How Conventional Are You?

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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

Who Are You Competing With?

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Have you ever contemplated who you are really competing with in the forex market?  Does it really matter?  You just want to make some money. Who cares right? It matters because you can gain great perspective from understanding why different market participants operate in the market. Contrary to what many of the retail trader conspiracy theorists believe, your broker is … Read More

Can You Manage Your Swing Trade Loss Like This?

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Why is Order Flow Important?

mprincipatoMarc Principato, SMB Forex5 Comments

When it comes to order flow, many newer traders tend to think of volume bars or time and sales information.  It is much more than that, and it really helps to understand the premise behind how markets facilitate order flow.  It may not give you an immediate strategy to make money with, but what it does is provides an added … Read More

Methodology For Any Market?

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In case you don’t know, I am writing a book called “Unconventional Forex Trader” and I want to hear what you think as I write it. When I conduct webinars that feature examples based on our methodology for the trading community at SMB, I am often asked, “Does this work for stocks too?”.  As long as the market you are … Read More

SMB Radar Update for July 28, 2011

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There has been a lot of long and short opportunity in the market today. Here is a snap shot of some strong and weak stocks based on the SMB Radar going into the close. The Strong/Weak Today column ranks stocks based on the price change relative to the stock’s opening price. These stocks tend to have strong/weak opening drives and continuation … Read More