Tag: trading

Backtests are an important price pattern for active investors to understand. Today I want to highlight a couple of recent trading backtests that failed and...

At its core, the stock market is little more than a competition. It is about winners and losers. For companies, it is about gaining an...

Think you’ve found the perfect trading setup? A textbook bull flag ready to take off? An exhausted gap just begging for an opportunistic short? Trading-focused social...

Do You Know the Difference Between Trading Methods, Systems, and Plans? There are significant differences between trading methods, trading systems, and trading plans. These variations...

Subjective: Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. Proceeding from or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external...

I am a quantitative-discretionary trader. I have made it one of my life’s goals to understand how financial markets move, to understand how to...

With all the fancy charts, fundamental analysis, and experience with price action, you would think that the majority of traders would be profitable. The...

We are so focused on adding to our trading arsenal with knowledge, books, chart patterns, indicators, moving averages, gurus, things for our watch list...

I recently returned from a two week trip to Southeastern Asia. It was the first trip I took where I was completely unwired from...

By Andrew Nyquist First and foremost, I want to thank the many readers that take the time to send in comments and questions each week.  As...