There are many ways to actually be profitable trading stocks in the market but what you need to understand is that there's no magic indicator, there's no rule that is universal. There are rules that work and there are rules that don't work, the trick is how do you, as...
It all comes down to your psychology, which is rooted in the confidence you've got in your system and your rules. If you're finding that when you're trying to place trades, you've got impulsive reactions like "Oh, this is a good one. I'm going to place a double order...
If you want to make money consistently, you need systems that will make money from different types of market conditions, bull markets, sideways markets, bear markets, and volatile markets, quiet markets. And you also need systems that will profit from the transitions....
It all depends on the mindset that you have, just think that trading is right for you. If you're fascinated by the markets, driven to learn more, spend your spare time reading about stocks and trading in the markets or systems and indicators, then trading is right for...
Yes, it’s possible, it's easy and you could definitely do that in all cases. The best way to mitigate large losses in the case of an extreme event is to do two things. The first one is to make sure that your positions will not hurt you financially or not devastate you...
You’re always going to have conflicting signals if you’re a discretionary trader and use technical or fundamental analysis. This is why I trade systematically, because if you're a discretionary trader, then you wake up in the morning and the first thing you hear on...
Different markets and brokers have different minimums and requirements. For instance, on the Australian market, the smallest trade you can take in stocks is $500 and most brokers would have that minimum. You need that much money to get started but if YOU get started...
Any broker is going to lag your trade long so let's focus on a short side. The real question is, how can I diversify the long side and actually trade short as well? The first thing is you need a broker that will support shorting. That could be if you're in Australia,...
What trade tracking software should you use? I use AmiBroker for all of my backtesting, monitoring, scanning for new trades and monitoring my portfolio and in my actual trades are in Interactive Brokers. For more stock market questions, click here to find all my...
What should you do next if you want to learn more about systematic trading? There are two things that you can do. If you're a new trader and you like the idea of this systematic trading, then what I'm going to encourage you to do is check out my program, which is...