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4 Proven Ways to Filter Bad Trades
Looking for some hot techniques that could improve your trading results? Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott share “4 Proven Ways to Filter Bad Trades”, including: What are bad...
3 Professional Tips To Improve Your Trading Results
Looking for some hot techniques that could improve your trading results? Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott share “3 Professional Tips for Improving Your Trading Results”,...
5 Steps to Successful Trading in 2022
Looking for some hot techniques that could improve your trading results in 2022? Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott share “5 Steps to Successful Trading in 2022”, including: The...
How to Select The Best Markets For STABLE INCOME
Wondering which markets are the best to create a stable trading income? Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott share “How to Select The Best Markets For STABLE INCOME”, including:...
From Michael Jackson to traders: You are not alone
This post is going to be sad. Really sad. If Michael Jackson was still alive today, he would have celebrated his 60th birthday last week. The King of the pop has been gone for a while - and that alone is sad already. His music was timeless. Even people who are not...
How my student lost 50,000 USD in a few weeks
Yes, one of my students lost 50,000 USD. Yet, he is one of my best students ever. Here’s the thing: Some traders are people truly living on the edge. They live from adrenaline. And that was exactly this student of mine. He is a high-adrenaline guy. He's in perfect...
Does less optimization inputs mean better strategies?
Let me break a myth. The myth of ‘less is more’. The myth that a good trading strategy needs to be simple. Last week my hedge fund partner in charge of client acquisition had an important meeting. It was a meeting with the boss of the trading division of a big Czech...
Is your trading cursed?
Do you sometimes feel like your trading is “cursed”? When I first started trading I felt like that every single day. Each time I started building things up and got close to switching from “demo” to “live”, I suddenly stopped. And instead of taking the step forward, I...
Who cares about money?
Many traders don’t care about money, despite saying otherwise. They care about silly things. But not about money. When I was giving live trading seminars in the Czech Republic, I sometimes had up to 200 traders in the room. This is what it looked like: And as you can...
The 3 military fronts to beat markets
If you’re in the trading business, you’re already doomed. And yes, I’m writing this because I WANT to scare you. Here's why: During my 10+ year trading career I've realized an important truth: That if I don’t scare traders enough, then they don't take trading...
How do you know a strategy is really failing?
This is funny. A lot of traders ask me: “How do I know for sure that a strategy is really failing?” Well, this is, of course, a legitimate question and yes, there are reliable and powerful techniques for that, which I share in the Breakout Strategies Masterclass. But...
Can you cheat in trading?
Yes, it’s true... when it comes to the markets, I’m a cheat. And with all honesty, I cheat a lot. It allows me to get ahead of other traders and literally take their money. But, I don’t call it “cheating” in front of others, because they may think badly of me, so I...
The #1 reason you should never start with trading
Many people have dreams related to trading. Like driving a super-sport car or traveling the world, while their automated trading strategies make money for them. Yet, when they stumble on someone actually LIVING that dream, they say it's not possible and call him a...