Trading

Maybe you are learning to trade or maybe you have been trading for a while and are still looking for a successful recipe for trading the markets?

Either way, you will benefit from watching this video below.

In the video I discuss a trade that I took this morning on the DAX. The trade was exactly in […]

If you want a trading system for day trading then in my opinion you can do much worse than learn Ant’s Gold trading system. I use this system for Day Trading on a daily basis and it works a treat for me.

Today I took four trades with it on the DOW indices, which is one […]

In early 2021, after 10 years of research, dedication and practice I finally released Ants’ Gold – day trading system to the world.

Having backtested it, paper traded it, and live traded it until I was blue in the face I was able to provide this system to students at our Trading Academy for use […]

Adopt habits from successful traders – Parts 9&10

9. Learn how to backtest your trading system effectively

Backtesting means extensive testing of all aspects of a trading system over a long period of time. 

Day Traders – Go back over 100,000 price periods on your chosen timeframe. For a 1 minute chart, this equates to about […]

We are already on to component number eight to successful trading. Successful traders Part 8 – Keep accurate and detailed records of your trades.

This is the eighth habit of highly successful traders. 

We are going to keep it simple today. 

My message today (meant with the best possible intention), is: “Keep paper/digital records of every […]

Learn how the Institutions trade to beat them at their game – BIG BANKS, HEDGE FUNDS and your broker!

This is part 7 of our series – The 10 Essential Components to Successful Trading.

Institutions mostly take a longer term trading perspective than individuals. They pay attention to fundamental news, company finances, profit and loss equations and they […]

The key to understanding price charts is to think in terms of buyers and sellers. Let’s begin to understand what VALUE is in the context of trading – read the bigger picture in order to measure buying and selling pressure

When is a good time to buy anything? When the price is low, right? When is […]

Learn to accept losses as a cost of doing business – this is the way to manage your emotions in trading.

Traders tend to get stuck in the short-term. Short-term wins giving them elation and short-term losses leaving them fearful and in despair. One of the keys to managing emotions in trading is to keep in […]

One of the hidden challenges in trading is that in order to trade profitably you must be able to find trades where you can sensibly manage your risk (potential losses).

This may seem like a dull subject to you but if you don’t manage your risk properly then you will never be profitable in the long […]

Understand the difference between trending and ranging markets – 10 Habits of Highly Successful Traders (Part 3)

Take a look at the chart above. Is the market in a trend or a trading range? 

It is an uptrend, isn’t it?

How do we know that it is an uptrend? The market is making higher highs and higher lows 

Look […]