Tag Archive for: Preparation for trading
5 reasons why you shouldn’t postpone a trade to the next day
Are you an intraday trader? Have you ever had an idea of postponing your intraday trade to the next day? Despite the fact that many traders and investors postpone trades in the stock market, today we will explain to you why this approach to intraday trading is not the best idea. In this article: Intraday […]
3 ways to control your emotions in trading
Emotions can both help you and hurt you. This is especially true in respect of traders and how they cope with emotional aspects of trading. In our childhood and juvenility we develop certain reactions to our emotions and try to control them. We learn from our parents, teachers, peers and cult figures through observation and […]
A futures position: calculate the optimal size
Perhaps the most important question a trader asks himself sounds like this: “What is acceptable risk for the next trade?”. The main factor which justifies risk increase is the position size or, in other words, a number of contracts acquired by a trader as a result of a trade execution. The trade size has several […]
To trade or to invest, that is the question
Trading financial instruments in the modern financial markets is a many-sided discipline, in which people from different social strata create the whole multitude of trading strategies known today. At first sight, trading and investing might seem to be synonyms since the main goal of each of these types of activity is profitable trading in the […]
Futures trading: planning before and after a trading session
Futures trading is a serious challenge for every beginner who came to the futures market in order to gain financial independence. It requires from him active preparation for a forthcoming trading session and a thorough analysis of the current market situation. A beginner will feel more confident every next day on his way to the […]
What is liquidity? Theory and practice
There is a rule in trading – to trade liquid securities only. In this article we will: identify what securities are liquid and what are not; consider examples of liquid stocks of the American and Russian sectors; explain how to identify liquidity with the help of the Smart DOM and limit orders; speak about iceberg […]
How to open an account on the exchange. Demo account.
Do you want to open: A real account on the exchange for real trading? A demo account for training? A PAMM account for passive income? In any case, to open an account you need to contact a broker. In this article we will tell you: How to open an account with a broker? What you […]