Breakout Trading Blog
Beware the ‘Rule of Thumb’!
So called ‘Rules of Thumb’ are very popular in the world of trading, investing and personal finance. You probably know about the 2% rule. You may have also heard of the Rule of...
Here’s another way to build your edge…
Have you watched the movie Moneyball? If you haven’t seen it, it’s one of those sports movies that every trader should watch. The story covers the Oakland Athletics baseball...
Has this ever happened to you?
You get an exciting trading idea and decide to test it... You work hard, spending hours, days, weeks, months or even years researching, coding, testing, and fine-tuning the idea....
A totally new trading direction
I first heard the phrase “reinvent yourself” a few years ago and I really had no idea what it meant. How can one “reinvent” himself? What does that even mean? Does it mean I need...
Let’s talk position sizing
Last week we have published a post about the optimal stop-loss size. The post obviously brought attention, and I got one very interesting (and important) feedback that I would like to use as a subject for this week’s post. But first, let me post the email...
Big stop-losses versus small stop-losses
Last week, an interesting discussion about optimal stop-loss sizes and methods was started in the private Breakout Masterclass Community forum. I think it’s a pretty good topic, which can often be misunderstood, so let’s talk about stop-losses a bit more today. In...
Trading heroes just like you
Last week I shared with you a story of my past two trading heroes, Mike and Bob. You already know this story, but let me also tell you what happened just shortly AFTER that... Just after we published that post, I read it again, and I actually started...
Two breakthrough traders
In my trading career, I consider 2 traders to be truly breakthrough teachers for me - and in this post I’d like to share who they were and why. The first one is an “ordinary” guy that I met coincidentally through a mutual friend (also a trader) about 10 years ago. His...
Modern ways of position sizing
When I first started with trading more than a decade ago, I thought trading success was about being right - knowing when to enter the market and milk some money out of it quickly. Pretty soon the markets taught me that this was not the right path to...
Enough strategies for a lifetime
Last Friday Andrew shared with Breakout Strategy Masterclass students a summary of 700+ amazing breakout trading strategies he personally created using the process from the Breakout Masterclass With this outstanding number of powerful strategies (21% of...
The 3 stages of trading blindness
A common phenomena I call “system trading blindness” is one of the biggest obstacles towards long-term trading success and is one of the key reasons why so many system traders fail. [bctt tweet="'“System trading blindness” is one of the biggest obstacles...
Trading advice from a jungle guide
I just got back from the jungle. The real, Malaysian jungle, where I spent 3 days, together with spiders, snakes, monitor lizards, elephants, monkeys and other similar company. Although I didn’t have any direct encounters with dangerous animals (just constantly...
My Love Affair With Breakouts
It’s Valentine's day in a few days, so I think it’s a good time to share how I fell in love... It happened about 7 years ago, during a time when I was looking for ‘The one’ - that perfect trading strategy. The One I could spend the rest of my life with....