141. Why You Should make Use of the Best Day Trading Tools
September 06, 2010
Countless numbers of day traders spend their time and money searching for that magic indicator that will unlock the secret of trading profits. To be sure, I have seen aspiring traders purchase trading program after trading program in search of the new indicator that will send their trading profits s...
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142. Fibonacci Retracements and Technical Trading
August 19, 2010
Among the many tools that technical traders utilize, none is more prized than Fibonacci retracements and extensions. By now, I'm sure that most traders are at least vaguely familiar with the origin of the Fibonacci sequence. If not, here is the quick version; mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci identif...
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143. Three Methods to Trade (or Not Trade) Consolidating E-Mini Contract Patterns
August 16, 2010
It goes without saying that every e-mini day trader prefers to trade a trending market, they are the easiest to trade and have the highest probability trades for success. Unfortunately, markets tend to trend only about 30% of the time. The remainder of the trading session consists of normal backing ...
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144. Why Do E-Mini Trading Courses Cost so Much?
August 16, 2010
A casual perusal of the e-mini day trading courses available will leave a potential new trader with sticker shock. It is not unusual to see courses that are priced at $5000 or more. By any measure, this is a high-end purchase for most individuals. Of course, the question is a simple one, why are day...
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145. Mutual Funds and Long-Term Investing
August 10, 2010
There was a time when you invested your money in Certificates of Deposit at your local bank and left the money there until your retirement. Banks offered safety and a minimal return on investments.
Then, along came mutual funds...
During the go-go 1990s, mutual funds were the rage, a...
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146. Day Trading and Mechanical Automation
July 28, 2010
I got an interesting e-mail today asking me about a particular futures trading system. The writer wanted to know if the system was fully mechanical and automated. I should point out that there are automated or “black box” trading systems employed by large hedge funds and other large trading groups, ...
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147. Day Trading: Sometimes You Take Good Setups and They Fail
July 21, 2010
I had an interesting session day trading today, as I took two very attractive setups and they turned out to be disastrous. Besides being tough on a trader's ego, the results of my trades today were a disheartening. On the other hand, it reinforced something I have talked about at length with new tra...
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148. Day Trading: Defining the Term Trend
July 16, 2010
The term “trend” is bandied about with fierce regularity among traders of all types. Long-term traders look at trends in a far different perspective than short-term traders. Which leaves most traders, especially novice day traders, in a quandary. In general, a market trend is the tendency of the mar...
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149. Day Trading: Ever Thought of Giving up?
July 15, 2010
There's an old saying that if you haven't burned through at least one futures trading account you haven't learned how to trade yet. I want to point out that I'm not a believer in that philosophy, though there are many novice traders who have burned through at least one futures trading account, somet...
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150. The Current Debt Crisis: How Did It Happen
July 08, 2010
I usually don't write articles about current events, but this particular article is about a current event that has its origins nearly 30 years ago. The tremendous debt load that most countries are currently burdened with are not something that has its origins in the last decade. This fact may surpri...
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Author: David Adams
