As briefly highlighted in part one, the staple behind any respectable trading plan will place a strong emphasis on risk and money management principles. What is your overall market risk? Overall market risk is the maximum permissible amount of capital at risk at any one time. As an example, let’s say that we have set … Continue reading How to Build a Trading Plan: Part Two
What kind of response do you think you’d receive if you were to ask ten willing traders for a copy of their trading plan? Our guess is less than 30% would reply. This highlights a clear problem and may help address why so many find it difficult to accomplish their goals in this business. A … Continue reading How to Build a Trading Plan: Part One
Nowadays, modern trading platforms offer a rich diversity of technical indicators – you could say you’re almost spoilt for choice. The Metatrader 4 platform (MT4), for example, comes fully loaded with 30 built-in indicators and 2000+ custom indicators. Unfortunately, this often draws newer traders into unchartered terrain. Understanding the subtle nuances and testing each indicator … Continue reading Top 3 Technical Indicators All Serious Traders Should Know
Numbers have mattered to humans since the earliest civilization, though some propose more significance than others. Humans appreciate values that are easy to process and make sense of. Rounding numbers is, therefore, a common act. Rounding means making a number simpler but retaining its value close to its original. Age is generally emphasised as a … Continue reading Using Psychological Levels in Trading
While there’s a great deal of weird and wonderful trading jargon out there, there’s not much that tops ‘cryptocurrency’. Although the term could easily be confused with a new IPhone app, cryptocurrency is actually a form of virtual currency. Think of it as an ‘internet currency’. As the name suggests, cryptocurrency is a blend of … Continue reading What is Cryptocurrency?
