200712-01

Trading is easy. Only buy stocks that are going up. If they dont go up, then don't buy them

200712-02

A bad trading habit is to wait and see how the market acts when it reaches the target or resistance zone

200712-03

You must be alert and have the ability to act quickly or the opportunity will he missed on the good trades

200712-04

Instead, the theory is used in a viable trading plan that may lead to a successful trading approach

200712-05

Trade only in the direction of the trend when the market is in the run up or run down stage

200712-06

It does not mean that the market may not trade higher in the early part of the day

200712-07

Liquidate the trade if it enters the take profit zone

200712-08

Liquidate the trade after three bars if it is not profitable

200712-09

One of the most useful tools in the traders kit are trendline and channels

200712-10

Swing trading. This trade was immediately liquidated when lack of supply was apparent by the spring

200712-11

The same is true in trading. Once the big picture is known, a trader must decide on a specific entry technique, stop point , and take profit level

200712-12

Traders who buy on a slight penetration of rally tops are frequently handed a quick loss

200712-13

Some judgment is involved in trading in this manner. This is a simple market principle that will let you get on board a market when it is slightly oversold in an uptrending market

200712-14

Bollinger Bands. You should trade with the trend

200712-15

The various technical tools previously presented are used in a coherent fashion to produce profits by trading the S&Ps

200712-16

The short-term movements have captured the imagination of traders for a long time

200712-17

Success in trading depends not just on knowing where support and resistance is located

200712-18

The foundation of all mechanical trading systems is technical analysis

200712-19

However, for the educated trader there does exist a Holy Grail

200712-20

After you have decided to trade the markets with a mechanical approach, there are several decisions you must make before you can place your initial trade

200712-21

Any mechanical trading system must have some consistent method for entering and exiting the market

200712-22

Because systematic trading has no room for subjectivity, we feel that tread following type systems are hard to beat

200712-23

We feel that longer term systems need more room to work when a trade is initially put on and most of the time a pure money management stop isn't universal

200712-24

Since we are dealing with a system that holds onto a trade for an average of less than 12 days and can possibly trade frequently, the trailing stop should be designed around these facts

200712-25

Hence all trading systems are in some form or manner pattern recognition systems

200712-26

Before the advent of the computer, traders had to spend hours testing a simple system over a few months of historical data

200712-27

How can a trader keep up with the everchanging optimal parameters?

200712-28

Money management is the most important tool to successful trading, but only about 10% of individual traders incorporate it into their trading plan

200712-29

We will use the same allocation model and apply it to the same system, but this time we will trade the bonds and soybeans

200712-30

We chose the Donchian Channel Breakout system and traded the Swiss Franc and sugar for this small portfolio

200712-31

To excel in trading requires a combination of talent and extremely hard work

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