Breakout Trading Blog
Should You Use Day Trading Or Swing Trading Strategies When Trading Indexes?
Want to know the best way to trade indexes? Find out in this short video from algo trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott. https://youtu.be/nNp6F1P9nmw ...
Energy Markets: Should You Day Trade Or Swing Trade?
Want to trade the energy markets? Wondering the best way to trade them? Then catch this short video from algo traders Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott....
Why Micro-Futures Are a Great Place to Start
Micro futures are a great way to start trading, for all types of traders. Why? Watch this short video from algo traders Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott....
How To Make Breakout Trading Work: CURRENCIES
Algorithmic breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott discuss “How To Make Breakout Trading Work: CURRENCIES”, including: Which currency markets are best...
Finally truly Elite traders…
It’s been a pretty exhausting week. We’ve been recruiting a small group of ELITE traders, for a one-year mastermind program. First of all, the program is by invitation only, so we personally review every application and then I have a short chat with the majority of...
Hacking away at your trading?
Last week I was testing some new Walk Forward software... And I wanted to compare the results of this new software with the results from Tradestation, but there was a problem... I needed to test it on lots of strategies. Not just a few. I wanted to test hundreds. And...
How to get anything you want (even in trading)
I got handed a pretty good lesson this year. At the start of 2019 I took some time to sit down and think about what I wanted to achieve for the year. I had some big ideas, and I had some small ideas. So I wrote them all down, tried to make the list manageable and I...
We’re done for the year! :-)
Even traders have to rest. And Christmas time is definitely the right time, as markets don’t usually move much anyway! So, Andrew, Tomas and the entire Better Trader Academy team are going to be offline until early January, starting next week. But before that, we’d...
My biggest trading failure of 2019
We all fail sometimes. And in this post, I’m going to share with you very openly what I consider to be my biggest trading failure of 2019. But first, let me start with this: As most already know, as a trader, I consider myself to be a BREAKOUT specialist. In trading,...
This ruined my night.. but I’m glad it did
Last night, I was flicking through the channels on TV, hoping to catch something interesting to watch as I wind down for the day. As I was quickly scanning through the dozens of useless shows being broadcast, I stumbled on a documentary called "Capitalism: A Love...
Traders, stop doing this!
Last week I published a post about the journey of my hedge fund, which is now heading (hopefully) towards a 100 million Euro investment. And I was super pleased to receive lots of email feedback, not only on that post but also on my question about who intends to...
Navy SEALs, SAS, and Elite traders
About two months ago, Andrew and I had a great conversation about elite traders. We were both in the U.S., and the conversation was spread over a few days. It usually happened either in Starbucks, or Red Lobster, 2 of our favorite places! Both Andrew and I have quite...
The 100 million Euro idea
My hedge fund is close to finalizing a deal. This deal would mean up to 100 million Euro invested in my hedge fund over the next year. Now, don’t get me wrong - until everything is signed and done, I’m definitely not celebrating yet. I know that closing deals like...