When trading, you are free to construct your own methodology and set of rules to use - what markets to trade, triggers for entries and exits...

I have a number of specific rules which govern the type of price set ups I look for. To help me identify these I have developed and refined ...

A while back I received an urgent message from one of the traders in my mentoring group. He managed to get himself into a trade where a tre...

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...

This week I received the following testimonial from Stephen, who I have now known for a number of years and has been an active member wi...

"If you take emotion - would be, could be, should be - out of it, and look at what is, and quantify it, I think you have a big advan...

The past has happened. The future doesn't exist. Therefore, we can only react and respond to what is happening in the moment of now. ...

Stripping back our beliefs and subsequently our rules to their absolute basics, as trend followers, ideally we would want to be able to: ge...

In trading, as in any walk of life, it takes plenty of experience to evolve from being unconsciously incompetent to unconsciously compete...

One of the most difficult aspects of trend following for inexperienced traders to accept is that you never get out at the extreme of a price...

Below we have the current daily chart of the Dow. This is a classic example of a 'tale of two market states'. Up to the beginning o...

Everyone talks up their own method of how to trade. I'm no different. I am unashamed fan of trend following, and hopefully this blog act...

So, let 's not beat around the bush. This morning I suffered my largest loss on a single trade since the summer of 2013. As of yesterday...

Today I came across an old analogy highlighting the dangers of curve fitting your approach too much: 

When trading using a clearly defined set of rules, it can easily become frustrating for an inexperienced trader to get stopped out of a posi...

It's been a while since I have posted some random charts, but here goes: It is interesting to note the pattern currently developing in t...

If your trading is not 100% systematic then there is always the danger or possibility of making an irrational, emotion-driven decision which...

Being successful as a trader over the long-term involves being consistent in your approach. This means creating a pattern of good habits tha...

Ballesteros on the 12th tee, Augusta 1980 In 1980 Severiano Ballesteros won his first US Masters by 4 shots. At one point in the final...

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." The above quote is attributed to Albert Einstein, and it ...