Hey trader, In this article I want to show you with some examples and trades why is important sometimes to take longer expires in your trades. As you know from my articles I like very much short- term trades and short- term expiry times like 5 minutes or even trades with 1 minute expiry. What […]
When I started trading almost a decade ago, this was one of the first basic strategies I used–buy on new highs or take short positions (buy puts) on new lows. It was incredibly simple and allowed me to establish my career as a trader. During that time there was lots of activity in the market, […]
Here we’ll look at two day trades in the EUR/USD. The strategy used is a trend following strategy which I have been trading and testing on a 1 and 5 minute chart. For most traders I would recommend using it on a 5 minute chart since the targets are a bit bigger, risk is still […]
In the last couple posts I talked about vertical spreads in the SPY. A Butterfly or a Condor is a combination of bullish and bearish vertical spreads. There are many variations – An out of the money bullish position composed of all calls is a “call fly” An out of the money bearish position composed […]
Trend channels are a highly useful technical analysis and trading tool. Trend channels are easy to draw and provide trade ideas and entry signals, with the proper strategy. Here I’ll show you what these technical tools are and a simple and useful trend channel binary trading strategy. Trend Channel A trend channel is two lines […]
This is a very common question, frequenting popping up in the comment section of articles involving indicators, strategies or trading in general. “What time frame should I use on my charts?” is a good question, but ultimately it depends on your trading style, personality and the type of strategies you gravitate toward. Here we’ll address […]
Hi everyone, Recently I have put in my charts a different indicator from the classics that I had in the past as you can see in my articles. This indicator is the Sine Wave. What is exactly Sine Wave? It is a mathematical curve that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. As I said for all […]
Hi everyone, in this article I am going to show you and explain you some Pump and Dump examples of the market.I will tell you where is the best time for me to trade. I said a few things about Pump and Dump in a previous article about the market manipulation. So, let’s go to […]
In my previous post I set up a vertical spread in SPY at end of day 8/12, the leftmost highlighted day on this chart. If you look back to the risk graph of either vertical you’ll see a line at 171, that’s because I want to be able to hedge most losses up to that […]
I have been meaning to start up a forex trading blog for quite some time. I’ve received several requests over the months over how I approach forex, and it comprises the bulk of my trading efforts. Over the course of several posts, I hope to lay out my ideas with regards to trade examples (similar […]