Dan Blystone

Capturing Trend Days

TradersLog — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:07:00 +0000

A trend day occurs when there is an expansion in the daily trading range and the open and close are near opposite extremes. The first half-hour of trading often comprises less than 10% of the day’s total range; there is usually very little intraday price retracement.

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Dan Zanger – “10 Keys I Use to Recognize Market Reversals”

TradersLog — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:25:00 +0000

Learning to recognize key turning points in markets is one of the most important lessons any trader can learn.

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Introduction to the Carry Trade

TradersLog — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:38:00 +0000

In this article we'll cover a non-directional trading strategy that has been popular among banks and hedge funds, yet is lesser known among retail traders.

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Using Volume to Make Better Trades

TradersLog — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:52:31 +0000

I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked what tools I use to trade. It would be easy money because my answer is always the same: chart patterns and volume.

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Using Market Internals to Improve Your Trading

TradersLog — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 14:04:37 +0000

The Market Internals are similar to the instrument cluster on your car, without them you really don’t know which direction you are headed or how fast you’re moving.

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The Power of Persistency

TradersLog — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:25:00 +0000

Trading Persistent PullbacksBy Dave Landry “One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.” – Occam’s Razor “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo Davinci In Was Right In Front Of Me All Along I spent many years searching for the perfect methodology. I would wake up early

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Catch a Falling Knife…

TradersLog — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:38:00 +0000

“How to buy bottoms and sell tops with confidence.”By Jason Alan Jankovsky, FOREX Analyst & Trader Almost any trader with some experience has heard the trading maxim (or rule) “Don’t try to catch a falling knife…” It usually refers to buying a market falling in price and alludes to how dangerous it can be to

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Leading Signals with Lagging Indicators?

TradersLog — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:57:00 +0000

We’ve all spent time pouring over various indicators, trading systems, and other gizmos, trying them in various combinations, and often to our eventual frustration and disappointment.

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How to Trade News

TradersLog — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:32:17 +0000

One of the most popular ways to trade forex is to trade economic data and news releases. Most people may have heard of the saying News Moves Markets.

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