Trading Tips

Keeping track of your exposure during trading is a fundamental aspect of risk and money management. If you find yourself getting stopped out a lot, or that your account balance isn't holding up as you expected, it might be because you… Read More

When using momentum indicators, most traders focus on the RSI and stochastics indicators, which are more well known. However, along with these indicators, traders can also use the Parabolic SAR indicator which was developed by the creator… Read More

In the trading station on your MT4 platform, on the bottom you'll see a tab that says "exposure," and this opens up a handy bar graph and pie chart. What's this for? Well, it measures your exposure, sure, but how can you use that to your… Read More

Once you've got your trading plan in place, it's time to put it in practice. This is the fun part that got you interested in trading in the first place, so you've likely already put a lot of thought into it. However, there are some ideas… Read More

We already went over the similarities between trading and financial management. Now we are going to get a little deeper into each one of the elements of management that could help with your trading. Planning to succeed Having a plan… Read More

For a lot of traders, trading is something of a hobby, and they approach it with the same level of disorganization that they do their stamp collection. On the other hand, some hobbyists take their actions seriously and act with… Read More

You might have noticed, especially if you are getting into trading, that traders are confronted with two bits of crucial advice that seem somewhat contradictory: On the one hand, brokers will insist in all their disclaimers that "past… Read More

We previously talked about the differences between fixed and moving stop-losses, and if the latter seems like something that could help you with your trading, here are some things you might want to consider. To reiterate, a moving… Read More

Understanding the importance of stop losses, whether you are using them just for security or as an integral part of your strategy, there is still a debate among traders about whether fixed or moving stop losses are better - or, a… Read More

The simple moving average (SMA) is probably the most basic indicator that traders have, but as previously discussed, it has a lot of uses. Partially because of this, it's one of the most universal indicators, and as such becomes something… Read More