Site Map Pages About Us Affiliates Blog Bookstore Courses Disclaimer eBooks FAQ Home Interviews Newsletter Privacy Policy Published Resources Social Media Terms & Conditions Contact Posts by category Category: Other Another 50 Ticks! My Interview with Aaron Fifield from Chat With Traders What Makes YourTradingCoach.com Different to Other Trading Educators Reader Feedback – Light Bulb Moments How Trades are Displayed on YTC Charts Caution – Lazy Preparation of Education Material Applying for One-on-One Coaching Category: Trader When your Trap Radar needs Recalibration! Embrace the Suck Resume the Fight at a Time of YOUR Choosing Mindset – You vs Me Wait till it’s Clear of Recent Structure Pre-Acceptance of Trade Risk Missed Opportunity Mindset Hack A Shift in Mindset – 2 A Shift in Mindset How I Think on Trade Exit What’s Going On when you Hold Past the Stop The Mindset of a Champion Learning from Baseball’s “Mental Reset” A Small Hack which has GREATLY Improved Consistency Remain Focused and Get In on the Retest Improving and Maintaining FOCUS for Day Traders It Wasn’t Mine To Take. But the Next One Will Be. Is This a Trade You Would Take if You Were in Drawdown? Trading Alongside the Uncertainty and Fear An Entry Mindset with a Whole Lot Less Fear You Can’t Catch Them All Employing a Self-Distancing Strategy to Improve Journaling and Review If You Suffer From Too Much Impulsive Trading… I Was Wrong Again Fighting to Regain Losses It’s Not About Being Right Why Did I Not Enter Short on Rejection from Resistance? A Tactical Withdrawal Patience is a Key Component of your Edge (Part 2) Patience is a Key Component of your Edge (Part 1) A Thought Experiment That Might Just Get You Profitable Not All Sessions Provide Equal Opportunity Do No Harm Stop Fighting an Obvious Market Bias Sometimes All You Need is a Slight Shift in Perspective There is NO SUCH THING as Missed Opportunity You Won’t Be Successful Until You’re Ok With Losing! Some Days Are Just A Grind! The First Loss – How Will You Let It Affect Your Mindset? Dealing with Frustrating Price Sequences Start Again – Start Better – Start Smarter If I Could Only Take One Trade Trader Motivation Hacks – Number Two Trader Motivation Hacks – Number One Improving Performance by Optimising Your Time Perspective My Daily “Trading Psychology” Routine Anticipate – Don’t React The Imperfect Trader Sometimes The Markets Seem Cruel Be Water My Friend Background Music for Focus Expect Imperfection – Part Two Expect Imperfection Do You Need A Better Belief System Improving Focus – The Essential First Step Sometimes you need TIME-OUT Prime Your Brain for a Permanent Performance Gain (in a Few Minutes) How do I work on Emotions? Maintaining Good Eyesight and Reducing Strain Creating the Conditions for Success Does Trading Add Value to Society? How I Maintain Focus Biofeedback for Trader Psychology A Passion for Trading How Can I Get More Discipline? Trading Angry? F**k Yeah! Reducing Trading Anxiety through Clean Charts Improve Your Trading Focus through the use of Aviation Scanning Techniques What We Fear In Trading Is… My Biphasic Sleep Experiment 7 Steps to Surviving a Trading Slump Controlling Greed Forming a Bias The Greatest Trading Loss A Trading Psychology Lesson From a Nine Year Old Trader Fatigue Management Trading Psychology – Doubt Category: Trading Business One of the Best Habits I Acquired along my Trading Journey My Go-To Method for Solving Trading Problems – Part Two My Go-To Method for Solving Trading Problems What if you Redefined your Primary Role as a Discretionary Trader? Thoughts Leading into the New Year The Counter-Intuitive Path to Trading Success Slow, Steady, Incremental Progress 30 Days to Becoming a Better Trader You’re Fired! Never Stop Experimenting If you are not growing as a trader, then this is the problem… So When Should You Quit? Why You SHOULDN’T Get Anyone to Review Your Trade 3 Methods to Manage a Negative Expectancy Setup This is NOT a Game of Winning Every Day That is a LONG TIME to be without Internet How to Kick-Start Your Growth and Development An Exceptional Example of Historical Chart Study It is NOT your job to win on any particular trade! Before Making Changes to your Strategy, Ask These Questions… Stretching to the Next Level – Followup Stretching to the Next Level The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! (Part 2) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! A 50% Win Rate IS Enough Trade Less; Review More! Review and Improve Keep It Simple Your Number One Priority… Survive the Learning Phase! CONSISTENCY – It’s a NECESSARY part of the process! Seeing the Market in New Ways Finding The Places Other Traders Got It Really Wrong Miscellaneous Thoughts on Making Progress as a Trader You Won’t Consistently Win Until You Fix This First Time Management for Traders What If You Did This Every Day? It’s Time to Fight to Get to the Next Level – Examples It’s Time to Fight to Get to the Next Level Market Structure and Price Action Journal Categories There Are Days When You Should Not Trade Are You Closer To Profitability Than You Thought? Build a Visual Library of MUST-TRADE Scenarios Why Do We Create and Regularly Review our Market Structure and Price Action Journal? The Path to Increased Understanding of Price Action and Market Structure As A Discretionary Trader, How Do I Define My Edge? Day After Monster Trend Day Do This to Increase Learning Every Session NinjaTrader Tips – Displaying Price and NYSE Tick on One Chart Order Entry Error – Immediate Actions Market Structure and Price Action Study A Simple Step to Becoming a Better Trader Gap Closure You Can Do This! Trading a Small Account with One Contract (Part Two) Trading a Small Account with One Contract (Part One) How Many Hours A Day Should I Practice? Don’t Break the Chain – A Simple Tool to Improve Consistency Post-Session Chart Review Trade Review Examples NinjaTrader Tips and Techniques Session Management – Should We Use Daily Profit Targets or Not? Trading – A Dynamic and Ever-Evolving Process of Growth and Development Are You Creating and Using Your Market Structure Journal? Reviewing Old Charts The Second Greatest Trading Book in the World 5 Steps to Effective New Years Trading Resolutions Don’t Waste the Christmas / New Year Break Productivity Tip – Increased Webinar and Video Playback Speed If Your Trading Performance is Good, it’s Only Because You Haven’t Yet Made it Better My Post-It Note Trading Plan 3 Simple Steps to Accelerate Your Learning Fitting Trading Into Life Using MindMaps to Organise Your Trading Education The 12 Elements of Trading Success Linking your Trading Journal to your Charts Have You Ever Thought to Protect Against These Trading Risks? My Post-Session Routine – Reader Tips My Post-Session Routine My Pre-Session Routine How to Conduct an Effective Trading Session Review – 2 of 2 How to Conduct an Effective Trading Session Review – 1 of 2 The Greatest Trading Book – Ever! When is the Best Time to Trade Forex? Which Market Should I Be Trading? Time for a First-Quarter Review Transitioning from Part-Time to Full-Time Daytrading: Ensuring Sufficient Income Trading Journal – What is the Minimum Data You MUST Record? Improving Your Trading Results The Need for Trading Rules Business Risk Management – Rule of Three Trading Timeframe Selection The Holy Grail Secret to Trading Success Category: Trading Process and Strategy Trend Change Study Traps at the Open – 2 Traps at the Open Traps just before RTH Open Quality Vs Quantity Sideways Trend into the Open Metagame Entry Timing First Pullback in a NEW Directional Trend Trading a Massive Increase in Emotion First Pullback after Significant Structural Change Trading with a Guard Rail for Increased Confidence in Bias Three Key YTC Lessons in this Opening Price Sequence! Traps on a Retest of a Level Applying a Degree of Confidence to Price Targets Trading the Price Spike High or Low Nothing “Always” Happens An Exit is Never Final… Trading the Edges of a Sideways Market Find Your A+ Trades Focus on Catching These Trades First Order Entry Error – Again Chasing Performance What Puts You In Sync (or Out of Sync) With Price Flow? Traps Immediately After the Open It’s All About Real-Time Contextual Decision Making Simple Session Bias – 3 (Spot Forex) Trade When You See Edge. Stand Aside When You Don’t! Simple Session Bias – 2 Simple Session Bias Patience at the Open The Other Trader (6) Daily Market Structure & Price Action Study – 5 Keep this in mind for EVERY counter-trend trade Higher Timeframe Pattern Breakout – 2 Higher Timeframe Pattern Breakout What if you Narrowed Your Focus? A Failed Break of One Side Leads to… When Obvious Expectations Fail Daily Market Structure & Price Action Study – 4 Daily Market Structure & Price Action Study – 3 Daily Market Structure & Price Action Study – 2 Daily Market Structure & Price Action Study – 1 Inside Bars at the End of a Price Swing Structure within Structure Don’t Overcomplicate Things – 3 Focus on the Obvious Moves First Don’t Overcomplicate Things – 2 Watch Post-Breakout Behaviour – 3 Watch Post-Breakout Behaviour – 2 Watch Post-Breakout Behaviour – 1 Don’t Overcomplicate Things – 1 Wait for the Partial Decline or Partial Rise Don’t Let Minor Trade Ideas Distract You from Execution of the Main Trade TTF Narrow Range Bar Entry Seeking Entry on the Wholesale Side of the Market Structure Caught on the Wrong Side of the HTF Trap Higher Timeframe Trap – Everyone Long Above This Level is WRONG! Stop – Pause to Reassess – Reverse Two Attempts – Then Reassess (2) The Other Trader (5) LTF Entry Patterns can also trigger Exit Let It Fail First – Then Get In Reverse Trendline Breakout Failure Clues to a Quiet Trading Session Sometimes You Get It Wrong Before You Get It Right Trading an Uncertain Trend Learning from the Must-Trade Price Sequences A Simple Alternative Means of Assessing Short-Term Bias & Market Strength/Weakness – Part 2 A Simple Alternative Means of Assessing Short-Term Bias & Market Strength/Weakness Momentum Doesn’t Always Continue Higher Timeframe Forex – When The Market Can’t Push Lower Metagame Entry – After You’ve Made a Dumb Trade! Trade Opportunity at Spike Highs Opportunity Exists where you find Frustrated Traders – Part 2 Opportunity Exists where you find Frustrated Traders Trade Review – Should He Have Exited? Wrong Wrong Wrong Right How Do You Find Time to Plan a Trade on a 1-Minute Timeframe? The Key to Early Recognition of Potential Change in Structure The Key to Effective Active Trade Management Studying a Higher Timeframe Trap Start Your Session With IF-THEN Scenarios A BOF Trade with Many YTC Concepts Leaning Your Entry Against Other Price Action If you find yourself out of your trade, the reality is that you won’t always find a way back in! “But it’s scary!” “What if it fails?” The Other Trader (4) Using Pre-Session Data to Confirm Levels Wait till the Reversal Trader is Trapped Open Drive – First Pullback Trader Performance Drills – Part Two You WILL Have Trade Sequences Where You Are Out Of Sync With The Market Where Price Can’t Go Trading the Retest of a Point of Structural Change Two Attempts – Then Reassess Selling Because The Market Can’t Rally The Other Trader (3) The Other Trader (2) Metagame Trading Reversals Often Give Multiple Clues Traps – This One Needed Patience Order Entry Error – Immediate Actions & Working an Exit Trade Management Requires a Constant Reassessment of Probability The Other Trader Defining “No-Trade Zones” Let It Turn. Then Find Your Entry. I’d Take These Trades EVERY TIME. Here’s Why… How to Enter When the Pullback Shows Strength Fading the Edges of the Market Structure YTC Ideas on Forex Daily Charts One of the Advantages of Low Timeframes Trading Failed Expectations Who Would Buy Here? False Breakout Trap Review Retesting the Point of Structural Change You’ve GOT to Target Multiple-R Winners You Don’t Have To Catch The Absolute Top Reviewing a 50 Tick Winner Trade Opportunity Is Found Where Expectations Fail to Meet Reality Pullback Test of Short-Term Resistance My Thoughts Pre-Entry Watch Breaks Against Bias for Failure Opportunity Surf the Waves Professionals Traded Here! What Were They Seeing That You Couldn’t See? Confirmation is Risk! (Part 2) Confirmation is Risk! (Part 1) Spring the Trap Is This a Stupid Trade? Is this Market Bullish or Bearish? Entry After An Extended Complex Pullback Where Would You Enter Short? What to do if You Missed the Opening Drive Good Losses It’s a Process – 4 – Changing Bias Reader Trade Review – ES Test of Resistance Context Can Also Involve Time… Not Just Price Structural Trades Breaks Against Bias – Their Failure is My Success WLSR – Not Win% What Doesn’t Happen – Is Important Information Open in the Vicinity of Prior Day’s Low Support Reader Session Review Buy Because There Are No More Sellers (with lower timeframe) Things Do Not Change – We Change Feeling Joy When I Look at this Price Action One Trade Can Make a Session Not Every Trade Sequence is a Winner Pattern Breakout Entry Before the Breakout Will This Trade Win? IF-THEN Analysis at Session Open Late Session Breakout – Early Session Opportunity – Email Q&A Late Session Breakout – Early Session Opportunity Dealing with Psychological Pressure Post-Entry Trading Timeframe Narrow Range Bar Entry – Part Two Trading Timeframe Narrow Range Bar Entry – Part One Avoid What is Strong – Strike at What is Weak! One Trade – Multiple YTC Concepts Did You Miss the Opening Drive? Test of Opening Range S/R The Two S/R Levels You Must Have On Your Charts Trade Management is More Important than Trade Entry Structural Entries Allow For Imperfection The Psychology of Re-Entry Price Action Is Not Always What It Seems Retest of the Point of Contraction How did I know this trade would win? Traps Against Bias Would Re-Entry Improve Your Edge? Isn’t Buying at the Lower Low just Trying to Catch a Falling Knife? Where Do You See Opportunity? Real Opportunity is Found at the Edges of Market Structure YTC Intro to TA – Unfinished Video Series Expecting a Breakout Failure Reviewing Key Price Action Sequences A Failed Break of a Range will lead to a Test of the Other Side Grinding Channel Break Wait for the Fakeout Learning – When the Markets are Closed Long at Support Small Wins, Small Losses, Large Wins… But NO Large Losses Buy because there are No More Sellers Price Action Principles – Timeframe Independent When Struggling – Return to First Principles The Trade is NOT Over till the Premise is Invalid First Pullback after Structural Change Individual Trade Results Are Irrelevant Identifying SMA Turn Points Ahead of Time Every Price Interaction with Support or Resistance is Unique Clarifying Timeframe Confusion 123-Pattern Entry Triggers Don’t Confuse Knowledge with Knowing Candlestick Pattern Q&A Narrow Range Sideways – Where is the Best Opportunity? Staying Ahead of Price Taking Profits – Adjust to Suit the Environment Lower Timeframe Ledge Entry Bar-by-Bar Analysis via One Simple Question Simple Pullback or Complex Pullback? Look to Past Price Action for Clues! Gaining Confidence in Taking the Trap Entries – 2 Trading the Edges Establishing a Bias From the Open (Part 2 of 2) Traps… All Markets… All Timeframes – 2 Establishing a Bias From the Open (Part 1 of 2) Should I Avoid the First 10 Minutes? Gaining Confidence in Taking the Trap Entries What Were They Thinking? Traps… All Markets… All Timeframes! Scaling In and Out It’s a Process – 3 – Longer Timeframes Pullback Specialist Difficult Sessions – How Should This Have Been Traded Trading with the Right Expectations Entry Before Breakout – Example Active Trade Management – Reassessing Risk and Opportunity Longer Timeframe Trap It’s a Process – 2 Stop Hoping Your Trade Will Win It’s a Process The Role of Luck in Trading OMG! One of My Trades Lost Money! Expectations for the Pre-Holiday Session Focus on the Right Timeframe When Fighting the Trend… (Part Two) Exploiting Pattern Failures The Reality of the Market When Fighting the Trend Losing Sessions – Expect Them! A Better Way to Classify Candlesticks Trading Higher Timeframes Every Session Contains Learning Opportunity Avoiding Lower Probability Environments Create Your Own Trading Success Journal Candlesticks equal Price Bars Trade Entry Triggers – Micro-Trendline Breaks Double Inside Bar Setup and Trigger Counter-Trend Breakout Failure Reader Email – A Breakthrough in Understanding Sentiment Lower Timeframe Triggers into Trading Timeframe Setups Trading with Context via a Wider and Multiple Timeframe Perspective Trade Review – Pullback More… Anticipating Traps The Double Failure Pattern (Revisited) Lower Timeframe 3-Swing Retrace Entry And Again… Anticipating Traps The Three Steps from TA Amateur to TA Professional Session Open Breakout Pullback Stopped Out… But The Premise Remains Valid! Winning Through Losing Better (2 of 2) Where is the Bias after a Strong Impulse Move? Winning Through Losing Better (1 of 2) Fast Trend Shallow Pullback When to Doubt a Pullback Advanced Trade Management Options How To Make a Strategy Your Own – 2 If I Wanted to Limit Myself to ONE Setup Only! Defining the Market Environment How Could I Have Analysed This Better? Is Forex a Casino? Climactic Break Above Grind 3 Different Breakout Pullbacks… 3 Different Outcomes Market Manipulation? Or just Human Nature? Stop and Reverse The Key to Seeing Orderflow Limit Orders at Range Boundary S/R is a Decision Area, not an Impenetrable Barrier! Patience – Wait for the Trap The Double Failure Pattern Sorry To Be So Blunt! Surrender your Fate to the Markets Apparently The Hanging Man Didn’t Make Any Difference You Have Too Much Focus on Individual Trade Results Traps at the Higher Structural Level A Strategy Implementation Plan Different Breakout Entry Options A Bias-Changing Event 210 Ticks in 5 Minutes: Could You Have Caught This Move? Impulse Against Your Trade: Should You Hold or Scratch? How Quickly Can You Identify the Current Market Environment? Price Movement Offers Clues to Market Bias Sometimes a Free-Trade is Not the Best Option Active Management and Defensive Exit – An Example Why Was This Trade a Winner? This is the REAL Challenge of Trading How I Define and Use an S/R Framework when Price is in No Man’s Land The Most Reliable Price Swings Managing Part Two of your Trade Who Will Give Up First? The Most Important Question You Can Ask How To Make a Strategy Your Own Asian Session False Breakout Definition – Depth YTC Beginners Guide to Technical Analysis Definition – Projection Are You Struggling Counter Trend? Trading is a Fight! Do Higher Timeframes Trend Better? Not Always! Trading Counter-Trend Against Market Bias S/R Levels – When Do They Become Invalid? Comfortable Lies and Uncomfortable Truths What is Price Action Analysis? I’m Trading What I See, Not What I Think! So Why Am I Still Anxious? What is Scalping? There is a Lesson in EVERY Trading Session – Part 2 There is a Lesson in EVERY Trading Session Volume Analysis – The YTC Way Patterns vs Context Conflicting Trends on Different Timeframes – How I Read This Chart! Self-deception – According to Kierkegaard – Part 2 Self-deception – According to Kierkegaard – Part 1 A New Market Model – The Market As A Self-Deception Mechanism – Part 2 of 2 A New Market Model – The Market Is A Self-Deception Mechanism – Part 1 of 2 6.18 Reasons Why Fibonacci Is An Illusion What Is Wrong With This Entry? What Was That? (EUR/JPY, Jan 28th, 2011) Trading a Choppy Overlapping Pullback In-between Breakeven and Profit What Does an Edge Look Like on a Chart? Complete Candlestick Charting Patterns Video Series Entering A Breakout Before The Breakout Complete Price Bar Reversal Patterns Video Series When Does The Trend Change? Random Markets? Absolutely Not! Micro-Channel False-Breakout Counter-Trend Entry Acceleration Into S/R – Wait For the 2nd Chance Entry Price Action – Lagging or Leading? The ID-NR4 Setup Profit from the Pain of the Other Trader Supply / Demand Trade Review Trading Gaps Learning to Identify Key Setup Areas What is Market Replay? Better than Candlestick Patterns – Part Five Better than Candlestick Patterns – Part Four Better than Candlestick Patterns – Part Three Better than Candlestick Patterns – Part Two Reader Trade Review – 22 July 2010 Better than Candlestick Patterns – Part One Trader Performance Drills Where to Trigger Entry into a Pullback Support and Resistance on Composite Indices Losses Are Information Market Analysis Example – Narrow Range Sideways Sports and Trading – Finding Your Forté How I Define the Trend Stay Ahead of the Aircraft Are Short Timeframes Just Noise? Scalping Support Becomes Resistance – A Trade Example Panic – 6 May 2010 Another Breakout Pullback Example The Most Important Trading Stats Breakout Pullbacks – Sometimes They Come Fast Profiting From What the Market Doesn’t Do Active vs. Passive Trade Management Dumb Trades – They Happen! My Favorite Indicator Climactic Reversals – Where is the Entry? Avoid These Trading Days Tick or Range Charts vs Time Based Charts – Example 2 Trading Success – Predicting the Unpredictable Tick or Range Charts vs Time Based Charts Pulling the Trigger – This Entry Strategy May Help… Forex Opening Range Breakout Strategy Profiting from Trapped Traders – Revisited Candlestick Pattern Win Percentages Setups Based on Other Trader’s Stop Areas Stop Running – And What You Can Do About It Trading the Most-Challenging Market Environments Would You Buy or Sell Based on this Price Action? Rock Paper Scissors – A Trading Analogy! CAUTION: Volatility Situational Awareness for Traders The Confusion of Trends on Different Timeframes Trapped Traders – Part 2 How Support and Resistance Areas are Created Improving Exits & Win Loss Size Ratio Trapped Traders – Part 1 Advanced Candlestick Analysis (Part 2 of 2) Advanced Candlestick Analysis (Part 1 of 2) Are Short Timeframes Too Risky For Beginners? One of my Favorite Setups Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 9 – The Pivot Point Reversal Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 8 – The Island Reversal Real Traders Use Candlesticks… or do they? Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 7 – The Key Reversal A Great Beginners Trading Strategy Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 6 – The Hook Reversal Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 5 – The Closing Price Reversal Stops – Frustrating! Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 4 – The Open Close Reversal Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 3 – The Bullish Rejection Pattern Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 2 – The Bearish Rejection Pattern Price Bar Reversal Patterns – Video 1 – Introduction Tight Stops How Do You Know When To Exit How Is My Trading Influenced by the News? Three Losses in a Row Candlestick Charting – Video 16 – Morning Star Support and Resistance 4 – Round Numbers Candlestick Charting – Video 15 – Evening Star Your Trading Problems are Your Path to Success Support and Resistance 3 – Areas of Congestion A Common Indicator Mistake Candlestick Charting – Video 14 – The Bullish Engulfing Pattern Candlestick Charting – Video 13 – The Bearish Engulfing Pattern Support and Resistance 2 – Swing Highs and Lows Candlestick Charting – Video 12 – Piercing Pattern Support and Resistance – the Greatest Trading Tool Candlestick Charting – Video 11 – Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick Charting – Video 10 – Harami Trader Q&A – Price Action Why Price Moves – An Introduction Candlestick Charting – Video 9 – Doji Stop Losses – My Biggest Downfall Trading Problems – Maintaining Focus Candlestick Charting – Video 8 – Inverted Hammer The Importance of Exit Strategy – Video Series The Importance of Exit Strategy – Part 3 The Importance of Exit Strategy – Part 2 The Importance of Exit Strategy – Part 1 Dealing With Market Uncertainty Candlestick Charting – Video 7 – Hammer Candlestick Charting – Video 6 – Hanging Man The Hidden Secret of Technical Analysis Candlestick Charting – Video 5 – Shooting Star Candlestick Charting – Video 4 – Candle Pattern Stages Price Analysis – A Top-Down Approach Candlestick Charting – Video 3 – Candle Addition and Development Candlestick Charting – Video 2 – Candlestick Sentiment Candlestick Charting – Video 1 – Candlestick Design
