PRICE ACTION, VOLUME, ORDER FLOW, INTERMARKET & BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

ParaCurve is a strategy, routine and idea repository for active traders and investors. Trading Futures, FX and Equities since 2008.

Liquidity Gaps and Spike Removals

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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

How To Improve Your Equity Curve With Zero Skill

There are a number of things that make a person a better trader, and several of those things have absolutely nothing to do with a person's ability to trade. Over the years, I have seen

USD/JPY Frenzy – Technicals On Today's Massive Move

USD/JPY: Falling to sharp record lows on a frightening lack of liquidity / harsh selling. This morning, a sharp retracement bringing the pair back up to fill in the liquidity gap which started at 79.76,

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

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

A Bold Revival – Staging Your Comeback as a Lean, Mean Trader

Revival. It's a word that can strike us, inspire us, motivate us to press forward and initiate change in order to improve the well-being of ourselves or those around us. This blog has been active

Farming For Pivots

Regular followers of this site may or may not already be aware of the fact that we have had, in our existence a very good friend for quite some time. Since my early days of

Getting Peacocked

There is a problem of which many of us are already aware: so many people talk so much about trading systems, technical indicators, and basic fundamental data but all of the discussions really do is