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Dec 12, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
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The majority of retail traders are part-time, and we could put forward an argument that even the majority of experienced and successful traders are also part-time. In truth the actual ‘work’ we do on a day to day basis, once you’ve developed...
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Dec 11, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on 200% account growth annually trading forex, is it realistically possible?
There comes a time, once new traders have overcome many of their (at times) self-imposed initial trading barriers, when their attention finally turns to the reason all of us enter the world of trading; profit. We then began to ask ourselves the key question;...
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Dec 10, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Why bursting the bubble; discovering that there is no ‘Holy Grail’ of trading, finally leads to trader enlightenment
The term “Holy Grail” crops up regularly in trading discussions. The phrase has come to mean; the discovery of an infallible trading strategy and method that will lead to our trader unlocking a type of trading ‘code’, eventually...
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Dec 6, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Do we ‘think’ too much when trading?
“Don’t think just do” is a phrase often delivered by sports coaches. The implicit suggestion is that on a sports field, during the ‘heat of battle’, it’s often our instincts that we need to be governed by and not any...
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Dec 5, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
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In many trading articles and on many trading forums, the concept of moving a stop to break even is often discussed. The concept is fairly straightforward to understand; when you’ve entered a trade, you’ve used a stop and you’ve predicted the...
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Dec 4, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
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The carry trade is a fascinating phenomenon that FX retail traders should familiarize themselves with. Whilst it’s not necessarily a practice that retail traders can directly implement into the market through their trading, institutional traders (who...
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Dec 3, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Methods to lock in profits using Fibonacci and the PSAR
New traders will constantly see references to “locking in profits” and “moving stops to break even” and may be slightly confused by the meaning. In this article we’re going to discuss what we mean by locking in profits and later...
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Nov 29, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Why you don’t need to have the right personality for trading and why asking yourself if “you have the right aptitude?” is far more relevant.
The question of personality types and their suitability for trading is a fascinating subject that’s often a focal point of discussion amongst trading groups. However, the majority of articles and opinion on personality trading types may be focusing on...
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Nov 28, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Discipline, what does it mean and how do we put it into practice when we trade?
One of the words we get used to hearing and reading at the very start of our journey as a trader is the word “discipline”. Despite the majority of us knowing what the word generally means, what the word actually means when considered in the...
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Nov 27, 13 •
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Maria Iacob
Comments Off on Stops, we know they’re essential and invaluable, but where should and where shouldn’t we place them?
Presumably the majority of our readers are now passed the belief, often mistakenly peddled on trading forums or through articles on trading websites that traders should trade without using stops. Of all the myths propagated in the industry the “trading...