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Why a Swing Trading, “Hands-Behind-Your-Back Strategy” Never Worked for Me

Last night, I had a great conversation with a gentleman who has been following my work/this site for many years now and as a result, we have come to know each other casually via email,

Getting a Trading Job: Types of Firms, Positions Available and What It Really Takes

When people think of trading firms, their mind tends to shoot in one direct: wall street mayhem, images of people sitting on a long desk, ticker symbols all over the room, etc. and people yelling

Perfection: Traits of the High Achievers

As if I nor anyone else needs to tell you, the ability to achieve perfection in just about any endeavor is an unlikely prospect. What we refer to as perfection, in many cases, is moreso

Unexpected Gains

Hounding my readers isn't something I'm particularly a fan of doing. I always try to have a significant amount of content published before sending out an e-mail to anyone subscribed to my list. As I

Correctly Applied Knowledge is Power: Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Application in Trading

Once again a reorg of this site has brought up a few gems that I'm taking to heart these days. This one came from a comment on my Death By Opinion article, one of my

Entering Off Of An Inner Trendline On A Breakout

Whether in Forex or any other market: Inner trendlines = great launchpads on a break. Outer (peripheral) tend to hold more relevance on fades. Just another example here today that kicked roughly 60 pips before

Inner Vs. Outer Trendlines for Retests Following A Breakout

Just got done speaking for an hour re: a wide range of trading strategy concepts, this is one I wanted to post to bring in some immediate clarity. For backward hits, using inner trendlines. In

A Price Action Trader's 14 Rules for Survival

Price action is the #1 tool in any trader's toolkit for a very simple reason: everything else is based upon it. If everything else is the derivative, then price action is the underlyer. Below is

Triple Tap Discussion on EUR/USD

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_NcS2m4Kw”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][dt_gap height=”15″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just a video explanation of the much discussed Triple Tap pattern seen so much in Forex. Point 2 for entry takes a more conservative approach and is in line with common