A future Contract is an agreement between two parties to BUY or SELL an underlying asset, including stocks, indices,commoditities or currency, at a certain time in the future at a certain price. Futures contracts are standardized and are traded on the exchange. To facilitate liquidity in futures contracts, the exchange defines certain standard specifications for … Read More »
There are those who would convince you that it is somehow smart or in your best interest to be manically switching your investments around, back and forth, long and short, on a daily basis. To pay attention to this kind of overstimulation is the height of madness, even for professional traders. The most storied and… Read More »
Paul Rotter is arguably the most successful individual futures trader executing trades on the Eurex exchange primarily in the Bund. Every trader can aspire to imitate Paul’s success as he is proof that it IS possible for a small trader to build on his success and grow into the biggest most active speculator around. Q:… Read More »
W.D.Gann’s Rules: No One Owes You Anything You must succeed on your own. It is all up to you. The markets, stockbrokers, brokerage firms, news letters don’t owe you anything. Gann never took anyone’s newsletter. He did it all himself. The markets are there to provide you a service for buying and selling the markets you are… Read More »
Lets discuss 2 Candlestick Pattern Engulfing and Kicker which will help you in understanding the reversal pattern. Bearish engulfing pattern: The bearish engulfing pattern consists of two candlesticks: the first is white and the second black. The size of the white candlestick is not that important, but should not be a doji, which would be relatively… Read More »
1. Never, Ever, Ever, Under Any Circumstance, Add to a Losing Position… not ever, not never! Adding to losing positions is trading’s carcinogen; it is trading’s driving while intoxicated. It will lead to ruin. Count on it! 2. Trade Like a Wizened Mercenary Soldier: We must fight on the winning side, not on the side we may… Read More »
Most of the time, you want to own the stock before it breaks out, then sell it to the momentum players after it breaks out. If you buy breakouts, realize that professional traders are handing off their positions to you in order to test the strength of the trend. They will typically buy it back… Read More »
Over many years of trading, I’ve found certain principles to be true. Understanding and using basic principles provides an anchor of sanity when trading in a crazy world. Whenever I find myself under stress, questioning my judgment or my ability to trade successfully, I pull out these basic trading principles and review them. Don’t Try… Read More »
DR REDDY DRL stock on daily chart is trading near its Fibo Fan support and any close below 2205 will drag stock to 2100 and 1974 in short term. Able to close above 2207 stock can rocket back to 2351 odd levels. Buy above 2240 Tgt 2254,2272 and 2294 SL 2221 Sell below 2184 Tgt… Read More »
Exit from your trading positions is an important quality a succesful traders needs to develop.-The exit is critical to being a successful trader. Let your winners run and your losers run out quickly. Two factors determine your exit, the Target and the Stop loss you have set on entering the trade. Today was a classic example, for trades who… Read More »