I’ve said many times over the years that one of the key parts of my edge is an ability to sit on the sidelines and WAIT for more favourable market conditions. Patience! If you think about it, you might expect to take tens of thousands of trades over the next few decades. So if the…
It’s trade time. Let’s do it! See here for full details on how to identify and trade this setup. And more importantly… why we take it. And there you were through the whole process, cool, calm and collected. Right? Ok, maybe not? More likely, pre-entry, you were consumed with doubt and hesitation. – “What if…
We have talked a LOT over recent years about the importance of reviewing trade stats in GROUPS. And using this analysis to drive our growth and development. This simple concept here: I still believe this is the best way to monitor the health of your business and to drive improvement. Small groups, occurring regularly. With…
I had an interesting thought while trading (or trying to trade) the following sequence: And then I thought… In over 10 years of writing for YTC, I don’t recall anyone EVER sending me a chart and saying that they’re pissed off that they missed a trade… WHICH WOULD HAVE LOST. Maybe, like my initial reaction,…
The following chart was sent to me by a trader who just completed his very first futures trade. It shows the MNQ (Micro E-mini NASDAQ) on a 3 minute timeframe, YTC Price Action Trader BOF Setup off the overnight low and prior day’s low support. A one part position (all-in-all-out). He took a small loss,…
If there is one thing I want people to take away from all these years of writing about markets, it’s an acceptance of the fact that you do NOT have to get every trade right. New traders have this incredible need to be right. I know because I was there myself once. And because I…
We’ve talked for quite a few years about tracking your trading results in “groups of trades”. And using the stats from those groups to drive your growth and development. (If you need a larger copy of the original flowchart image, I believe this was the first article it appeared in.) It can be very tempting…
I think it's time we revisited a topic we discussed a few years back. The fact that an individual trade does not provide sufficient data to allow you to make informed changes to your plan. Changes MUST consider the impact across a series of trades. I see this problem repeatedly in email conversation with new…
Those who have followed YTC for a while will know that I'm a big fan of re-entry. It's a personal preference. I much prefer a tight stop and the need for occasional re-entry, over a wider stop that might give a trade a whole lot of room to prove itself. I typically allow two…
A question received last Monday: "Are you trading today? It's a holiday but the market is open." For future readers… Monday was 11th November 2019. Veterans Day. And yes, the economic calendar which I use also has this listed as a US holiday. But the market is definitely open all day (or at least…
