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On April 25, 2017, I took $10,000 to trade commodities…

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    Month: November 2017

    Copper’s falling wedge, 10-to-1 reward-to-risk potential

    Potential setup in Copper, March 2018 contract. If it breaks $3.12, depending on the today’s low, it can be a 10-to-1 reward-to-risk trade, if it hits $3.28,…… Read more “Copper’s falling wedge, 10-to-1 reward-to-risk potential”

    November 21, 2017 by The Journeyman Trader

    Trading is not investing

    Stop calling trading “investing”.  You can invest in a trading business, but the business of trading is not investing. An investment is expected to go up.  You…… Read more “Trading is not investing”

    November 20, 2017April 4, 2018 by The Journeyman Trader

    Don’t fight the trend

    I’ve seen so many traders calling the next reversal and probably loose their shirts over it.  It’s especially difficult to resist the temptation to take a counter-trend…… Read more “Don’t fight the trend”

    November 18, 2017November 16, 2017 by The Journeyman Trader

    Get used to go short

    Shorting a market apparently doesn’t come natural.  Maybe is the influence from the investment world, where shorting a stock is perceived almost anti-American (see here, here, and…… Read more “Get used to go short”

    November 17, 2017November 16, 2017 by The Journeyman Trader

    A win, is not always a win

    EQUITY RUN UPDATE:  $15,375 //  + 53.75% since inception (Apr. 2017).   If you want sports at all, among the many cliches that coaches express on a…… Read more “A win, is not always a win”

    November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 by The Journeyman Trader

    Good things take time, just like price reversals

    One-day trend reversals are memorable.  They happen so fast that you don’t have time to react, especially if you wait, as you should, for the end of…… Read more “Good things take time, just like price reversals”

    November 11, 2017November 9, 2017 by The Journeyman Trader

    Inside the ATR = gambling

    There are some who have developed good day-trading strategies that are successful.  For the rest of us, trading within a day’s price range is the equivalent of…… Read more “Inside the ATR = gambling”

    November 9, 2017April 4, 2018 by The Journeyman Trader

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