Like anything else, trading has its fair share of fads. They come and (generally) have a much harder time disappearing vs. something like fanny packs. People are drawn to novelties and things perceived as “easy”. Whether it be a new diet, kitchen gadget or anything else out there, [...]

There is a neverending debate that goes on in regards to transparency in FX, or more precisely, the “fact” volumes are nearly useless because: the market is decentralized, and because of this, volumes are only coming from one broker or, the only volumes that matter are streaming via [...]

Many traders I come across have a very loosely defined notion of what they intend to do every day: identify some support and resistance, see how price is trending, check the news, run some indicators, check book value, PE Ratios, etc. There is a lack of process and definition behind what they [...]

A lot has changed over the years with this site, and along with it, me. I see other people out there with an unwavering system of beliefs, sticking to (what I view as) an archaic way of looking at things and unflinching to change. I'm not sure why they do this, but imagine a lot […]

I'm sure these sound familiar: “Top 10 trading methods to earning $1,000/day (#4 will shock you!)” “See how this welder earned an extra $3,000/week with only 5 minutes a day looking at charts!” “Everything you have learned about trading is WRONG!” …..we [...]

It's 2006 all over again. Just add a whoooooooooooooooole bunch of zeros. This is bad. And not just “kind of” bad. Really bad. The ones who suffer the most are writing the code that will change the world, permanently for the better. In the past 2 weeks alone, roughly $2.863 billion [...]

This is a follow-up video based on questions received from this one: https://paracurve.com/2017/10/6834.html “Delta” varies instrument by instrument based on the ratio of market to limit orders. This is extremely important to note when flipping in and out markets with higher levels [...]

Does not matter whether you are trend trading or mean reverting, transactions on the bid / ask offer a world of useful information, if you know what to look for.

As with anyone else, as I get older, I get tired of nonsense and slightly impatient when it comes to progress. Despite the occasional silence on this blog, I take a large amount of calls with newer/intermediate traders. I've been putting together an explanatory guideline in the background, as [...]