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Showing posts with label weekly. 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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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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