Tag Archive for: Preparation for trading

Reward and risk. Destroying stereotypes

Reward and risk. Destroying stereotypes

We welcome all readers of our blog! In our today’s article we will try to destroy the well-established stereotypes in the interpretation of such an indicator of the trading system efficiency as the risk-reward ratio. In this article: False stereotypes in understanding reward and risk. Trading efficiency depends on a complex of indicators. Example of […]

Limitation of losses - start thinking about money. Part 1

Limitation of losses – start thinking about money. Part 1

It is well-known that good traders are masters of risk management. Risk management includes a detailed trading plan, rules of posting stop losses and limit orders and also the management of open positions, while keeping emotions under control. Good traders, as a rule, follow a clear trading plan, which places an emphasis on preservation of […]

Is Trading Psychology The Decisive Factor

Is Trading Psychology The Decisive Factor?

Many intraday traders think that the idea of trading lies in trading indicators, stock screeners and economic reports data. They rarely think about other important trading factors. Operation of the human brain stays unnoticeable in the majority of cases until we pay focused attention to it. You will learn from this article what role the […]

How to select a market for trading

How to select a market for trading?

It’s highly unlikely that there are many people in the world who got up in the morning and, all of a sudden, decided to start trading. As a rule, such a decision is made on the basis of the brokers’ ads, economic knowledge or sharp desire to make ‘easy money’. Well, let’s assume you decided […]

When to close a profitable trade?

The modern futures market is a dynamic environment, which is characterized by significant and fast fluctuations of futures contract prices. Being under conditions of an unstable market situation, traders often have to make decisions about closing profitable trades very fast. Ability to systematically make immediate trading decisions makes a difference between successful traders and the […]

Did you know that trading is a probability game?

Trading is a probability game. Every successful trader knows that any trade he executes may bring either profit or loss. In order to assess a statistical advantage of a trading strategy, it is necessary to execute a large number of trades. That is why, it takes a lot of time to understand how efficient your […]

Is the discipline in trading the main secret of success?

Usually traders start to lose money when they stop following their own trading plans. When the market behaviour changes and it starts, for example, move fast, the traders who slowly react to such changes fall into despair and start to open trades disorderly. Absence of discipline and self-control in such a situation results in catastrophic […]

Is profit in trading not the main priority?