Tag Archive for: Trading strategies
Time stop. How to use the time factor in trading
The time factor in trading is often undervalued. Theoretically it may help traders to make more efficient trading decisions, move up the bottom level of profitability and facilitate an immediate closure of loss-making positions. The time factor could be used by different types of traders for improving the decision making process regardless of the trading […]
How to develop a trading plan: 10 mandatory steps. Part 1
Trading is a business and if you want to be successful you should treat trading as a business. The only way to be a successful trader is planning – there is no other way. There is a saying: “Absence of a plan results in the failure of your plan”. It might sound weird, but this […]
Studying trading: 4 secrets of personal efficiency
How many hours a day do you devote to study trading? We mean study of the volume analysis, price structures, charts and any other information, which is required for trading. You didn’t notice how the time passed by but you didn’t manage to learn much, did you? Then this article is for you! When it […]
How Footprint Charts Work. Footprint Patterns
Traders used to apply only the fundamental and technical analysis in the 20th century. They didn’t see what took place inside the candles. The cluster analysis or Footprint emerged in the 2000s. In this article for beginners we will analyze: What Is Footprint and Cluster? Types of Footprint Footprint Patterns Buying and Selling Exhaustion Balanced […]
HFT or High-Frequency Trading
In this article we will speak about High-Frequency Trading (HFT): what is considered to be HFT; studies of HFT; HFT influence on liquidity; quoting of financial instruments; HFT influence on volatility. There is a lot of information on the Internet about HFT influence on financial markets and instruments. It has a lot of empty talk […]
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 […]
Stop thinking about money if you want to make money in trading
It is obvious that the majority of people come into trading to make money, live in accordance with their preferences and choices and enjoy freedom, which it provides. The most frequent reason why people go in for trading is their wish to improve their well-being. There is nothing bad in it since this goal is […]