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May 17, 2012
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The Dangers of High-Speed Trading
CLICK TO WATCH High-Speed Trading has been on the front pages of the newspapers for more than a year now and we still don’t know WHY everyone is so scared? All you need is a millisecond to move the markets, but you’ll be surprised for the reasons WHY they use these systems so aggressively. Don’t […]
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Fast Track Method helps new traders learn and earn with exact entries
First Trade Called on Crude Oil We call our Fast Track Method trades LIVE, in real-time with EXACT entry location, stop loss, and profit target. We do this for a few reasons. First, we have members learning this method at all times with us in our two trade rooms so they need to see examples […]
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Dollar index day trading strategy
The dollar index has been pushing higher over the past few days after fears in Europe continued over the weekend. Now this morning we find the dollar index trading at the range highs once again, and we’re looking at three possible scenarios today. First, the dollar index may be strong enough to push to new […]
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Traders Prep for Early-Morning Economic News; Jobless Claims & Philly Fed
Professional Traders have mastered the skill of ‘keeping an even keel’. Traders feel tremendous joy and happiness after winning trades, and extreme sadness and isolation after they lose money. This emotional roller-coaster is something that many new traders have experienced, and something that is challenging to avoid. The secret to every trader’s success with their emotions is understanding the big-picture […]
Continue reading May 16, 2012
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+195ticks trading Crude Oil & E-Mini-Russell on Wacky Wednesday
This morning was ‘Wacky Wednesday’ which is the Wednesday of OPEX week. The third Friday of the month is when options expire (unless the first day of the month is a Friday) so today we had to be aware of this and plan our trading accordingly. Wacky Wednesday will have large amounts of unexpected […]
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Dollar index day trading strategy
The dollar index pushed to new higher-highs on Tuesday afternoon, breaking the bullish AB=CD when it broke above 81.165 and then went almost all the way to the highs of the short term range we can see defined on this 89-range chart of the dollar index. Now that the dollar index is trading at the […]
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Traders Prep for Wacky Wednesday & Crude Oil Inventories News
One of the biggest challenges facing new traders is the reality that a poor trading decision can result in a profitable trade just as easily as a proper trading decision can result in a loss. For this reason, we see many new traders that will make money out of ‘beginners luck’ because they lack fear in […]
Continue reading May 15, 2012
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Fade-the-news trading strategy earns +250ticks
Joe’s Trades for Tuesday This morning was another incredible day of live trading with our members and trial-guests on a Tuesday morning that was filled with action from the very first moment we got started. We used clues today from economic news, Crude Oil market personality, a simple price wedge on the E-Mini-E-Mini-Russell, and […]
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James Grant BLASTS the Fed for its Wall of Mirrors
We love James Grant for his no-nonsense approach to global economics, and today we are happy to share a recent interview he did on CNBC where he discussed how the Federal Reserve has created a ‘wall of mirrors’ for its citizens. James Grant has been correct on more issues than not, so we tend to […]
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Crude Oil Futures trading now in the middle of the new short term trading range
Crude Oil Futures trading now in the middle of the new short term trading range. We earned +80ticks selling the highs of this range, and now we need to stay patient to either buy the lows or re-sell the highs. If we break out of this range look first for the fake-out breakout and then […]
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