TradingMarkets Making Great Traders – The Best of This Week’s Trading Lessons
Dear Trader:
TradingMarkets’ mission is “Making Great Traders.” Each week we publish trading strategies and research from many of the best professional traders and educators in the world.
Here are the best of the articles we published this week. We hope you enjoy them and prosper from them!
This Week’s Top Lessons
Predicting Stock Direction with the False Break Buy and Sell Pattern
Few traders are as well-known and respected as Larry Williams and this week
we are very pleased that he has become a TradingMarkets contributor. In
this article, Larry will teach you a simple chart pattern that has caught
short-term explosive moves in both stocks and commodities. While the pattern
looks very bearish to most traders, Larry will show how it can lead to
strong runaway reversals to the upside.
Chase the Gap or Wait for the VWAP?
What happens if a stock you want to buy gaps up at the open — before you
put in your order? Should you chase or what for a pullback? In this article
from professional trader Brian Shannon, you will learn how to use an
indicator called Volume Weighted Average Price to identify gaps up
that are likely to precede a bullish continuation move.
How to Use the Tick Index in Your Day Trading
If you daytrade, you should study this article from veteran day trader Kunal
Vakil. He will teach you how to optimize your stock entries and exits by
using tick readings to identify strong reversals in the S&P 500 Index. The
S&P has a significant influence over the direction of individual stocks, so
knowing its direction can give you an edge.
How is Trading Forex Different from Trading Stocks?
Are a
stock trader who is considering learning how to trade Forex? In this
article, trader John Forman guides you through the critical differences
between the stock and Forex markets. You will see how these differences
require you to learn different approaches to trading Forex.
If there’s one thing professional traders are almost universally in
agreement about, it’s the pivotal role that psychology plays in success vs.
failure. All too often a trader with a viable strategy is unable to follow
its rules consistently. Often strong emotions trigger poor decisions in the
heat of the battle. In this article from trader Peter Forth, you’ll how to
apply principles from martial arts to condition yourself to execute your
trading rules without emotion.
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Learn How to Use Candlesticks to Stay Ahead of the Market From Steve Nison
Learn a new candlestick strategy from the man who first introduced
candlestick charts to the Western world, Steve Nison. In this article Steve
will show you how candlesticks can provide you with a clearer picture of the
market’s current directional bias.
Do you have a rewarding career, but also want success as a trader? Read the
story of Dr. Steve Gabriel who learned how to trade through books and
educational resources at sites like TradingMarkets.com. In this interview,
you’ll learn about Steve’s favorite approaches for short-term trading and be
inspired by his trading success while continuing in his work as a physician.
Good luck and successful trading!
Eddie Kwong
Executive Vice President
TradingMarkets