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Trailing Stops. Yay, or Nay?

A hefty chunk of today’s forex trading is automated, not just HFT, but retail trading too. An example of an automated approach to say, risk management, is a trailing stop. There’s a perception that automated trading refers strictly to trading …

Bouncing Back After a Forex Losing Streak

In forex trading, it’s impossible to win all the time. The reality is, the odds are more in favour of you losing money, rather than winning. It’s for this reason that money management, and the way you cope with a …

How to Take Advantage of Oil and the CAD’s Cozy Relationship

I personally don’t tend to pay too much attention to correlations between various instruments, however it’s hard to argue against the significance of the relationship between oil and the Canadian Dollar, or CAD. It’s frequently touted by various nations that …

China & the US Continue to Clash

As we saw in May, the China-US trade negotiations to an unexpected turn which resulted in the US launching an irrational, hot-headed campaign against private tech company, Huawei. As a result, both economies face some harsh realities. But why were …

HFT – The Rise of the Machines

In the Forex market, even though we’re just humble price action traders, it’s impossible to ignore or escape the fabled High-Frequency Trading (HFT) industry. To grasp the impact the HFT has on the market and its prices, we need to …

What’s a Mental Stop Loss and Why Should You Avoid It?

A mental stop loss is a place where you’re “supposed” to exit your trade, but seldom do. For me, a mental stop loss is nothing more than an excuse to hang on to a losing trade, which makes it very …

Learning to Lose so you can Win at Forex Trading

Regardless of how good your trading strategy may be, you will never win 100% of your trades. Whether you choose to agree or disagree doesn’t really matter, because as soon as you accept this fact, you’ll be on your way …

Trading confluence: Stack the odds in your favour

As I’ve touched on in the past, I’m a HUGE fan of using areas of confluence when it comes to Forex trading… or trading any market for that matter. Originally found in the stock market since pretty much forever, traders …

Dealing with the Dreaded Losing Streak

Any trader who has skin in the game for a while has probably accepted that sooner or later, a losing streak is inevitable. No one is immune to them. When the time comes and the market goes against you, different …

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