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Basic Trading Lessons for New Traders in All Markets
Trading offers excitement and potential rewards. But most new traders lose money. Success comes from discipline, not luck. These basic lessons apply across all markets—forex, stocks, futures, commodities, or crypto. Volume price analysis (VPA) provides the foundation. Start here for long-term consistency.
Another great session with all the markets in focus from commodities and indices to stocks. Some great trading lessons here in all markets and timeframes on the NinjaTrader platform and using the Quantum Trading indicators.
1. Risk Management Comes First
Never risk more than you can afford to lose. Limit each trade to 1-2% of your account. Use stop losses always. This protects capital. One bad trade won't end your journey. VPA helps place stops—beyond high volume levels for conviction.
2. Patience Is Your Greatest Edge
Markets don't move every minute. Wait for high-probability setups. Avoid FOMO—chasing spikes often traps traders. VPA teaches patience—high volume on moves confirms real intent. Low volume extremes warn of...
Choosing the best stocks for day trading can be tricky and if you choose the wrong ones, it can be tough make money as a day trader.
In this session, we cover some of the basics of stock selection for day trading and also highlight one of the key issues which is understanding floating supply.
Floating supply is one of the most important factors to consider for the simple reason if the floating supply is small, then volatility is likely to be high as the price can be manipulated by the market makers very easily, or indeed a single large order. The opposite is where floating supply is large and in this case volatility will be reduced as these stocks are harder to corner for the market makers and insiders.
This was also a great trading day with the opportunity to make money in all markets, with the ES index falling strongly along with the sister indices of the YM and NQ emini,...
Using multiple timeframes is one of the keys to trading success and in this morning's forex session we explain why, and using several of the GBP pairs.
The reasons are many. First, using this approach reveals how price action in one timeframe, can reveal so much in another. Overlaying two candles is easy, but doing this with several is hard and almost impossible to do quickly. The Quantum Trading indicators for MT5 and NinjaTrader then help, with different signals in different timeframes. One may be signaling a change in trend which is developing, or perhaps a volatility signal is triggered.
Finally, the price action itself reveals areas of support and resistance, of deep concentrations of volume which are not apparent on the timeframe of choice. All of these then provide the pieces of the jigsaw, which answer the simple question 'where is the market heading next?' And all underpinned of course by volume price analysis, which again offers powerful insights when applied...
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Choosing which currency pairs can be a tricky decision, and one each forex trader has to make for themselves, and as this is a frequent question, it's one we answer in this morning's forex session. And always there is no right or wrong answer, only what suits you, and perhaps the key here is patience. If you have the patience to wait, then reducing the number of pairs to trade can be an excellent way to become an expert in one or two, perhaps also with a preferred tactic. However, this can create problems as boredom can often be an issue as other pairs are then sought out, and very quickly all the initial discipline has gone, and the trader is then taking trades in all pairs, as before. So it's not easy.
Another question frequently asked is how to use the currency dashboard and the four trading indicators it contains, and here David walks through the three-step process, with the...
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Oil Delivers….Again, and Again, and Again….
Oil has been a trader's dream lately. It delivers consistent opportunities. The price keeps falling. This creates straightforward, low-risk, high-return trades. WTI futures lead the way. Momentum stays bearish across all timeframes.
It's often hard to find trading opportunities which just deliver, and keep delivering, but for oil this has been the case over the last few weeks, and this was no different yesterday, with the WTI futures as the price of oil fell once more, and offering straightforward, low risk, high return trading opportunities in all time frames.
The primary decision trading decision here is the number of contract to trade, with the time and non time based charts providing those key insights to maximize returns. And here, it really is a case of make hay while the sun shines. These fantastic trading opportunities don't come along every day, and until OPEC moves and potentially introduces supply cuts, this bearish momentum looks set to continue, but...
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US Mid-Term Elections Dominate Price Action in All Markets
US mid-term elections are dominating price action across all markets. Uncertainty creates volatility. Equities, forex, and commodities react. Traders watch for sentiment shifts. This event paused many trends. Congestion appeared as results unfolded.
Waiting for the US mid-term elections was reflected in the markets this afternoon, and following an initial move higher, that was it for the rest of the session, as all three indices rotated around the VPOC on the fast-timeframe charts and lacked both direction and participation. The price action was no great surprise given the political landscape along with the FED decision due on Thursday.
But as always on such days, it reminds us we have to be patient and wait for the trading opportunities to arrive and not force them, where none exist which was the case for index traders today. This general lack of momentum was also reflected in related markets, with the US dollar and gold both trading...
Another great forex trading session with David and myself this morning, with the British pound once again in focus following the London open. As always, it's the currency strength indicator which leads the way and guides us into those currencies which are either overbought or oversold and ready to reverse, or which perhaps are already in a strong trend.
The early morning selling of the pound duly reversed and into a strong trend higher, driven by a positive statement over Brexit, and here the renko indicator for MT5 and NinjaTrader provides the perfect compliment to the time based charts, smoothing out the price action and helping traders either with entry or exits tactics, or helping to keep them in the trend once underway.
The early selling of the pound also signaled strong buying and confirming the reversal, with the currency matrix on NinjaTrader giving a very strong signal of the universal sentiment for the pound as markets bought across the complex.
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In this morning's forex trading session, David and I explained the price cycle for forex markets, and through the prism of the Quantum Trading currency strength indicator. This indicator for MT4, MT5, and NinjaTrader describes the journey every currency makes from overbought to oversold and back again and reflecting the Wyckoffian principles of primary and secondary trends, as well as explaining how markets move from accumulation to distribution and back again in all time-frames.
All of this is of course underpinned by their core methodology which is volume price analysis and which is complemented with the full suite of tools and indicators from Quantum Trading.
By Anna Coulling
Charts from MT5 and NinjaTrader...
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A Terrific Bearish Day on ES Emini – Easy Points Using Renko and Tick/Time Charts
A terrific bearish day unfolded on the ES Emini. Selling pressure dominated. Indices fell sharply. This created easy short opportunities. Traders capitalized using Renko and tick/time charts. The combination revealed downside momentum perfectly.
A terrific session today for trading US markets, particularly the indices, with the ES, NQ, and YM leading the way.
Following an early recovery, bearish sentiment picked up as the session developed, with the ES E-mini index delivering some easy points using the renko indicator, the tick charts and the time-based charts as a strong reversal took hold across all three. This was one of the days when trading such moves is low risk and high reward with volume price analysis leading the way and supported by the Quantum tools and indicators. Just a great session with some straightforward low risk high reward trading opportunities. So a terrific session for index traders which continued to...
Now That’s What I Call a Reversal!!
Reversals can be dramatic in trading. This one stood out clearly. Price shifted sharply after exhaustion. Volume price analysis (VPA) spotted the turn early. It's a textbook example of market change. A terrific session on the US markets as the plunge in equities during the morning, was reversed in the afternoon with an equally strong recovery, with the three sister indices all closing on the day with an extreme wick to the lower body and a close near the high of the session. A fantastic trading day and one with many VPA lessons, not least the importance of understanding the relational aspects of market behaviour of bonds and currencies all of which sent clear signals of this change in sentiment.
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Key VPA Signals in the Reversal
Volume price analysis revealed classic signs. High volume at the extreme showed distribution. Stopping volume appeared as buyers stepped in. Divergence between price and volume confirmed weakness in the old...
