Beginner traders often start trading on the exchange expecting fast and big money. They are blinded with glittering future (colourfully depicted in advertising booklets of brokers) and do not notice important and necessary things: discipline, absent-mindedness, psychology, lack of knowledge, etc. Or do not pay due attention to them. As a result – losses, nerves, […]
Trading is a business, science and game. This activity is multifaceted and, as well as any other money making activity, should be viewed from different angles for deeper understanding of what you do. Today we will consider trading from the chess point of view. It might seem that it is not correct to compare these […]
Losses are an integral part of trading. All traders heard the advice to exit loss-making trades as soon as possible and to stay in profit-making trades as long as possible. This advice is easy to make but difficult to implement in real life.
“A person who can play the second fiddle could be a trader, but good students cannot play the second fiddle: you have to set a clear task to them” Nassim Taleb Unfortunately, the most sincere answer to the question “is it possible to learn trading from the scratch fast” is “no”. However, if we remove […]
Do you know about one incredible opinion of Australian scientists that the gold is formed from water under the impact of earthquakes? However, according to other sources, the gold have accumulated on the Earth from fallen meteorites. How then the gold got into our bodies, since there is 0.2 milligrams of gold in each of […]
Analyzing bids and asks can be very useful in identifying price reversals. However, before delving into these concepts, let’s revisit the fundamental principles: Supply is a quantity of goods a seller wants to sell. Demand is a quantity of goods a buyer wants to buy. The supply and demand law: “all other conditions being equal, […]
Options are a sophisticated financial instrument that is why even if we try to explain what options are in simple terms, it would be quite difficult to understand it anyway. Especially when it comes to options hedging.
Hedging currency, bank, price and credit risks – what is it and what is it for? Internet is full of articles about hedging, but they are either too mind-bending or too light-minded. We wrote this article to explore the topic in full and in clear words.
From interview with a trader: – How did you achieve such a success? You have USD 100 thousand after a month of trading! – Nothing special. I opened a deposit on one million a month ago …