Trading Strategies

Turtle Traders

Famous commodities trader Richard Dennis was having an ongoing debate with his friend and business partner Bill Eckhardt about whether great traders are born or made – whether it is possible to teach the ability to trade successfully. While Dennis firmly bel

Metatrader Indicators

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New to Online Day Trading?

Article Contributed by Rockwell Trading Have you ever thought about becoming a day trader? Is online day trading for a living a lucrative field? What about the risk that is associated with online day trading? This article will educate you about the various types and means of online day trading,

Money Management Techniques

By Dan Blystone The Kelly Criterion The Kelly Criterion was originally developed by John Kelly while working for AT&T’s Bell Laboratory. When the method was published in 1956 it was embraced at first by the gambling community, and was then discovered as an effective money monagement tool

MetaTrader Introduction

The MetaTrader Trading Platform was built by a company called MetaQuotes. The MetaTrader platform has a built in programming language called MQL4 (MetaQuotes Language 4) that allows the user to create trading strategies. Progams written in MQL4 several different purposes including Expert Advisors, C

Calendar Spread

The Calendar Spread is a trading strategy that aims to profit from simultaneously taking a long and short position in the same futures or options contract with different delivery months. Also known as a horizontal spread.

Legendary trades

Ironically, many of the most spectacularly successful trades of all time were made of one of the so called ‘black’ days, where the market saw a huge decline. Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 22.6

Automated Trading Systems and the Forex Market

An army of small speculators have entered the forex arena armed with pooled knowledge and sophisticated technology rivaling that of large institutions. By Dan Blystone As the editor of a website focused on trading and investing I try to keep track of industry related trends and the hot topics of

Trading Systems

Introduction to Testing Trading Ideas A Sample Trading System How long should you Backtest a Trading System? How to Develop a Profitable Trading System What account size do I need? Why You Should Trade more than one Trading System New to Online Day Tradi

Why You Should Trade more than one Trading System

Recently I received the following question: “You suggested that we should have 2 or 3 systems to trade. Why?” Trading more than one system smoothens your equity curve. You should at least trade 2 systems: A trend following system in a trending market and