Trading Psychology

Vela Technology shares (LSE:VELA) are quite choppy, ugly and unattractive. The market has been going in a zigzag manner. Price is a kind of bullish, but that signal is not that strong. Right now, price is above the EMA 21, while the Williams’ % Range period 20 is in the overbought territory. That means there […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bullish Although the bias on this pair is bullish, bulls are getting tired of pushing price upwards. Price consolidated last week, moving between the resistance line at 1.1200 and the resistance line at 1.1300, before it closed below the resistance line at 1.1200 on Friday. […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bullish This pair consolidated in the first few days of last week, and then went slightly upwards. On Friday, price closed above the support line at 1.1250, targeting the resistance line at 1.1300. The outlook on EUR pairs, however, is bearish for this week, which […]

The problem of trading in uncertain times crept up on the Mentor Program Alumni forum and I have been thinking about my answer. The original answer I gave is shown below – I think one of the things you need to be able to do is to define what uncertainty is. If you opt for […]

When I first went to university the initial week was filled with the usual getting to know the lay of the land such as how the library works (in a surprisingly mysterious way I might add), where various labs where and what the protocol for various subjects was. One of the most striking events was […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bullish This pair went sideways from Monday to Wednesday, and then started rising upwards on Thursday, in the context of an uptrend. Price is now very close to the resistance line at 1.1000. This week, it is possible for the market, and other EUR pairs, […]

GOLD (XAUUSD) Dominant Bias: Bullish Gold is bullish in the long-term and bearish in the short-term. Price went upwards from April 3 to 17, and then began to be corrected lower. The lower correction has not been significant enough to override the recent bullish bias on the market. However, several more days of bearish movement […]

It may seem a contradiction to say that you don’t want to pay attention to the profit of a trade. In fact, many of you might be saying that this guy must be smoking rope to say that profit is unimportant. Well, to clarify, that is not what is being said. Of course, profit is […]

Speculation would first seem to be one of the easiest things on earth because you might think of making money by hitting bid and ask buttons for trading instruments of your choice. Hitting bid and ask buttons can be learned by everybody, but it remains a mystery that doing this does not bring easy money. […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bearish This pair went upwards early last week, tested the resistance line at 1.0900 and then nosedived by almost 250 pips. Price is now very close to the support line at 1.0650, which would be breached to the downside as price goes towards another support […]