Trading

Poker, Luck & Trading

By Mark | Published August 20th, 2010

Usually on Fridays I post weekend links, for the next few weeks I will be posting articles related to poker. Poker and trading share some common similarities. If you have yet to read my previous poker articles I suggest you start with the following articles: Ten lessons I have learned about trading from poker. My…

Forex From Scratch FREE eBook

By Mark | Published August 13th, 2010

Forex From Scratch is an eBook designed to teach prospective currency traders the fundamentals. It is written in an easy to understand language and can be printed and read at your leisure. Essentially the eBook came about due to the volume of email I was getting asking for basic Forex information. I hope to revise…

Timothy Sykes ShortStocking DVD Review

By Mark | Published March 19th, 2010

Timothy Sykes is nearly impossible to slap a conventional label on. He has managed to achieve what some people take a lifetime to achieve in just 28 years. He has been trader, hedge fund manager, reality TV star, publisher, author and now an educator. Sykes most notable achievement was his great trading gains made from…

The Perfect Workstation for Traders

By Mark | Published February 26th, 2010

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Designing a Simple Strategy and Introduction to Pseudo Code

By Mark | Published February 24th, 2010

Today we will be looking at designing a simple strategy and we will also start to write some pseudo code in MetaEditor. This is of course a multi part tutorial series and if you have not read the previous articles I suggest you do so before moving on to this article. In the previous article…

The Best Economic Calendars – Keep Up To Date With The Latest Announcements

By Mark | Published November 2nd, 2009

As traders of any market it is important to know what is going on in the world. By this statement I don’t mean you have to sit glued to CNBC or some other brain-dead news service. Every day there are announcements and releases of economic data that have the potential to move markets. Today I…

Risk of Ruin – How Many Trades can You Afford to Lose?

By Mark | Published September 28th, 2009

To succeed in trading and in every other aspect of our life we have to learn to deal with failure. Here are some of my favourite quotes on this matter of failure: “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative…

Anatomy of An Internet Scam

By Mark | Published July 13th, 2009

If you have been an internet user for as long as I have been I am sure you will have came across plenty of scams and blatant get rich quick frauds. My default action is to trust nothing I read on the internet unless it has the following five components: The claim fact or statement…

Ten Lessons I Have Learned About Trading From Poker

By Mark | Published April 10th, 2009

At first glance you may think that trading and poker are poles apart however after you dig under the surface you quickly realise how similar they are. If you are not familiar with the game of poker I suggest you have a read of this site. The basic rules of poker are very simple to…

NinjaTrader Futures, Forex and Equities Trading Platform

By Mark | Published June 10th, 2008

NinjaTrader is a broker independent trading platform. This means that you can use one piece of software with several different brokers. NinjaTrader is available as a free download (after providing your email address). The free download version can be used for simulation and testing. Before you download this software you should ensure your computer meets…

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