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One of the more popular technical indicators in use today is Bollinger Bands. Created by John Bollinger in the early 1980s, this tool is essentially a Moving Average with a volatility filter. Volatility can be of great value in an indicator for those times when the market is swinging wildly between the lows and the highs as a result of some news event. |
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Written by DailyFX |
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You see that the EUR/USD was moving up strongly, so you bought this pair on the last pullback. But now after another move up, the pair has pulled off of the highs and is moving down and you wonder if there is a way to measure the strength of the move so you could have exited earlier to protect more of your profits. There is and it is called the Average Directional Index (ADX). |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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Patience is a virtue in most endeavors in life, and it's certainly a valuable asset in futures and stock trading. You will many times hear me use the important term, "follow-through," when I discuss significant market moves such as price breakouts or trend changes. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Dr. Van K Tharp |
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In a recent article entitled, “Some Will Love You and Some Will Hate You, So What!” I talked about someone on an internet forum asking if he should attend a Van Tharp workshop. People, who had obviously not attended a workshop or were not students of any of my work, were quick to respond with very negative comments. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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Achieving success in futures trading requires avoiding numerous pitfalls as much, or more, than it does seeking out and executing winning trades. In fact, most professional traders will tell you that it's not any specific trading methodologies that make traders successful, but instead it's the overall rules to which those traders strictly adhere that keep them "in the game" long enough to achieve success. |
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General Investing Articles |
Written by Dr. Van K Tharp |
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I think the actual quote goes something like "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics"; however, my personal feeling is that government statistics are absolutely the worst. Today, I want to talk about some of the government's economic statistics they use to tell us how the country is doing. |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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Don't overtrade. If you are trading several markets and not having any success, cut back to trading one or two markets. You can follow fewer trades more closely and document your success or failures more easily. Plus, your trading account won't be drawn down so quickly. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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I have told my readers that one of the best methods to trade a market is to jump on board when prices "break out" of a congestion or "basing" area on the charts and begin a new trend. I have also stressed to my readers that one of the most risky and least successful trading methods is trying to pick tops and bottoms in markets. Now, I'm going to muddy the waters just a bit and discuss contrary opinion. |
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General Trading Articles |
Written by Jim Wyckoff |
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Some traders are reluctant to put on a position because they are torn between what they perceive as conflicting market factors. Here's a typical quote from such a trader: "The moving averages are positive, the market is trending higher, but the RSI shows the market as being way overbought. What should I do?" |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Dr. Van K Tharp |
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I used to do an exercise in the Peak Performance 101 workshop entitled "Getting What You Want". The exercise starts out with a question: If you could have anything in the universe, what would it be? Perhaps your answer might be $10 million dollars. However, the exercise doesn't end there. It just triggers another question: What would that get you? So to carry our example forward, you'd now ask, "What would the $10 million dollars get you?" Perhaps you might answer, "Security… I'd feel secure in my retirement." |
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Trading Psychology Articles |
Written by Dr. Van K Tharp |
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Many mental health professionals define an "uncertain" condition as being stressful. Uncertainty occurs because of too much information or because of too little capacity. The very fact that we cannot deal with available information is stressful. |
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