January 2014

What is a trend in trading and why we make it hard to identify

There are several ‘walking on hot coals’ rituals that many novice traders appear determined to experiment with early on in their fledgling careers in order to prove (to themselves) their trading credentials. Attempting to pick the ‘tops and bottoms’ of swing trade price action appears to be one of the most prevalent trials we put […]

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The Eurozone invites Latvia to join the New Year party, hoping for no hangover or headache in 2014

As global markets closed for the year the DJIA finally broke through the critical psyche level of 16,500 to close at 16576. For ‘indices traders’ 2013 has provided spectacular results and very smooth swing-trends throughout the year, due in no small part to the continued QE programme that the Fed only began to taper from

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