Monday, April 29, 2013

Logical Market Update: When in Doubt – Blame it on Investors not Gluttonous Mega Banks!

When in Doubt – Blame it on Investors not Gluttonous Mega Banks!     After Friday’s disappointing GDP figures were pinned as the reason the markets basically had a more downward bias, investors had the weekend to rethink their decision and came back in on Monday with a renewed spirit of buying in a low

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Four Bar Rule | Learn Trading | Commodity Futures Trading

The Four Bar Rule in Commodity Futures Trading This week s Tricks of the Trade is about a little rule I call the Four Bar Rule. Short and sweet! Essentially, the four bar rule says that we want to avoid trading in markets that have had big moves one way or another. Typically, a market will [...]The post The Four Bar Rule | Learn Trading | Commodity Futures Trading appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Live Trading Room Opens Again on Monday

Housekeeping: The Live Trading Room is opening again after a week s Profit Run Trading Room which re-opens on Monday. Also, the DTS Installment Plan is Now Open. You can get a full DTS Package including all the software, support, instant [...]The post Live Trading Room Opens Again on Monday appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Learning To Trust Your Trading System Signals

This Tricks of the Trade Lesson Segment deals with learning to trust the trading system signals your software or method generates. Well, we re not going to talk so much about a trick as a reality in trading. One of the most difficult things in trading, if not the most difficult thing in trading, is learning [...]The post Learning To Trust Your Trading System Signals appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Logical Market Update: AMZN, BIDU, and SBUX Disappoint On Guidance! What Now?

AMZN, BIDU, and SBUX – Disappoint on Guidance! What Now?   I’m reminded of the 70’s Chiffon margarine commercial that carried the tag line “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!”  But in place of Mother Nature I am inserting “The Street.”  The hits just keep on coming with Amazon, Baidu, Expedia and Starbuck’s all

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Futures Trading Strategy | Patience is a Virtue

I don t know about any of you guys that are trading the oil markets lately, but these later in the session moves are killing me.  Part of my futures trading strategy entails being patient and waiting for the significant move before contemplating taking a trade.  The key word here is patience, if your/my rules are [...]

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Logical Market Update: Beware the Volume Warnings! Chop City on Wednesday!

Beware the Volume Warnings!  Chop City on Wednesday!   It was the kind of day that revealed itself early on – as in pre-market.  Volumes across the board were very light making for extremely choppy trade in most equities, the broader indexes, treasuries, and forex.  Notables that drew in traders were MSFT, AAPL, and BAC. 

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Logical Market Update: What a Tangled Web – Apple’s Earnings – What’s Next for the Markets?

What a Tangled Web – Apple’s Earnings – What’s Next For the Markets   A funny thing happened on the way to Apple’s first quarter report – they beat estimates, announced a $60 billion share buyback plan, discussed a “significant increase” in its capital return policy, which will total $100 billion by 2015 and raised

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The Importance of Closing Prices in Your Futures Trading

Hi, Traders, this is Erich again from with another edition of Tricks of the Trade. This week, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about the importance of closing prices in your futures trading strategy. I mentioned this in the manual that I pay attention to how the market closes, [...]The post The Importance of Closing Prices in Your Futures Trading appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Sunday, April 21, 2013

MACD | Moving Average Convergence Divergence

In this week but first things first. It seems like a lot of my friends are born in April. Nearly every weekend this month is occupied [...]The post MACD | Moving Average Convergence Divergence appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Friday, April 19, 2013

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Futures Trading Strategy | Learn to be Wrong

I can already hear it; what does being wrong have to do with a futures trading strategy?  I had a conversation with a client a day or so ago and I found it very troubling.  This particular person, who shall remain nameless, called to discuss his risk and money management.  More importantly and most concerning [...]

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Logical Market Update: Has the All Clear Been Sounded? Was that the Correction? Precious Metals Attempt to Rebound

Has the All Clear Been Sounded?  Was that the Correction? Bears and Bulls Battle for Control as the Precious Metals Attempt to Rebound     Last Friday’s thrashing of the Precious Metals markets brought on by a “crash” like sell off in gold was precisely what I was discussing in last Thursday’s blog.    It

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Analyze a Trade from Start to Finish | Daily vs Weekly Charts | Part 4

Part 4 in the Learn Trading series about how to analyze a trade indepth from start to finish. In this segment we look closely at the Daily vs Weekly futures charts, and there is a good reason why you need to pay attention to this lesson. Please excuse the condensed version of the Big Weekend [...]The post Analyze a Trade from Start to Finish | Daily vs Weekly Charts | Part 4 appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Friday, April 12, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Erich Analyzes a Trade From Start to Finish | Part 3 | RSI

Good evening Traders! Here t pay too much attention to the volume and open interest on the weekly chart, however, I will look a [...]The post Erich Analyzes a Trade From Start to Finish | Part 3 | RSI appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

How to Enter a Support and Resistance Trade

Hi everyone, it re going to focus on but rather an answer to a question that was emailed to me by one of the members, who was [...]The post How to Enter a Support and Resistance Trade appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Analyzing Futures Charts – Part 2

Analyzing the Canadian Dollar Monthly and Weekly Futures Charts Using Support and Resistance Because each single bar on the monthly futures charts is a whole month Part 2 appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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Futures Trading Strategy | Realistic Expectations | Trade Manager

I had a conversation with another day trader last week regarding the Hawk Micro Scalper futures trading strategy and setting realistic expectations with Trade Manager.  Initially, the conversation started great as they usually do and there was a ton of talk that revolved around those we all love to think of and [...]

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Erich Analyzes a Futures Trade From Start To Finish

Erich Analyzes the Canadian Dollar Chart Hi everyone, this is an example of a futures trade that Erich picked apart from start to finish, in a random market chosen by a student at one of the Wednesday Night Webinars. I was thinking what we might do since I see a few new names here is [...]The post Erich Analyzes a Futures Trade From Start To Finish appeared first on Support and Resistance Trading.

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TopStep Trader | NinjaTrader

Hey everybody, I wanted to post a quick update regarding  TopStep Trader and NinjaTrader.  I spoke with my contact there yesterday afternoon and was told there will be a slight delay due to some infrastructure testing that is currently being completed as I write.  I think TopStep has an awesome program and it staffed with [...]

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