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
Kurt Eckhardt on Fractals, Futures and Trading for the Home Run, Part 2
Kurt Eckhardt has been trading since 1982 when he began his career as an active
floor trader in the CBOT Treasury Bond pit. In Part 2 of this Big Saturday
Interview, find out how similarities between past and current chart patterns
allow him to anticipate what could unfold in the near
future.
The Key to Longevity and Consistency in Trading the Markets
What must you do to equip yourself for long-term success as a trader? In this
article, Sam Patterson tells you what has kept him going over his past 20 years as a
day trader.
A 3-Bar Strategy for Trading Support and Resistance
Many times when price action breaks through support or resistance, the breakout
fails and winds up whipsawing many traders were expecting a nice move. Here is a
lesson on how avoid these traps from Robert Hoffman.
How to Stay Focused on the Big Picture Using Multiple Timeframes, Indicators &
Various News Sources
One of the best ways to improve your odds of a winning trade is to find multiple
indicators that back it up. Let Keith O’Toole teach you how to apply this
principle.
Popular Past Articles
Risk, Volatility and Leverage: A Talk with Trader Perry Kaufman
Perry Kaufman has thirty-five years of experience in financial engineering and hedge funds. In this archive edition of The Big Saturday Interview, the legendary researcher and author discusses risk management, volatility and leverage.
How to Manage Market Volatility and Its Effect on Your Porfolio
TradingMarkets contributor Kurt Eckhardt examines popular investment vehicles and how investors can prepare themselves for the volatility that can negatively impact their portfolio.
Good luck and successful trading!
Eddie Kwong
Executive Vice President
TradingMarkets