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Showing posts with label nadex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nadex. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Probability of staying within a range ~ forex trading oil

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Clients,

Today I will discuss a topic that is so great. I I wish it was talked about more in the industry but as of yet, it is still a hush hush topic. I cant speculate as to why but here goes.

Based upon past performance of various securities, there can be calculated a probability of a price range move within a specified amount of time. For instance, If the US Tech 100 has moved X points per hour, day, or week over the last X bars, there can be a calculation to figure out the average range as well as a probability of it staying within or moving outside of a range over the next hour, day or week.

Let us take a look at a live example as of today.


Now look at the chart. The expected range is etween 10 and 18 points of movement between 11am and 12pm eastern on the US Tech 100 for today.

There is a 68% chance it will stay in this range and a 32% chance it will move out of this range.

If price moves toward the top of the range and you can sell it for $32 at the top of the range, you will be using a break even strategy. If you can sell it for $50 at the top of the range, you will be using a profitable strategy.

Look at it this way....

Over the course of 1,000 trades, If you are selling for $32, then you will make $21,760 n 680 wins. Likewise, you will lose $21,760 on 320 losses.

Now look at the difference of selling for $50

680 wins = $34,000
320 losses = $16,000
Total P/L = +$18,000

Here is another way to play. If you are comfortable losing a lot and making gigantic winners, you can reverse it.

Lets assume you buy for $10 or sell for $90 to try to capture gains if price moves outside of the range.
Now remember you have to sell or buy back at $50. Let us look at 1,000 trades.

320 wins = $28,800
680 losses = $6,800
Total P/L = $22,000

So it is 10:30am eastern right now. Lets see what price on the US Tech 100 does before 12pm. Let us observe if this time period will be a 68% day or a 32% day.










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Saturday, May 7, 2016

How many total trades are placed on Nadex Its Mind Boggling! ~ forex trading no deposit bonus

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Here is 30+ pages of all the trades placed in the past few minutes on The North American Derivatives Exchange. This is transparency and it gives you an idea of the volume Nadex is doing...

http://www.nadex.com/footer/time-and-sales.html
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Abbreviations for our signals and a few guidelines ~ forex trading on td ameritrade

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Here is a list of abbreviations we use in our signals and what they mean. I will try to fit the actual words in the text but I often abbreviate due to limited space.

WS30 = Wall ST. 30

USSC2000 = U.S. Small Cap 2000

TP = Take Profit. This is the area that you want to close your trade at a profit.

SL = Stop Loss. This is the area you want to close your trade at a loss.

WO = Working Order. If we send our a price level to buy or sell at and it is not where the market currently is, Nadex will place this trade in a working order window to fill at a later time.

BS = Bull Spread Trade

BO = Binary Option Trade

B/E =  Break Even

@ = "At" a certain price

Also, Below are a few guide lines to remember:

If we set a TP @ 16540 and price is at 16535, you do not have to message me to ask if it is ok to take your profits now. If you want to take your profits, go ahead but I will let you know when I am taking mine.

Please do not message me to ask me what I think the market will do. I dont know what the market will do. I never have and never will.

If I send out a signals such as this... BUY WS30 16500-16900@16510 and the market currently is at 16505, then YES YOU CAN BUY IT AT 16505 because it is a cheaper price. Anything between there we say buy it and the floor/ceiling is an ok price to buy or sell.

So anywhere between 16510 and 16500 would be an ok area to buy

If i say to sell the 16500-16100@ 16480 and price is currently at 16490, then sell it because you got 10 points of a better price than we did.

The exception to this rule is that it must be within a few minutes of when we send the signal. You can not wait around all day and do it because it will not work then.

Alrighty, thats it. You have a great day!!
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Weekly Nadex Market recap 8 8 14 ~ forex trading on the weekend

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We had another profitable week. If a trader took every signal as posted, below are the results

Monday +21
Tuesday +20
Wednesday +11
Thursday -15
Friday (No Trades)

We took a DEMO trade on Thursday evening that carried over into Friday. As of right now, that trade is at a floating loss of -29. It has fluctiated between +20 and -35 for the past 16 hours now and I suspect it will expire about -15 or so.

Had we taken that trade live, our weekly P/L would be (with the current -29 trade) around +8, which is what I would consider a slightly better than break even week.

Since we are discounting the demo trade, our week will end at +37.

I have talked about this before but +37 may not sound like a lot but it all depends on the amount of contracts you are trading.

$37 on a $1,000 account is still a great return. 3.7% for the week.

Trading 10 contracts, this is $370. On a $10,000 account, this is a 3.7% return for the week or 192% per year. Compound interest is a grand thing if you use it right.

To my Clients:

I have had conversations with people this week and want to relay my thoughts to you about an issue. Many, many future clients all told me the same thing which is this, " You signals only trade 1-3 times per day. I cant make any money that way." I am sorry but they dont know what they dont know....yet.

Trading is a long term business model. It can compound your account into unbelievable amounts in a relatively short amount of time, over months and years. It can also be a great source of extra income. Treat this like a business and not a hobby and your account will stop taking giant hits. If you are unsure about something, DEMO trade it until you are sure. The market will be here tomorrow and the next day and 100 years from now (in some form) so just relax and stop trying to push trades through in the hopes to make more and more. Sit back and think to yourselves, "Are these signals, if taken correctly, making a profit?" If the answer is yes, then relax, be patient, enjoy the ride, and take a look at the tab above, entitled "compound interest".

Clients, you are all great and have had some awesome feedback this week from you. I am listening and if all goes well, next week I will be offering the bull spreads and also will be offering a lot more binary trades throughout the day.

Have a great weekend!!!




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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Nadex Trade Signal Recap Profit Loss for this week ~ forex trading opening hours

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Here I will recap this weeks trades. Did we make any money or lose money? See below. Traders often ask me how much they can make. We have traders who trade all different amounts of size so at the bottom, I posted a list of the amount of money they made or lost if they traded X number of contracts.

Monday July 21, 2014
Bought Wall St 30 - $45 Profit

Tuesday July 22, 2014
Sold US TECH 100 - $25 Loss
Sold US TECH 100 - $0 Break even

Wednesday July 23, 2014
Sold US TECH 100 - $20 Loss
Sold US TECH 100 - $44 Profit
Sold Gold (weekly)  - Still open at the end of the day
Bought Silver  (weekly) - Still open at the end of the day

Thursday July 24, 2014
Closed Gold - $25 Profit

Friday, July 25, 2014
Closed Silver  - $75 Loss
Bought US TECH 100 - $44.50 Profit

Total profit/loss for the week:
Total - Profit of $38.50 if you traded one contract
Total - Profit of  $194.50 if you traded 5 contracts
Total - Profit of $389.50 if you traded 10 contracts
Total - Profit of $974.50 if you traded 25 contracts.

Some of the traders did not trade the gold and silver trades. If thats the case, then profits this week were $88.50 instead of $38.50.

Some traders told me they increased their contract size after a loss. I advise against that because it can become your death trap but if they did, they made more than whats posted. Remember though that there will come a day when you cant martingale your way to success. There will be strings of losers so that habit is ok if you limit it to one or two times but just keep yourself in check.

Lessons learned this week: One bad ITM trade can screw2/3 of the weeks profits. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this week as a 2.5. I was not happy with the results, even though we made a profit.

Highlight of the week: Our first trade of the week soared within a few minutes of buying it. Our Gold trade tanked once we sold it. These were 2 happy moments.

Note: This doesnt account for fees or commissions.

Happy Trading and see yall next week!
-Ryan
admin@joaquintrading.com


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Monday, April 25, 2016

What the H E Double Hockey Sticks happened today ~ forex trading orange county

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As you are well aware, we had a losing day today. Remember all that talk about probabilities? Here is why I took a long position.

The wall street 30 had not closed below 200 points since may 13, 2014. There have been 65 trading days since then. The day was a bear day but to drop below 200 points was beyond me. The statistical probability of it closing below 200 points today was really low so I stand by my trade, win or lose. I say this because in the long run probabilities work.

Now on a brighter note... Yesterday, many of you made a lot of money on that bull spread. One person raked in $700 yesterday and that is fantastic! Congrats! I have been getting a lot of feedback about wanting more bull spread trades so tomorrow, I will send one out. I may do it tonight at 6pm but highly doubt it. It will most likely be tomorrow morning around 8am eastern.

There is a data table I posted in the facebook group "Nadex Trading Ideas" and it will show you a lot of statistical information about daily prices over the past few years such as the range, open to close, open to high, open to low, etc...

Bull Spreads, if you can get close to the floor or ceiling, work great. I will be sending out signals of probable TP targets. Whether you take them is up to you but hear this. The TP targets work. They may keep you from making a killing one day but they will also keep the money stream steady and smooth.

I will show you how the signals will look and explain how to read and trade them...

Example signal (This way I can fit everything in 140 characters...

Buy WS30 16800-17200 for 16810. Sell WS30 16400--16800 for 16790. TP=15 each side. RR +30/-20

How to read it...

WS30 stands for Wall Street 30 (I am trying to save space)

If I say buy for 16810 and currently price is at 16830, just place a working order for 16810 and go to bed.
If price is currently 16805, then great because you can get a better price.

TP=15 means that you will want to take profits at +$15 on each side. This means that as the price swings occur throughout the day, if price swings up 15 points, you will take profits on your buy position. If price swings down 15 points, you will take profits on your sell position. Leave the other side open if it has not taken profit yet.

RR+30/-20. This is where I tell you what the risk/reward is on the trade. This means that max win would be $30 for both contracts and the max loss will be -$20 for both contracts. If you get in the trade and one side takes profit and the other side expires worthless, then your P/L for the day (on the trade I just mentioned) would be +5 because you won one for +$15 and lost one for -$10. that equals +$5.

As long as one side gets hit at some point before expiration, you will have made money on this trade.

This is called a Non-directional trade. It does not matter which way the market goes. As long as it moves, you will have a successful trading day.

If the market does not move, you will have an unsuccessful trading day. If this is something you are interested in, please send me a message on facebook and I will start sending these out.

Have a great day and Happy Trading!












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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Joaquin Trading Free trial through May 4 (updated) ~ forex trading no indicators

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Welcome to your free trial of Joaquin Trading Trend Arrows. This indicator is the one I use every day. The videos about how to use this indicator are located below. Just follow the steps. The setup video shows how to use a different indicator but the installation is the same. Just download the indicator below and save it in your downloads folder. Then install it onto your platform using the steps in the video. Thank you and I hope to see you soon!

If you have questions, email me at joaquintrading@yahoo.com

or click here:
Joaquintrading.com

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Step 1. Download this indicator:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwa5yriOGMUJSmdtRVQwWEw2R3M/view?usp=sharing

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Step 2. Sign up for FXCM free demo account and download the desktop version of FXCM Trading Station (NOT MT4!):

http://www.fxcm.com/products/trading-station/desktop/

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Step 3. Watch This video We are only watching this to learn how to load the indicator from your downloads folder into fxcm. Its real simple but here is a video to help you. Dont worry about the indicator shown in this video as it is getting phased out:

https://youtu.be/0IFiuQaR1tM

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Step 4. Watch these videos to help you understand how to use the indicator. THESE ARE 1 BAR TRADES. IF YOU TRADE ON A 5 MINUTE CHART, YOU ARE TRADING A 5 MINUTE BINARY WITH THE SAME EXPIRY. IF YOU ARE TRADING A 1 HOUR CHART, YOU ARE TRADING THE SAME EXPIRY AS THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT CANDLE.

https://youtu.be/agd0auJtol4

https://youtu.be/rNwaZZxGaJQ


This next video is quite long. The first half was just a live feed of some trend arrows. The second half was more of a webinar to answer questions.

https://youtu.be/slqsC3-WUZ0



Happy Trading!






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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

This weeks recap Nadex Performance ~ forex trading on mac

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Yeah this week was a osing week! Last week was as well. However we are still up. Here is the performance numbers so far...

Week                    Weekly Performance   Running Total

July 21-25, 2014              +38.50              +38.50
July 28-Aug 1, 2014        +92.00              +130.50
Aug 4-8, 2014                  +37.00              +167.50 
Aug 11-15, 2014              +9.00                +176.50
Aug 18-22, 2014               -19.50              +157.00
Aug 25-29, 2014               -45.00              +112.00
Sep 1-5, 2014

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I am constantly trying to improve my strategies. Many times, I will get an email about why we took a certain trade or why we lost the trade. The answer is no one knows. If you have a strategy and trade it, you must take the ups with the downs. If it has been back tested enough and put through rigorous trial, you should have a strategy that you can rely on.

I posted a book on our group site today. It is called  "Trend Following" by Michael Covel. A trader really needs to read that because it has all the statistics anyone would need to learn to ride out the losses.

Mark my words, there will be a few weeks in the next year which produce hundreds of points of profit. You just need to keep striving. Keep learning. Always keep getting better and better.

Some clients asked me this week, "Why did you change your strategy?" I didnt. I have a toolbox of strategies I use because the market is always changing, always evolving. 

I did a webinar this week that showed how a trader could make a living by one strategy alone. If you want to stick to it day in and day out, you must first back test it. I showed a month or so of back testing in the webinar but in order to put your own money on the line, make damn sure you know it inside and out. If you want to test it, here it is...

At 8am every day, if the Wall Street 30 price is above the hourly 30 period exponential moving average, then buy the 8am-415pm upper bull spread at $30 risk or less. Set your Take Profit at +20. Vice A Versa goes for a sell. Thats it.

Now this strategy wins way more than it loses and it works great during trends. During consolidations, it doesnt work so well. 

Back test it. Back test it for the past 10 years, day by day and you will gain confidence. Always trade on a demo account until you have that confidence.

Well until next week! I am excited for September!

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Nadex ITM V4 Results so far Live Trading ~ forex trading news events

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I am running a live test of one of my indicators this week for Nadex. Several people have asked to see the results. I will update as it goes along.

Sell 02/23/15 10:12:34 AM 1 AUD/JPY >92.81 (11AM) @ 23.75 -$76.25
Fee Payment 02/23/15 10:12:34 AM 1 AUD/JPY >92.81 (11AM) @ 23.75 -$0.90
Settlement Payout 02/23/15 11:00:06 AM 1 SHORT AUD/JPY >92.81 (11AM) @ 23.75 $100.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 11:00:06 AM Expiration Fee: 1 SHORT AUD/JPY >92.81 (11AM) @ 23.75 -$0.90
Sell 02/23/15 11:28:26 AM 1 EUR/GBP >.7346 (12PM) @ 32.25 -$67.75
Fee Payment 02/23/15 11:28:26 AM 1 EUR/GBP >.7346 (12PM) @ 32.25 -$0.90
Buy to Close 02/23/15 11:34:10 AM 1 EUR/GBP >.7346 (12PM) @ 6 $94.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 11:34:10 AM 1 EUR/GBP >.7346 (12PM) @ 6 -$0.90
Buy 02/23/15 01:54:55 PM 1 AUD/JPY >92.79 (2PM) @ 59.5 -$59.50
Fee Payment 02/23/15 01:54:55 PM 1 AUD/JPY >92.79 (2PM) @ 59.5 -$0.90
Sell to Close 02/23/15 01:56:32 PM 1 AUD/JPY >92.79 (2PM) @ 82.5 $82.50
Fee Payment 02/23/15 01:56:32 PM 1 AUD/JPY >92.79 (2PM) @ 82.5 -$0.90
Buy 02/23/15 02:45:14 PM 1 AUD/USD >.7791 (3PM) @ 88 -$88.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 02:45:14 PM 1 AUD/USD >.7791 (3PM) @ 88 -$0.90
Settlement Payout 02/23/15 03:00:06 PM 1 LONG AUD/USD >.7791 (3PM) @ 88 $100.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 03:00:06 PM Expiration Fee: 1 LONG AUD/USD >.7791 (3PM) @ 88 -$0.90
Buy 02/23/15 08:27:49 PM 1 AUD/USD >.7797 (9PM) @ 80 -$80.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 08:27:49 PM 1 AUD/USD >.7797 (9PM) @ 80 -$0.90
Settlement Payout 02/23/15 09:00:06 PM 1 LONG AUD/USD >.7797 (9PM) @ 80 $100.00
Fee Payment 02/23/15 09:00:06 PM Expiration Fee: 1 LONG AUD/USD >.7797 (9PM) @ 80 -$0.90
Sell 02/24/15 06:29:52 AM 1 USD/CAD >1.2640 (7AM) @ 27 -$73.00
Fee Payment 02/24/15 06:29:52 AM 1 USD/CAD >1.2640 (7AM) @ 27 -$0.90
Buy to Close 02/24/15 06:36:57 AM 1 USD/CAD >1.2640 (7AM) @ 6 $94.00
Fee Payment 02/24/15 06:36:57 AM 1 USD/CAD >1.2640 (7AM) @ 6 -$0.90
Sell 02/24/15 10:08:05 AM 1 EUR/USD >1.1326 (11AM) @ 29.5 -$70.50
Fee Payment 02/24/15 10:08:05 AM 1 EUR/USD >1.1326 (11AM) @ 29.5 -$0.90
Buy to Close 02/24/15 10:20:03 AM 1 EUR/USD >1.1326 (11AM) @ 64.25 $35.75
Fee Payment 02/24/15 10:20:03 AM 1 EUR/USD >1.1326 (11AM) @ 64.25 -$0.90
Sell 02/25/15 10:29:45 AM 1 EUR/JPY >135.01 (11AM) @ 20.25 -$79.75
Fee Payment 02/25/15 10:29:45 AM 1 EUR/JPY >135.01 (11AM) @ 20.25 -$0.90
Settlement Payout 02/25/15 11:00:21 AM 1 SHORT EUR/JPY >135.01 (11AM) @ 20.25 $100.00
Fee Payment 02/25/15 11:00:21 AM Expiration Fee: 1 SHORT EUR/JPY >135.01 (11AM) @ 20.25 -$0.90
Sell 02/25/15 11:05:08 AM 1 EUR/JPY >135.17 (12PM) @ 20 -$80.00
Fee Payment 02/25/15 11:05:08 AM 1 EUR/JPY >135.17 (12PM) @ 20 -$0.90
Settlement Payout 02/25/15 12:00:16 PM 1 SHORT EUR/JPY >135.17 (12PM) @ 20 $100.00
Fee Payment 02/25/15 12:00:16 PM Expiration Fee: 1 SHORT EUR/JPY >135.17 (12PM) @ 20 -$0.90
Total profit so far $115.30


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Friday, April 8, 2016

How to calculate Take Profit Levels on Nadex Bull Spreads ~ forex trading or stock trading

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It is really simple. I will not over complicate it. There are several hour long webinars out there on the web that shows how to do this but I will tell you in a few short sentences. Nadex profit and loss is equal to $1 per tick. What is a tick? It is the LAST digit on any bull spread. If the Gold price is 1299.6, then that last digit (6) is what you want to look at. If the Wall Street 30 price is 16430, then the last digit (0) is the digit you want to watch. When calculating your TP, all you have to do is erase the point, if there is a point in the quote such as the one in the Gold price at 1299.6 If I want to calculate at what price a $30 profit means, lets pretend I am selling, then this is how you do it... 12996 (take out the point) MINUS 30 = 12966. Then add the point back in. 1296.6 1296.6 is the price you want to take profit at to make a potential $30 profit. Lets look at the Wall St 30 at a price of 16430. If you sold it at 16430 and wanted a $45 profit, where would you set your TP at? 16430 MINUS 45 EQUALS 16385. 16430-45= 16385 So 16385 is where you want to buy it back. So what about buying? how do I calculate buying? Answer... Just ADD instead of SUBTRACT If I want a profit of $30... 16430 PLUS 30 EQUALS 16460. 16460 is where you set your TP And on the Gold trade, if I want a $30 profit when buying... Remember to take out the decimal. 1299.6 will become 12996 12996 PLUS 30 EQUALS 13026. Add the decimal back in... 1302.6 is your TP price. Thats it.
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Look Deeper ~ forex trading on sunday

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Clients,

This trading week has proven to be somewhat difficult. If you followed every signal to a "T", you netted a $9 profit per contract. This is right at break even and not great but it is not a loss. We will have a loss at some point but this week was not it.

Many clients that come to me are victims of scam artists. One of my key concerns is to stop the bleeding, like I have said in an earlier post. Some people have told me they were just draining money out of their account week after week after week. Even though we did not have a great week, you still did not lose for the 4th week in a row if you followed the instructions.

I know for a fact that some are not following instructions and did lose money this week. There is nothing I can say or do about that. You have to learn to follow a plan of some sort, whether it is mine or your own. Stick to a plan, and you can start the healing process and stop losing money.

One client sent me an email this week and said something of this sort, " Ryan, today was the first day I stuck to my plan and it feels great." Of course it feels great! Knowing that you accomplished something is the best feeling in the world. Knowing that you are treating this like a business feels awesome!

Now, from experience, here is what is likely to happen in the future. One of you will be trading live money and not following the rules. After a couple of months of losing money week after week, you will decide to follow the rules so you will stop losing money in your live account and open a demo account. for 2 weeks, you will trade on a demo and those 2 weeks will be the same weeks I lose money. You will get pissed off and stop following the rules and go back to live trading and gambling and losing money again.

Dont let this happen to you! This DID happen to me a long time ago.

Look Deeper.

Step back from the markets and take a look at your life. Where do you want to be in 5 or 10 years? I never have heard a person who seeks to be a doctor in 3 days. Treat trading as a long term commitment just like a profession because that is what it is.

Take each day and throw it away. After the day is done, forget about it. Look at the long term picture. Over the past 4 weeks, I have been getting messages asking me when the next trade is coming or when I was going to start sending more trades. There has been a lot of downtime. But just step back and look.

In the past 4 weeks, we have netted a profit of $176.5 if you traded one contract.

This is better than losing. Much better.

Over the coarse of one year, this nets $2,118 in profits. On a $1,000 account, this is a $21% return. Where, other than trading, can you get a $21% return on your money? A bank? nope. A hedge fund? Yes but what do hedge funds do? They trade.

Many traders have ping pong tables and TVs in their offices. Why is this? It is to help keep them from over trading and compensate for boredom.Trading can and usually is a very boring business. If done right, it is boring.

You can not look at 3 days of losses and give up. This week, we had 2 winning days and 3 losing days. That is perfectly fine. ALWAYS look at the long term. weeks and months. Success can not and never will be able to be defined by a few days.

Before you take another trade, If you are not trading according to the signals and have no clue what to do, stop everything. Close your computer or trade on DEMO for awhile. The market will always be there. Trade on demo for a few months and only take the signals and see what happens.

Can you sit on your hands and let the market work for you?
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All that being said, I posted an equity chart and a few excel worksheets on our facebook group, facebook,com/groups/nadex about the money earned over a course of time. Take a look at that and sit back.

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You guys are great! See yall next week!








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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Did Saint Patty ever trade forex or Nadex ~ forex trading nedbank

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Nadex Vs. Forex

Happy St. Patricks Day! Just as most of our holidays around the world are far different than when they began umpteen years ago, so also evolves the markets. People started celebrating St. Patricks day as a feast for the patron saint of Ireland but Now it is a beer drinking, green shirt wearing, pinch fest. Where did all that come from?

Forex has been around forever. Since the beginning, in the olden days, people have been involved in trading foreign currency from one land to buy products across the mediterranean or wherever. Every King Joe wanted his own currency so that it could be manipulated to fit his own needs. This still goes on today but nowadays, that Ripoff King Joe is named THE FED.

Forex trading has changed throughout the years however. It has come from its original form of just currency transactions to the current day trading of futures, swaps, derivatives, options... you name it! Just like Saint Pattys day no longer resembles the orignal reason of the celebration, so goes foreign exchange. Forex is also different now.

Sometimes differences work for the better. Lets take a look at one of those differences. The North American Derivatives Exchange is a place where traders can trade a derivative of a foreign currency transation. Now, Ryan... What tha bleepity bleep does that mean? Im glad you asked.

A derivative is a product that is derived from another product. Let us start with the ONE main product called currency. Now each country or union has their own currency to manipulate. This is step one in coming up with a derivtive of forex.

Step two involves a transaction from one currency with another currency from another country. Let us pretend that Jim Bob The Swiss Car Part man decides to Buy 1,000,000 doohickeys from Bubba the American from America. He first needs to sell his Swiss Francs and buy U.S. Dollars because being the back woods redneck that Bubba is, there aint no way he in takin no foreigners money.

Step three involves taking that rate of exchange or the amount that Jim Bob got for his francs and pretty much saying, " Hey yall! I know of a guy who makes a market over there. He will take any bet you have that the exchange rate will be higher or lower than the price Jim Bob and Bubba transacted at."

This BET can also be called a derivative with a more formal sounding appeal. Now forex is the actual tranaction, or money actually changing hands. Nadex is a Place, some call it an exchange, where traders can come together and transact opinions but no actual currency changes hands.

These opinions turn into contracts between buyers and sellers and they have to abide by these contracts once an agreement has been met. An agreement between a buyer and a seller can be spotted on the screen of your Nadex Platform. If you see a strike price of 1.2020/1.2025, this means that one trader is willing to buy from you at 1.2020 and one trader is willing to sell to you at 1.2025. If you choose to take either one of these traders up on their bid or offer, then all you have to do is click a button to practically say, " Yes, I would like to buy that at 1.2025."

Now Nadex has a time factor built in that forex does not have. You can buy a forex pair and hold onto it for a minute or 2 years. It doesnt matter. With Nadex, you have a specific amount of time your contract is good for such as the next hour or the next day. If your opinion is right or wrong, you will know at the expiration of this time window.

Forex has no loss limit built in so your losses can run forever and tomorrow you may wake up without a house to live in becasue the market has taken your life savings in 3 seconds, such as what happend when the Swiss National Bank stopped manupulating the CHF. On Nadex, you have pre set amounts that each contract is good for. You can make no more than the contract states and you can lose no more than the contract states. You know you maximum win and maximum loss as well as the time which these wins or losses will be given to you or taken away.

Nadex is sounding pretty darn good right about now but hold your hourses, cow girls... Guess what? Forex has no profit ceiling. If your trade is trending in the right direction, it can run for 10,000 pips and never look back. If you are in that trade, you can hang on and ride right along with it.

Now there was a little primer on forex versus Nadex. They both have their place in trading and they are both unique. What is even more unique is when you can buy a forex pair and sell a Nadex bull spread to hdge your losses. Hedging forex with nadex is something that is flipping awesome! Thats an article for another day. Happy Trading yall!!
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Its all about risk ~ forex trading online training

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I watch other traders and observe their behavior. I look to see how consistent they are, whether they are winning or losing, how happy they are about their trading, and about a hundred other factors. I like to observe.

A question I often get asked is this...

"How many trades do you take per day?" or "Will you send me at least 10 signals per day?" or "Why dont you trade in and out of the market all day, instead of taking one position?"

Here is my answer.

I only trade a few positions while others may take tens or hundreds because I am focusing on trades that I have a reasonably accurate assumption that either they will be profitable or that they will be low risk.

Commissions play a part. Each trade on Nadex has a fee attached to it. $0.90 in. $0.90 out. If the trade expires OTM (out of the money) then there is no fee. If I take 10 trades a week (2 per day), then my commissions are $18.00 roughly for the week. If I take 5 trades per day, then my commissions, for the week are $45.

On the other side, If I were to scalp in and out of the market all day, $15 here $15 there and taking on massive risk with each trade, our costs go up. $1.80 each time. 20 trades per day equals a commission cost at the end of the week of $180. This is a whopping $9,360 in commissions each year.

Here is another reason I do not take as many trades. With each new trade brings risk. Every trade is a brand new ballgame. Why would I risk losing money 100 times when I could do it 20 times instead.

Here is another reason. If I feel that I need to make a certain amount of money, instead of trading more, I will just increase my contract size instead.

For instance, If I am looking to make or lose $1000, Instead of trading $10 for 100 trades, I might trade $50 for 20 trades.

Everyone is different. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It is all on our perceptions of the market. This is just how I see it.

In my opinion, traders should be focused on making money, not trading just for the sake of trading. I am in this business to make a profit, whether it is from 1000 trades or one trade. That doesnt matter. If I can do reach the same goal with 1 trade, I will.

One could say, "Yeah but instead of taking on more risk for less trades, why not spread the risk over many trades?" Like I said, it is all on your own perception of the market. Spreading the risk is a good thing but over trading is a horrible thing that will come back to bite you if you are not careful.


















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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

This weeks nadex recap July 28 Aug 1 (updated) ~ forex trading on fidelity

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Here I will recap our trades for this week. If you took every signal, this will show how our profits and losses happened. On some trades, some clients got filled at different prices but all I can show is the exact signals.

Monday July 28- 

Buy WS30>16830 (4:15pm) for $50. We took profit at $95 at 1:25pm. Profit = $45

Buy US Small Cap 2000>1145.0 (WEEKLY) for $41
Profit for the day = $45


Tuesday July 29- 
Sell WS30 bull spread16500-1690 415pm @ 16495. We took a slight profit.. Profit = $3

Buy WS30>16890 for $50. (This trade went down to $49 and then shot to 95 in about 15 minutes.. Some clients had their entry set at 55 got filled at this price and took profit at $95. I did not get filled because I kept my entry at 50. Even though some clients got filled, I can not include this in my daily P/L)

Profit for the day = $3

12:21 pm Sell US TECH100>3950 WEEKLY for $55

After Nadex opened back up at 6PM, We took these trades and held them all night.

Buy WS30 daily 16900-17300 @ 16914
sell US500 daily 500 1920.0-1960.0@ 1958.2

Wednesday July 30 - 
We took profit of $24 on both bull spreads. Profit = $48. Some clients didnt take profit at $24 but held and made more. Some clients didnt take profit and lost both for a net loss of -$32

Profit for the day = $48

Sell US Tech 100>3950 (WEEKLY) for $55

Thursday July 31- 

We closed US Tech WEEKLY Sell Position for $10. Profit = $45

Buy WS30>16700 for $50. Closed at a loss -$30
Buy WS30>16640 for $50. Closed at a loss -$25

Loss for the day = ($10)

Friday Aug 1 - 
Our Weekly US Small Cap 200>1145 expired OTM. Loss = $41

Buy DAILY US500 1930-1970 @ 1931. Took profit @+$30
Sell WS30 8am-415p 16100-16400 @ 16389. Took prfit @ +$17

Profit for the day +$6


Total P/L for the week = +$92
Trading 5 contracts = $460
Trading 10 contracts = $920
Trading 25 contracts = $2,300

Thoughts about this week...

Even though we were profitable, there was a time this week that I was just in misery. On Thursday, the DOW dropped something like 317 points. We were trying to buy on a dip. Lucky for us, we were in a binary trade and only lost a small amount. Losses happen. When they do, try not to beat yourself up. I spent the whole day with an upset stomach because I had lost my clients their money. But as I tell them all, in the end, it will be ok...and it was.

Take each trade but do not focus on it. One trade is just one trade. You look at the end of the week or end of the month and you will be fine.

Here is to another successful week!

Things I need to focus on...

Often when I send out signals, some clients have told me they didnt know exactly what I mean. So yesterday, I started streamlining the "wording" to make it a bit easier. I think that is fixed but I will continue to strive to be as clear as possible.

To my clients...

You are all awesome! Thank you and feel free to ask me questions about anything you dont understand.
















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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

High Probability Trading Risks VS Rewards ~ forex trading office

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High Probability Trading has is great points but you must know that with high probability also comes higher risk. Let us take a look at some examples.

A random walk risk assessment would be a trade that is 50/50. In this type of trade you have about the same odds of winning or losing. You risk 50 to make 50.

A high Probability trade would be something like 80/20. You are risking 80 to make 20. The probabilities of winning are much higher but the risk is also higher. You must maintain a high win rate to be successful trading this style.

A low probability/high reward trade is something like 20/80. You risk 20 to make 80. You dont win that often but when you do, it covers 4 losses.

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Got that part? Good.

Now here is the interesting thing. What if you took an 80/20 trade where you risked 80 to make 20 but the probabilities were higher? What if that trade setup had a 90% win rate?

A 90% win rate means that 90 out of every 100 trades are winners. If you win 90 and lose 10, lets do the math...

90 winners x $20 per winner = $1800
10 losers x $80 per loser = $800

Total net profit = $1,000

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So what happens when you find a really good deal. They are hard to find but if you look long enough, they will start showing up.

So lets take a trade I took today. I sold it for $34.50 and it has a 4% chance of expiring worthless. (If I am selling, I want it to expire worthless so I keep the premium paid for it.)

Now this is a rock -n- roll trade. It has a 96% chance of expiring a winner. If it loses, I lose more than the $34.50. I actually lose $65.50. Why would I not take this trade. Lets do the math below...

96 winning trades x $34.50 = $3,312
4 losing trades x $65.50 = $262

Net Profit = $3,050

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Now let us look at a real example. Let us take the EURUSD binary weekly spread this week.


According to the probability studies, there are probabilities for expiring above or below certain prices:

Probability of expiring, Friday at 3pm, above:

1.3575 - 1.21%
1.3525 - 10.37%
1.3475 - 39.67%
1.3425 - 77.05%

Probability of expiring, Friday at 3pm below:

1.3275 - 0.01%
1.3325 - 0.29%
1.3375 - 4.03%
1.3425 - 22.95%
1.3475 - 60.33%

As you can see, the probabilities match up pretty close with the actual nadex prices.

However there is a way to get around this. I will go into this further next time. I will give you a hint. It involves buying way out of the money binaries and selling shorter term out of the money binaries.

Dont have time today but hang in there...

Again, this little blog post was to just get you thinking a different way... HAPPY TRADING!
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Saturday, March 19, 2016

i needed to upload some artwork for my channel ~ forex trading online course

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Go to the roku channel store. Click on "internet tv" and add my channel!

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