Many futures index traders make most of their trades based on technical analysis. If the trader is not reacting to price action, he or she is anticipating price action based on technical patterns. What technical traders may be missing is
Futures Trading Basics: All About Trailing Stop Orders
Many traders freely place a basic stop loss with every trade they enter, but trailing stops can seem more complicated and may be used less often, if at all. The purpose of a stop loss is simple to understand –
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Using Fibonacci Retracements to Sharpen Your Trading Scope
Fibonacci Retracements – What are they and more importantly how are they used in trading? They are a set of ratios derived from the Fibonacci sequence, which is a mathematical series that’s derived from the golden ratio (1.618033). It’s made
How a Simple Adam & Eve Pattern Might Have Led to a Strong Swing and Position Trade
Relative market bottoms can come in many forms. Identifying potential bottoms can be relatively easy if you know what you are looking for. While many traders are familiar with common bottom-pattern setups, one thing that isn’t discussed often is the
Exploring What Triggered the Market Crash of 2008
The market crash of 2008 was just over a decade ago, so it is still in the recent memory of many investors. It is generally undisputed that the underlying cause of the 2008-2009 bear market is the housing crisis stemming
Anticipating a Breakout – Case Study: S&P 500 on October 28, 2019
There are certain major market movements that can be anticipated simply because all eyes are on the outcome. When approaching such a critical juncture, the outcome can sometimes be explosive, either moving the markets upward or downward. Rather than focusing
How Markets Can Turn on a Dime Amid Economic Uncertainty
S&P 500 Index – Daily Chart – April 15, 2019 to October 22, 2019 Take a look at the two days in the orange box. It might not look like much from a big picture perspective but both days–September 11
Trading in the Midst of a News Story: Saudi Aramco Drone Attack (Case Study)
In the futures industry, news drives the markets. Sometimes traders are able to anticipate upcoming news as is the case with news reports; at other times, the news can be completely unexpected and can totally shock the market. These shocks
Lessons from the Bitcoin Bubble
If you walked into a grocery store or a coffee shop in December of 2017, you likely overheard several people talking about numerous cryptocurrencies, sounding almost as if they were crypto-experts. Everyone seemed to have a crypto recommendation. It was