Breakout Trading Blog
Why You Needs Loads of Breakout Strategies to Be Successful
Wondering how many trading strategies you really need to be successful? The answer may surprise you... Check out this short clip from breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal...
How to Create A Portfolio For Stable Income
Want to create a stable income from trading? Check out this short clip from breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott on how to create a portfolio of...
Why You Shouldn’t Try to Understand Everything About Trading
Alot of traders think they need to understand everything in the markets to be successful - is that true or is it just holding them back? Check out this short clip from breakout...
Markets Are Always Changing Quickly: Is This Time Really Different?
Concerned with changes in the markets and what to do about it? Check out this short clip from breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott on changing...
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....
The Apple Portfolio Strategy
Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, but back in 1997 it was a very different story. The company was in extremely poor condition, losing tens of millions of dollars every quarter, trying to sustain a huge amount of products, and with no clear...
Quit to Win
Without regular servicing and maintenance a car becomes unreliable, inefficient and can break down completely over time. Last week we shared how regular maintenance and reoptimization of trading strategies is also important for good performance,...
Maintain to survive (and stay profitable)
Do you know what is one of the favorite hobbies in Europe? Having, and constantly improving small, cozy weekend houses (usually far away from the city). A calm sanctuary to spend our weekends and relax for the upcoming week. My parents had a small weekend house about...
Market-beating lesson from a Karate World Champion
"A very thin line separates victory from defeat" - Ricardo Teixeira (Karate World Champion in 1993) Last year, we had the opportunity to meet the World Champion in Karate Shukokai, Ricardo Teixeira. In an amazingly inspiring speech of his outstanding achievement,...
How to stay ahead of the trading game
Have you ever tested or traded a strategy only to find it stopped working? Perhaps it’s a strategy from a book, website, forum or something you’ve heard about. Other traders can find out about the technique too, they start trading it and it very quickly stops working,...
How do you know if a breakout is a fake?
How do you know if a $5000 luxury watch that you just saw heavily discounted is an authentic one or a fake? Today, many fakes can be difficult to identify, so the truth is, in most cases you simply don't know. With trading breakout signals, it can be a...