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Guest Post: 21 Ways to Tell You're Dealing with an Amateur

  1. They refer to the market as “The Forex” (if you do this we beg:  get it out of your vocabulary ASAP) 2. Set up a spreadsheet showing how much money they make if
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Trading Addiction: Wasting Away Your Time and Money

The word “addict” conjures negative thoughts – it is a dependency, psychologically and physically, that has one spending his or her time on activities that have taken over other major aspects of life.  For some
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Why Wrong = Good

With a slew of propaganda out there telling us to go up, down, sideways, trade with this, that and the other thing, my common reaction to all of this is just sit, observe and work.
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NBT Spike Base Pattern EUR USD

The Most Obvious Thing To Do

First, let's start off the day by just throwing around some words: Pure, clean, clear, clean, simple, plain, authentic, wholesome, pristine, immaculate, untainted, true, flawless, natural, unstained, genuine, virtuous, unblemished, straight….perfect. These are words that
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NBT Q&A with InnerFX

I was recently asked if I minded being interviewed by a friend of the site, Liviu of InnerFX, to which I replied, “okey dokey”. I'm regularly asked questions from readers via email, social media, messages
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Free Academic Courses – Finance & Economics

Open learning initiatives are a growing trend among universities and the below list can be considered somewhat limited in the fact that it emphasizes Finance and Economics.  There are now many schools all around the
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My Daily Routine: Checks and Balances for a Successful Trading Session

After all these years, one thing I have never actually discussed on this site is my daily routine: what I do to help prepare myself for a good daily run. I have been asked about
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Windows Productivity Master – Time-Saving Ways to Customize Your PC and Get Reorganized

My mother always used to say: “organization is the key to success”. While  I've debated this many times, ascertaining that other factors come into play, one thing that really annoys the hell out of me
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5 Must-Know Time Management Rules for Traders

Part-time traders have it rough.  While we all like to think of electronic markets trading around the clock as a huge advantage, it doesn’t come without its hindrances.  Just because a market is open doesn’t
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