We know we cannot change the past - what's done is done. We also know that we don't know what will happen in the future - it doesn...

We know that markets can move from a trending to non-trending state, or vice versa, at any time. But as Ed Seykota says, there is no such th...

The last couple of months have been very positive as profitable downtrends have appeared in a number of stocks, both at home and abroad. For...

Regular readers of the blog will know that I kept track of all trades taken and the associated performance metrics covering the period July ...

One of the skills an aspiring trend follower has to develop is being able to accept when he is wrong, and to switch directions if necessary....

I've talked in the past here about how the indices are constructed, and given an argument as to why you may want to avoid following the...

Given that the markets have taken off to the downside so far in 2016, readers may be wondering why I have not taken any positions so far ...

I've noticed in the last few weeks that some articles are springing up stating that trend following is dead (again). Articles such as th...

It is a well known saying that 90% of traders fail, quite often within a few months of starting. They are seduced (quite often by glossy mar...

I've posted two more charts here (one long trade, one short trade) that once again show the value of riding a trend for absolute returns...

Despite the markets' best efforts, the downtrend in the US indices appears intact. Over the last few days EUR/USD (chart below) has also...

This is not the easiest topic to write about, but with the happenings in the US this week I feel compelled to write about trading and natur...

I tried this particular stock from the long side back in July, which I was stopped out of pretty quick. After getting a signal just over a w...

In my previous post I referred to the circuit breakers and trading halts put in place after Black Monday. By coincidence, we had a trading h...

The markets are now giving conflicting signals, following the price action over the last few weeks. The Nasdaq appears to be the weakest ind...

Here are some recent trends in stocks which have done very well. I hasten to add that I have not trade any of these stocks, however they all...

When I initially started offering training and mentoring services, the intention was to solely provide this for people in the UK. As it turn...

Not a lot to say here today. The trend has been up for a while in the indices and in the long positions I currently hold, and I've simpl...

Following on from my previous post, the strong move up caused me to be stopped out of one of my short positions, which had been going nicely...

The only way you can implement a proper trading strategy in the markets is to be fully comfortable in both the method of selecting entries a...