Using the Opening Swing to Improve Your Trading

Merritt BlackFutures, General Comments, Intraday Levels, market structure, Technical Plays, Traders Ask, Trading Conversations

Last Friday, during our weekly Trading Conversations webinar, we had a lot of great questions from our community – like we do most weeks! One question was about analyzing stocks right around the open, from the first minute to the first hour or so of trade. Keeping with the live and interactive spirit of Trading Conversations, I asked users to … Read More

Trading: Less Fighting, More Fishing

mprincipatoGeneral Comments, Marc Principato, SMB Forex2 Comments

Much of the time when you read about trading, many use metaphors that refer to competition or war. You will often hear phrases like, “the forex arena”, “bulls battling the bears”, “you compete with the best and brightest minds in the world”. This is convenient and filled to the brim with conflict (we love drama just watch the news). What … Read More

How do You Use Candlesticks? Trade Confirmation.

mprincipatoMarc Principato, SMB ForexLeave a Comment

Marc Principato, CMT, shares his beginner series where he illustrates how candlestick wicks offer valuable information when it comes to gauging buying / selling pressure at the moment. They are excellent forms of price action confirmation. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/utraderyt Help me write my book: http://www.unconventionaltrader.com Training Info: http://www.bit.ly/smbhome My analysis on TradingView.com: http://bit.ly/tviewprfle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marcpmarkets Webinar and Trade Review Archive: http://bit.ly/archpge … Read More

How Conventional Are You?

mprincipatoMarc Principato, SMB ForexLeave a Comment

As a trading mentor, I speak to many up and coming traders who are looking for guidance. There are a number of things that I ask to gauge where the trader is in their learning curve. One of the main pieces of information that I like to learn about a trader is what strategy or strategies are they executing within … Read More