There’s a gross misunderstanding about trailing stop losses that cause many amateur traders to misuse it… resulting in them losing money unnecessarily without even knowing why!Trailing stop losses are often used by amateur traders because they believe it maximizes profits and reduces losses. While this may be possible in theory, in practice this is rarely [...]
Stop-loss hunting is essentially the act of a powerful (i.e. wealthy) financial institution that temporarily causes the market price to hit your stop-loss order and causing you to exit the market at a loss. In this short article, I will discuss the typical market conditions that encourage stop-loss hunting, and how to avoid it.How Does [...]
You’ve read about it in the newspapers, and you see it in almost every financial trading magazine… but what exactly is a carry trade? And why is it so popular?Before I go into what happens in carry trades, allow me to briefly share with you why “carry trade” is an important concept to understand…Throughout most [...]
