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What should my trading position size be?
A beginner is quick to do the math. “If I make $100 a day with one contract, I will make $2 million a year with 100 contracts!” He is too quick to think about using big trading position size. Even when he starts out, trading what he thinks is a small position, he is usually […]
Price action is genetically based
Charts are the same as 100 years ago Now that computers dominate trading and markets are international, a common topic is whether the behavior of markets has changed. The movement on charts is called price action and it is a reflection of human behavior. Like all behavior, it is genetically based. People have always wanted to make […]
Importance of institutional trading
I always assume that in every major market, no trade can take place unless there is at least one institution willing to take the buy side and another institution willing to take the sell side. I also assume that both know how to make money. This means that there is almost always a way to […]
Price action and candlestick charts
Most successful traders use candlestick charts to make their money. In addition, they trade primarily or exclusively using price action. Although there is no universally accepted definition of price action, I use the broadest one. I say that it is simply any move up or down on any chart for any market. The smallest move […]