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Market Sentiment Through Futures

The futures market offers opportunities either through trading or analysis. We can find interesting insights from the futures markets which help us understand market sentiment. The COT Report This article will discuss a report referred to as the Commitment of Traders, a weekly market sentiment publication by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Market sentiment is Read More…

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Optimizing Risk Management in Trading – Using the Kelly Criterion

There is no doubt that risk management plays a vital role in trading; it arguably separates successful traders from unsuccessful ones. Incorporating risk management in trading helps to eliminate bad trading habits such as fear, greed, clinging to losing trades, etc., and helps prevent you from losing most if not all your trading capital. There Read More…

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Avoiding the Trap of Analysis Paralysis in Trading

It’s no secret that trading can be a stressful endeavor. Regardless of how well you do your research, how great your strategy is, or how thoroughly you’ve analyzed the market, you’ll face tough decisions and may be prone to make mistakes in your trading. The good news is that that’s how you learn and improve. Read More…

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What You Need to Know About High-Performance Traders

To an untrained eye, high-performance traders may seem like divine entities who can turn a profit at the snap of their fingers. There’s an illusion that they never lose or have losses so insignificant that they never put a dent in their wallet. The truth is that even high-performance traders lose. They don’t have a Read More…

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A Guide to Building a Robust Trading Plan

If you are in the business of trading financial instruments, you’ve probably heard this one before – the main difference between a successful and mediocre trader is a trading plan. But, of course, successful traders always have a comprehensive trading plan. Why is creating and having a trading plan so important? Can it make such Read More…

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The Importance of Using Stop-loss in Trading

Among all the terms specific to the trading lingo, stop-loss is perhaps the most important one to know. Many successful traders can’t imagine their short- and long-term strategies without using stop-loss.  Suppose you are serious about taking your trading career to the next level. In that case, you should consider learning everything about stop-loss and Read More…