will end the month in stress and pain.
Cutting a loss quickly soon ends your attachment to that trade and allows You to pursue a more profitable trade set-up. Part of the reason it is so hard to cut a trade is because You waited forever for that trade set-up and now You not only have to admit that You did not have the advantage that You thought that You did, but now You have to start the process all over again and with a loss.

DON'T MARRY ANY POSITION; THE MARKET CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT!!!!!!!!
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY (ONE THAT WILL CAUSE YOU THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PAIN)IF THINGS DON'T GO AS YOU PLAN!

ANY TRADE CAN TURN INTO A LOSS!

If You play this game long enough, You will eventually meet with disappointment. It happens, cut and move on. The market will give You another chance to make profit.

Never allow yourself to become wounded beyond repair in the market, either financially or emotionally. Cutting a loss means that You love Yourself enough to save yourself.

If You are going to win at this game, You have to have the capital to play and cutting trades that have lost the edge is one way to thrive here.

Gotta learn to save yourself! If You are getting stopped out frequently, You have gotta to rethink your strategy because something is wrong.

Free Your mind to find good trade set-ups by cutting trades that are not working in your favor. Holding on to diseased trades only punishes You and eventually it can break You

The biggest discipline that a great trader learns is how to cut a loss

YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)

HOW I TELL I AM LOSING MY ADVANTAGE

When trading the 1 min time frame it is essential for You to be able to recognize when You have lost Your trading advantage.

These are ways that I can tell that I no longer have the advantage that I believed that I did:

If price moves above/below the previous candle even though it may not close there, I don't have the advantage.

A good trade should run in your favor almost immediately !

If you are not in a decent profit in 7-10 mins , then You may want to consider getting out with a tiny profit or at break even, because chances are high that price is going reverse on You.

Wacky MA's- Pay attention to the order of Your MA's, it is very important, they will tell You if You are in a good trade or trade hell. If your moving averages are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, then they should be in order 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, not 4, 2, 3, 1, 5.

Lastly a flat 50 period strongly suggest that You may not have the advantage that You thought.

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KEEPING RISK SMALL

Keeping risk small and rewards big is what a good trader is always attempting to do.

How can we do that???

How can we gain that kind of advantage??????

One way I have discovered is by trading off of the 1 minute time frame.

Why is that an advantage??????
It keeps your risk small when you find yourself on the right side of the trade and within a matter of minutes, you will see that you can secure a very nice profit.

The advantage that it has over larger time frames is that you are able to get in on a move quicker, giving you access to more profit with a smaller risk. Many times when you are trading off of the larger time frames by the time you get your confirmation, the move is almost over, the reward is smaller and the risk bigger, especially if you day trade.

One of the problems that comes as a result is that you find yourself in a nice profit briefly before price reverses strongly on you again, then you find yourself hoping and waiting for price to come back in your favor, kicking yourself all of the time, thinking 'I should have got out when I had a profit.'

Now I do need to mention that while you get many more trading opportunities off of the 1 min time frame, You also get many more false trading signals.............

Let's put the odds in your favor a little more. I don't use a trend line on the 1 min chart, just on my longer time frames, so there is always a trend line available, but it comes off a larger time frame. On your 1 min chart, you may want to consider a moving average, right now I am experimenting with the 8, 10, 14/15, 20 and the 50 period SMA.

Though your SMA is a lagging indicator, it can still give you some clear trading advantages by showing you the times that the odds are the most in your favor.......



The real sweet spot.......

TIME, time is the magic ingredient to pulling off a successful and profitable trade. There are market sweet spots, times when your pair is the most active. Those are the times that give you the biggest opportunity for profit. You want to capitalize on these times. Two good trades at these sweet spots will make your trading day.

Here is a chart that will give you an idea when your pairs are the most active:
http://www.mataf.net/en/tools/02-01-volatility.

The most important thing to remember about the 1 min chart is to get in, get your profit and get out. You can not ride a 1 min trade all day.................On the 1 min chart it iS imperative that you cut your profits when things are no longer going in your favor, because price can soon engulf your profits if you don't.

So in closing the things you want to keep your risk small are:
The sweet spot in time:
A proper trade set-up
Speed of execution.

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WHY DO WE HOLD ON TO LOSSES ???

Why do we as traders hold on to our losses???????

Hope,
Fear,
Anger,
Apathy,
Confusion,

When we see ourselves on the wrong side of a trade, we hold on with the thought that the market will soon come back in our favor, because most of the time it does. Hope, one of the greatest gift's GOD has given us, can get you killed in the market.

The fear that when we let go of that loss, price is going to come back in our favor and we would have taken that hit for nothing.

The thought that we can't take this loss, because we don't want to give back some of our profits. Then the loss becomes so large that we really can't afford to take it, so we leave it in the hands on the market hoping for mercy. In that situation, believe me the market is going to run over You every chance it gets, and will wipe You out as many times as possible. As generous as it is on the right side of the trade, it is a ravenous beast with no mercy on the other.

You have done all of Your analysis right, You have waited for a proper trade set-up and everything says that You have the advantage, You get in the market and the trade goes against you, and You are madder than hell because You were right, so You refuse to cut the loss. Let me say that the market loves that, because Your anger is only giving them more of your hard earned money. Your analysis can be 100% perfect and the market can still go against You, because the market will do as it pleases. It leads and You follow, but make no mistake, the same market that lines your pockets so fully can also turn on you like a mad dog.

Another thing that happens when a loss becomes too large is that thought that "I should have cut it at $100.00, now it is $1,000.00". Then the apathy sets in and You just don't care what happens any more. 'If it comes around fine', or 'if I get wiped out so what', 'whatever', then You turn off your screen and You do something else, but You can't stop worrying about that loss that is looming over You larger than life. It is so much better for you to cut a loss than to have the market cut it for You.

The other thing is the confusion about when to cut a loss, it can get to be hard, but having a predefined stop before your entry or soon after or a physical SL, will make taking a hit much easier. I never like to try to define people's SL's because it is a matter of risk tolerance. You know how much You can afford to loss, and Zero is not an option, while none of us want to lose anything, it is just not realistic in this game. There are people who were prosperous for years in the market and got wiped out in single day or week because they could not stand to take a loss. As long as You have money, you have money to make more money, but when your money is gone, you have to get up from the table.

These things are easy to say in theory but hard to do practically, it is I think the hardest discipline that a trader learns, but we must learn to cut losses quickly. The heartache and money I could have saved by cutting my losses quickly and going in the direction that price was moving would be enough for that new Camaro that I love.

That is the great thing about the market, if You survive to play another day, You eventually get it.

CUT YOUR LOSSES QUICKLY (^_^)!!!!!!!!!!!

A failed long usually makes a good short, and a failed short usually means a good long (^_^). There is always good money to be made in the market, just don't be the one because of your false hope, or stubbornness, that the market is making money off of. Don't allow the market to feed on your families hard earned money cut losses quickly!!!!!!!!!!

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FINDING THE PERFECT ENTRY

While finding the perfect entry is the fantasy of every trader. There is no such thing. It is pure myth. If you get an exact top/bottom it is more luck than science. We have many indicators to help us to do this, but finding a good entry point can still be a challenge.

While there are no perfect entries; there have to be entries that put the odds of success in our favor

I think the secret to getting a good entry is the waiting. I get more profitable trades than losses because I am willing to allow the trade to come to me. As a trader I do more waiting than trading. Many people don't get that, but the secret to getting your best market entry is in the waiting.

Here are some things that might help. Mark Yesterdays support and resistance , if you are near yesterdays support when you enter the market and price is moving in a bullish fashion, there is a high percentage that you can take your trade long for a good ride. If you exceed yesterdays high and you get a reversal, then you are probably in for a sweet ride to the down side.

If you are at a midpoint, you might want to wait for a pullback or bounce for a better entry. If you have enough distance from your support or resistance, then most of the time you are safe to follow that short term trend. This works best on a non trending or slightly trending market. In a trending bull market, sometimes you will dip down to just below the high of the previous day all the way down to the low of the previous day before price continues on in it's bullish pursuits. In a trending bear market, price might rally above the previous day's close and in rarer occasions all the way to the high of the previous day before reversing.

Never buy near yesterday's top or sell near the bottom unless you are in steps. If You sell near the previous days top or buy near yesterdays bottom, you are much more likely to get a break even trade if the market doesn't do what you expect.

Here is a great link that will show you roughly what your pair is going to do hourly and daily. It also shows you the times that your pair is most active:

http://www.mataf.net/en/tools/02-01-volatility

This is only a guide, compare it to your charts to see how accurate it is overall.

Guys, you can do this and play with the big dogs, but you must educate yourself and employ the kind of discipline that puts you in the winners circle.

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BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT TRADE

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!! before you enter that trade:

Did You see how far it was from yesterdays support or resistance?

Is it ascending or descending steps?

Did You draw Yourself a trend line?

Did You wait for a proper trade set-up?

Are You going in harmony with Your current trend?

If You are going against the trend, did You ask Yourself,
"How far am I from the trend line?"
"Is this signal strong enough to make it worth the risk?"
"How far along is this trend?"

"What is an appropriate stop if I am wrong?"

These are a few questions You may want to ask Yourself prior to entering a trade (^_^)

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DEMO ACCOUNT

I am always telling new traders to practice on their demo account until they become consistently profitable.

WHY?????

Because I have found that it is a way to program a success pattern in your mind. Your mind doesn't distinguish between a live and a demo account, however we do. Sometimes we allow emotions to interfere with the successful program that our mind is running once we get a live account.

We want trading to be so ingrained in us that it is almost instinct. Your demo gives you the opportunity to train your mind toward automatic success.

Your brain begins to recognize patterns of success as you practice on your live or demo account, it doesn't matter which one?.

As a trader, every time you enter the market, you take a risk.

YOU CAN NOT BE BE AFRAID OF RISK!

But you must make SMART, CALCULATED RISK in the market. Risk no more than 2% of your capital in a trade. 2% on the right side of the trade is more than enough to provide your with a very comfortable life style. 2% on the wrong side of the trade can also take you out. That is why smart calculated risk give you the biggest advantage in the market. When you don't over trade your account it gives you more control over your exit as opposed to being forced out of the trade by the market.

ENTER THE MARKET WHEN YOU CAN SEE A CLEAR ADVANTAGE!

Use your demo up, blow it up several times if that is what is necessary for you to gain an understanding of what is going on in the market.

Take your demo seriously. Practice your successes and it will help your mind begin to eliminate those habits that are counter productive to good trading. Practicing success in your demo translates into success in your live account.

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RUNNING PRICE

Many times when price is running like a mad train on steroids, it is very unsettling because all of your emotions are screaming for you to jump aboard. The problem with that is many time that same train that seduced you aboard will often abandon you at the station leaving you wondering what happened??????

One of the most difficult temptation to resist in trading is the urge and beckoning to follow running price. Running price will often leave you stuck at the top or abandoned at the bottom. When your eyes see price running, all of your emotions are screaming for you to jump aboard. DON'T DO IT! Many times it is a trap that will leave you licking your wounds. When you get off of the ground all scraped up, you still aren't sure what happened because you were in harmony with your trend. Many times price will speed up just before the critical end of that run.



Now if you are aboard a trend and price starts on super steroids x 20 then you might want to begin looking for the nearest exit point. It doesn't always happen like that, but I have seen it often enough that I never jump into running price, even though my emotions are still screaming for me to.

While I am looking at price accelerate, I am thinking "look at all of that money you missed, and you knew it was going to keep going" or thoughts like "crap you should have gotten in, you missed your chance." My Friend the market will give you another chance!

I would rather miss out on an iffy trade for a sure one any day. When things settle and I can see a clear advantage then I can enter the market with logic instead of emotions....

Study Your charts and learn the price rhythm of your currency pair or pairs

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LIKE FINE WINE

Like a fine wine the surety of a trend reversal gets better with time. The more a trend has aged, the more likely you are to get a valid reversal.

The older a trend gets the more ripe it is for falling off, and the more likely a new more robust trend will take over. A trend that is young and vigorous maybe side tracked briefly, but is not very likely to be defeated. The end of the uptrend says that the last of the big buyers are gone and the end of a down trend says that the last of the big sellers are gone and that trend has now become ripe for a take over.

Think of a trend like a young lion protecting his pride, another lion is not likely to usurp his authority. As he gets older, he is much more likely to lose his pride in defeat to a younger more energetic lion. The same is true with a trend as it gets older it becomes much more likely to be taken over. When considering whether or not to take a reversal (especially in the short term) gauge the age of the trend first. If the trend has just begin then you are not likely to have a legitimate reversal on your hand. If the trend is still very close to the trend line then it is not likely to be a valid reversal.

There are no absolutes in the market, but you do need to keep an eye out for things that put the odds the most in your favor.

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FEAR

How many times have you let the perfect trade pass you by? The trade that was screaming for you to take it, but fear kept you from pulling the trigger; then once you saw what a 'fat trade' it turned out to be; you beat yourself up.

Most of us have heard that classic acronym for Fear:

F-False
E-Evidence
A-Appearing
R-Real

There are a million ways to be successful in this market, but most people defeat their own success with fear. Fear is that paralyzing emotion that happens when you feel certain that you should pull the trigger, but can't.

As a trader, Fear can be an almost constant companion.........
How do you tame this beast??? What can be done about this monster that creeps into your psyche and holds you hostage????????

If you find yourself victim to this dreadful enemy. Stop trading your real money and paper/demo trade for a while. Make note of every trade and write down what is working most of the time. When you miss it, write down what happened and what you can do to improve your odds. This will take the discipline that most people lack, but it can be a big help. Also feed yourself new messages about your ability to succeed in this market. Read about others who are doing it and how they are getting this done.

A solid education will also help tweak and perfect your skills. The Market is an arena that is always offering you an opportunity to sharpen your skills. Learn, Learn, Learn.

Practice pulling the trigger on trades that are showing you a clear advantage and practice letting them ride into glorious profit. "Remember the shorter your time frame, the shorter your profit run will be...........

You have got to talk to yourself about who you are, (ex: "I am a super forex trader, making more money in the market than I can spend.") Don't keep feeding that demon that's telling you 'this won't work for you'. The one that keeps telling you when you take a hit, 'you can't do this', or 'GOD helps everyone else but you', or any of that other nonsense......

I would say that your mental ability to play this game is even more essential to your success than your education. You can not be afraid of good smart calculated risk if you are going to win at this game.

You are looking for trades that stack the odds in your favor. Trades that are showing you a clear advantage. Trades that are begging you to come and partake of the sweetness.

Every time you enter the market you take a risk, but you want to find the lowest risk entry trades. There will be times that despite your best efforts, you will still miss it. So what, cut the legs off of that monster, save your capital and thrive to trade another day. The market is very generous and will give you the opportunity to make your loss back and so much more. If you took a hit yesterday, so what; that no longer exists. Today is a new trading day filled with new trading opportunities.

When I take a hit, I just wait for another good entry and usually I will get all of the money back that I lost in the hit and then some. THE MARKET IS VERY GENEROUS AND WILL GIVE YOU MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFITS.

1. Exceptional Trading requires discipline, patience, education, good money management and the ability to pull the trigger on a good entry in spite of any present fear.

Demo trade, Demo trade, Demo trade, and fill your head with good positive things about your ability and who you are as a trader until you are consistently profitable and until you can pull the trigger on trades with confidence.

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WHAT ARE MARKET MAKERS

In the financial markets, we often hear the term Market Makers, but who are the Market Makers and what do they do????????????

Market Makers are the people who insure that your orders get filled, they keep the market liquid. If you want to move 3,000,000 shares of xyz and there is no buyer waiting for those shares; the Market Makers will buy those shares from you even if though there is no buyer on the other end of the transaction.

Won't the Market Maker go broke doing this???????????

No the Market Makers are Banks and very large financial institution that make their money off of the the difference between the Bid/Ask price which is referred to as the spread. The spread acts to offset the risk of their buying your xyz with no seller lined up in case something goes wrong. Though the spread is often very little, millions of transactions a day creates a very lucrative profit for the Market Maker.

The Market Maker makes money by buying your xzy at 25.5 and reselling it at 25.8. The Market Marker buys low and sells high or sell high and buy low. The Market Maker takes advantages of both the buy/sell, making money in both directions as the market goes up and as the market comes down.

Can a Maker Maker lose money??????????

Sure, if the Market Maker misjudges the market sentiment thinking that the market is going to go up when it comes down. If he bought your xyz at 25.5 and it falls to 13.3, the Market Maker is in trouble if unable to get rid of those shares before price plummets .

Market Makers also get rebates from ECN's (electronic communication networks) for each share that is sold to you at the bid price. On the other hand, the trader who buys the bid of an ECN (your trading platform) is charged a fee. The Market Maker will profit regardless of what kind of order you place whether buy/sell.

In short the market maker makes it possible for you to buy/sell whether there is an existing counterpart to your trade or not for a small fee as long as there is a bid/ask price available.


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RESISTANCE, DROP

Resistance is a powerful word, but in the market it can mean the end of a long climb up the latter of a successful bullish run. Points of resistance aren't necessarily concrete, think of them more as a tightened rubber band that if you push into it to hard, it can send you plummeting very quickly.

Resistance is what it implies, a possible push against current price action. There are two correct responses you can have at a resistance, turn back (with a proper candlestick confirmation), or wait to see if the resistance is overcome, You never want to go head on into resistance because chances are you will get your butt handed to you. The other thing you don't want to do is automatically turn back without a little push. YOU DON'T ALWAYS WANT OR HAVE TO BE IN THE MARKET. There are times when you need to be on the sidelines in observation mode; at a point near resistance is one of those times. Trying to break resistance is like trying to run over a locomotive on a bicycle. You can't do it!! Your best option at resistance is to rest to see either the strength or weakness of your price action. Whether price is successful at demolishing or chipping away resistance or does a turnabout, wait until it makes a concrete decision before following. NOTE: wherever price leads, follow until you get a signal that it is no longer safe to do so, or until you have had your fill of a nice fat profit.



Let other traders jump in front of the locomotive to slow it down; DON'T YOU DO IT! Save yourself and wait until it is safe. Resistance points can either be safety zones put in place to help you protect your profits or the force and authority to crush you if you try to cross the line. When you come to a resistance point it means STOP!!!!, DO NOT PROCEED WITH CAUTION it is a RED LIGHT, when it is green, proceed with caution because there are times when price will break resistance only to fall back limp under the weight of the break through triumph.

This is not rocket science.

YES, YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)

PRACTICE, DRILL, and REHEARSE ON YOUR DEMO!!!!!!!!!!!!
EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION

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TAMING A HOSTILE MARKET

Every day you get up to face a hostile market where the odds are stacked against you.......

How do you Win in the face of such odds ??????????..........

You educate yourself, you practice, you practice and you practice more on your demo and never quit until all of the nonsense and backwardness of the market makes sense enough to where you are consistently profitable........

The Financial Markets are the Biggest most advanced Chess Game in the world, with some of the Richest and Savvy people on the planet as it's players.

When you are first introduced to the financial markets what you see is all of the money you can make quickly, and all of the luxuries attached to conquest.........

What you don't see is the education and hours of dedication and study that the Pros put into making this look effortless. It is by no means effortless, but is put on like a very well rehearsed play and in many instance the Actor before you has gone broke many times, but just never gave up, or the smarter Actors got a good education from the ones who went broke first.

If you find a Pro who is willing to spill her/his guts, learn everything that person has to teach even when it is repetitive, because there is a reason that teacher is stressing that point. Trading is simple with the right tools, foundation and education. You can not build a Major Highway with a hammer and nails, YOU MUST have the right tools to accomplish this. If you get a Bull Dozier, some Dump Trucks, some engineered plans etc......., then your chance of success is much greater than it would be with a hammer, nails and an idea.

With the vision, YOU MUST possess the RIGHT TOOLS. What is absolutely essential for your success is constant education and your charts are the best, most accurate teachers and they will shower you with a wealth of information if only you spend time with them listening to their wisdom........

A good start to success in the market is to understand Price action; what price has done in the past, what it is doing now and where it may be headed. You can begin this journey by picking up Steve Nison's Candlestick book at your local library, master your trend line, master your knowledge of support and resistance. If after mastering these great market jewels, you feel that you need more, then you can then add additional tools with confidence........

The market is like a treasure hunt and the one who has the best map will possess the Treasure.......Education, Education and Education!!!!!!!!!!!!

Education is the Highway out of poverty, and a MASTER KEY to success!!!!!!!!


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DON'T HUNT TRADES !!!!!!

You don't have to hunt profitable trades, if you will wait, they will come to you. LET PROFITABLE TRADES FIND THEIR WAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!

The difference between the consistently profitable trader and the trader who is struggling is that the profitable trader has learned to let profitable trades come to her/him. The profitable trader waits for a proper trade set-up and is anticipating it, the most important thing about a consistently profitable trader is that she/he is willing to forgo a trade that does not show a clear advantage.

Great trading is more about waiting for proper trade set-ups and opportunities than it is about being smart. If you wait, proper trades will seek you out, begging you to come in and enjoy and partake of the profits. That is the master discipline that MUST be developed if you are to enjoy a good living trading.

It is hard if you feel the need to constantly be in the market. The more you are in the market the more you are exposed to risk and the more you expose yourself to risk the more likely you are to be bitten and bitten hard. You have got to develop 'THE ART OF WAITING', it is one of the master trading arts along with confidence and disciple.

YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^). Start with learning your candlestick psychology and force yourself not to trade unless you can see a clear trading advantage. Use your demo to help develop this discipline if necessary. Your charts will tell you more truth than any other source learn to read it like you read your favorite book.

Lastly WAIT for profitable trades to COME TO YOU!!!!!!!!

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ANTICIPATE

One of the biggest mistakes traders make is jumping in at the end of a price move. Once price has a direction, we expect for price to move that way forever, and either fail to secure our profits, or try to keep riding a profit train that has come to the end of the line.........



This is a costly error. Price does not continue on forever; at some point it is going to turn against the current trend. Believe me, I love to ride a good profit train and hate to get off of it, but price is only going to go to it's next destination before returning to the station or moving to a totally different one.



Your current trend will not go on forever no matter how good the news or the economy is, at some point trends like rivers develop bend and curbs and ultimately reversals. It helps if you know where the river banks are. That is where your support and resistance come in, price may turn at a resistance/support point or it may simply move sideways before finding a way to follow the current trend. These are areas that you want to pay particular attention to price action.



Most of the time, your candlesticks will show you the direction you must take at these areas. Learn to anticipate where your price is going to move. That is how your trend line, candlesticks and support and resistance work together to help show you the most profitable trades. If you are trending, buy pullback/sell rallies in harmony with that trend. If you hit a resistance, then look for a validate candlestick reversal before shorting that resistance, if you are at support begin to look for a valid candlestick reversal pattern to bounce off of that support area. If you don't get these patterns and price keeps going then it is time for a new strategy, but following your trend is going to yield your most profitable trades.



Follow where your price leads, but your trading tools help you to predict where price maybe headed. Anticipations makes for some very lucrative and profitable trades.........



YOU CAN DO THIS (^_^)





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LISTEN TO THE WISDOM OF THE CANDLES

Your candles always have a tale to tell and you would be very wise to listen as they whisper hints about what is going on in the market. In order to trade your very best, it is very very important for you to learn to properly interpret the language of your chart. Now you can use either the bar or candlestick chart to do this, there is really no real difference in the information between the two, but the candles give you a clear immediate visual advantage over your bars. Whether you use bars or candles isn't as important as being able to understand what they are saying to you.

Learning to properly interpret this language will save you hundreds to several thousands of dollars. The trader who has taken the time and patience to learn this language heaps huge rewards as a benefit, but those who don't suffer the wrath of the market time and time again.

Now it is possible to have a perfect understanding of the market and still miss it. All the proper interpretation does is give you an advantage that will put profits in your pocket most of the time.

Your charts are always telling a story and if you can properly interpret that story the market will pay you big dividends for that knowledge.

Here is one of my favorite beginner candlestick video:



Also pick up Steve Nison's candlestick book at your local library: THE KNOWLEDGE IS THE POWER IN TRADING, and having it is the difference between going broke and thriving.

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DUMP THAT LOSER

One of the biggest mistakes that traders make is holding on to losers too long. The reason we do this is because we can't stand to lose that money. We can't stand to see our bottom line shrink. We can't take the fact that we were wrong in the trade set up. We don't want to mess up a good winning streak. We got stopped out too many times, only to soon see price reverse in our favor. We got angry because we got tricked and now refuse to budge, but keeping the loss only hurts us, while another trader is getting our money. We got tricked it happens, it is time to cut our losses and move on to another better trade set-up.

Whatever the reason, holding on to losing trades IS A BAD IDEA, that only cripples you.

There are other ways you lose besides losing your money??????

By refusing to take a legitimate loss, (not when price moves against you a few pips in a well established trend, but holding for days, weeks and months), you rob yourself of many more profits. When you lock yourself in a losing trade, you can't take any profitable trades in that pair. Say you are short on the USD/JPY and the pair moves against you, now you have practiced good money management so you can afford to hold on to it until in comes back in your favor, it has now been 6 months. With FIFO (first in, first out) that is 6 months that you could not make money on that pair because you were nursing a loss. If you traded on the pair twice a day that is 318 trades(taking out Saturday) that you have cheated yourself out of over six month, and even if you got just 5 pips per trader, that is 1590 pips that you have missed, but say that you couldn't get every trade, you only got half that is 795 pips that you have missed...........ok, but even that is a struggle, so let's say a third, that is 265 pips, that you have cheated yourself out of, and if you are really a great trader, you know that you have missed so much more, say you were able to average ten pips per trade over the 6 months, then that is 3,180 pips that you have kept yourself from. Let's translate pips into dollars that is $265.00, enough for a nice Christmas present. $790.00, enough for that nice gadget that will impress your Friends. $1590.00 enough for that great TV you want. $3,180.00 enough for a great down payment on your teenagers first car.

You could have traded that multiple times both long and short, instead you threw it all away because you refused to take that loss.

Then the loss gets too big and you feel like you can't take it, because you can't afford to take it now. If you cut the legs off of that monster while it is manageable, it won't grow up to eat you.

Not cutting a loss, increased your stress level, making you harder to live with. Makes you feel sorry for yourself, 'because GOD will help everybody else but you'. You are too worried to sleep, so you stay up and watch the market. You also limit the amount of money you can trade with, because a portion of it is locked in that losing trade, resulting in smaller profits.

You are going bald, your blood pressure is up and you are stressed to hell. Just cut the loss while it is manageable. I know you don't want to give the market your money, but that is part of the price of playing the game. Don't trap yourself into a corner that you can't make money in, it is sooooooooooo much worst than giving the market a few dollars, because you are still able to trade and make more money. What if it takes a whole week to recover, it is still better than that panicky feeling that comes from watching the market go against you day after day after day and feeling helpless to do anything about it.

The right way is to ride the winners and DUMP THE LOSERS, because they cripple you, they pull you down emotionally, they steal your trading confidence and lastly they drain your account as they get greedier and greedier the larger they become.

IS IT WORTH IT??????????!!!!!!!!

DON'T LET YOUR LOSERS RUN WILD, Because many times they will run until they drain you dry.


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The Price Yo-Yo

What is the Price Yo-Yo???????

It is the price dance that keeps traders confused and keeps them off guard. Every hour, every day, every week and every month you have a natural price movement like the flow of musical notes. It flows up and it flows down sometimes like smooth rolling hills and sometimes like sharp cliffs and canyons.

The Price Yo-Yo is one of the hardest things for traders to get use to, as is seems so random and without any logic. When you are sitting at your computer all day watching price move up, down and sideways it is easy to get confused about the true direction of the market. That is why it is always best to get a view of the bigger picture before you begin trading in smaller time frames.

By looking at the bigger picture you can plan a strategy that will help you to keep sight of your trading objective and give you an advantage that you would not have if you just jumped in on a smaller time frame and started to trade without that bigger time frame reference.



If you see that your market is mostly bullish on a four hour chart, then it may be wise for you to take trades in the bullish direction on the 15min time frame. If you have a predictable range bound market, then you want to look for opportunities to sell near resistance and buy near support on your 15 min time frame. Remember you only want to buy/sell at these point with proper candlestick reversal pattern at/near an established support/resistance. Waiting for proper entry/exit signals will put you on the right side of the trade most of the time (^_^)

Keeping an eye on the bigger time frame picture, will give you an advantage and help keep you from getting confused and losing your way while trading in smaller time frames. If you have been trading any time, you know that you can use every advantage you can get (^_^).

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