Edition 760 - January 18, 2019

by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary:  ETF Trading

At times in the past I got so wrapped up in day trading that I no longer could see the forest for the trees. I convinced myself that I needed to day trade because I don't have much time for trading. So I limited my day trading to 1-1.5 hours per day. Then along came a student, and I realized for about the thousandth time that if I really didn't have a lot of time for trading, I ought to be trading the weekly charts.

My friend John and were going over some strategies, and I was telling him about someone I know who trades only the weekly charts and who is making a lot of money.

I said to John, "All he does is trade Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) from the weekly chart. The rest of the time he spends on the beach. He follows the sun, and for him it is springtime and mild summer wherever he goes."

Is that not an enviable lifestyle that many, if not most, traders dream about? I will show you just one of the many ETFs available for trading. By trading them from the weekly charts, you avoid all the confusion and noise of daily and intraday charts.

On the chart above, the green arrow indicates the first clearing of the consolidation. Its low was 20.08. The high of the consolidation was 20.07. The red arrow points to a Traders Trick Entry to trade short. The black arrows all point to unfiltered Traders Trick Entries to go long. Each Traders Trick is preceded by a Ross Hook. Although there may be fewer trades per ETF, an even better way to trade any market is with “filtered” Traders Trick Entries. The percentage of winning trades is exceptional. Here is a link to Traders Trick Advanced Concepts.

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  Covalency

Someone asked, “What in the world is 'covalent bonding of futures pairs?’”

Covalent bonding of futures pairs is said to create the best trading system portfolio structure. After the most stable individual futures parameters have been selected, the optimal portfolio should be created. Atoms share electrons to form molecules of a substance. This same covalent bonding process finds the trading system's most profitable futures, then tests all futures to find the best futures pair, and then the best possible futures for the optimal portfolio. Often the best futures, most profits divided by lowest draw-down, will not be part of the best futures pair. Covalent bonds share the daily equity runs so when one futures or pair loses money, another futures or pair should gain equity. Adding the euro to T- Bonds, or Japanese yen to the British pound, may lower the combined maximum equity draw-down to a figure lower than the maximum equity draw-down of either individual futures. This is the function of covalent bonding applied to optimal portfolio construction.

The optimal portfolio structure is completed when the percentage of individual futures equity gain increases less than percentage of maximum equity draw-down. Portfolio A makes $500,000 with a maximum equity draw-down of $25,000. Adding a new futures increases the profits by 10% to $550,000, buts also increases the equity draw-down from $25,000 to $30,000. While a $5,000 draw-down increase is small in comparison to a $50,000 profit increase, the futures should not be added, since it increases maximum equity draw-down by 20%. Adding more contracts of a futures already within the optimal portfolio with less risk may be safer than a risk increase of 20% for a gain of 10%. It is a little known, or understood, fact that some futures, within a system portfolio, may add up to four contracts and successively lower the maximum equity draw-down while profits are increased with each addition.

Having said all that, I have no idea what it means. Do you. All I did was answer the question.   : )

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

MOS Trade

On 1st January 2019 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Mosaic Company (MOS). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 2nd January 2019, on a GTC order, we sold to open MOS Feb 15 2019 23P @ 0.25, with 43 days until expiration and our short strike about 21% below price action, making the trade very safe.
• On 8th January 2019, we bought to close MOS Feb 15 2019 23P @ 0.10, after only 6 days in the trade.

Profit: 15$ per option

Margin: 460$

Return on Margin annualized: 198.37%

Philippe

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by Professional Trader Andy Jordan
Educator for Spreads, Options, Swing, Day Trading, and 
Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Article:  Trading System

You will need a system or plan if you want to succeed in trading. The usual way of attaining such a system is...read more.

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

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by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets.

Sign up for Ambush Signals Today!

LEARN ABOUT AMBUSH TRADING METHOD

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

Did you come up with questions?  Don't be shy, email Marco Mayer, he wants to hear from you!  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Edition 759 - January 11, 2019

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Ambush Traders close the year with a crazy $7,100 trade in the E-Mini S&P 500

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Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary: Tick Charts Again

This week I had a request to show something that traders in Brazil could use. I chose a stock that is traded in both the U.S. and in Brazil, and possibly at many other exchanges. What I am showing is that you can use a tick (equitick on some software) chart rather than a time chart for trading in any market. Tick charts remove the element of time from the price action. What we are interested in here is trading volume, not share volume. We want to create a chart that shows "X" number of trades made per price bar. Creating this kind of chart enables us to a certain extent to customize the chart so that it fits the way we like to trade.

However, I submit this chart with the following cautions:

The flaw in using tick charts is time coupled with charting inaccuracies.  The time aspect is that the Law of Charts formations that one sees on those charts are fantastic, but they are very difficult to manage in live trading.  The challenge is that the beautiful formations that you see on a historical chart can take 30 minutes or 30 seconds to form.  Therefore, you either fall asleep before the formation completes itself or you don’t have time to get the order placed.  In addition, the tick bars can change shape completely when your trading software corrects or recalculates the data.  It doesn’t happen often, but enough to cause a problem: a formation would look one way during live trading and then after the nightly update, it would look similar, but different enough to change how you would have traded it.

Tick charts seem like they might be useful to see inside a reversal bar, but not on their own.

When trading tick charts, you must be “on” 100% of the time that you are trading, because you never know how long it will be before a tradeable formation happens.  With time charts, you know that you have a few minutes while the bar completes, so you can unplug from time to time.

The chart below is a 700 tick chart of "RIO." As you can see, much of the time it would have been fairly easy to trade. There are times when prices are moving sideways on a time chart, but experimenting with various numbers of ticks per price bar you can create a chart that is trending. Tick charts may be just the right kind of chart to use for non-trending markets, or to peek inside of reversal bars. Note also that the Law of Charts works just as well on a tick chart as it does on a time chart.

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  Simulated Trading

Why does simulated trading work so well, but when you do the same thing in the live market everything falls apart?

Has this happened to you? Simulated trading, to a large extent, has replaced what was once called "paper trading." Simulated trading is much closer to the real thing, but still some of the best methods and systems fail in real trading. What are the factors that make the difference between the two?

There are many factors, some emotional, and they can be difficult to figure out without doing a lot of research into the reasons why. In this trading article I am going to show you only one factor. But that "one" may be the greatest method and system killer there is.

Many methods and systems are set up to use limit orders. If prices hit your limit price, the computer running the simulation assumes you are filled. But the truth is that unless you are a very large trader, you will be filled on a limit order at your limit price 10% or less of the time if all prices do is touch the limit and do not trade through the limit. Why does that happen?

It is because of the way the exchanges handle the order queue. The queue is filled first-in, first-out, BUT your place in the queue is also affected by size. The exchange gives priority to the largest orders.

When you trade on a simulated basis, the ordering of the queue is not taken into consideration. So you happily trade the simulation of your method or system and dream dreams of wealth and fame. But when you put your money on the line in real trading, the dream bubble bursts and you are faced with the reality of the way the exchange handles the queue.

Below are two graphs. The first graph is of a method that in simulated trading using limit orders for both entry and exit wins 80% of the time. For every one dollar lost it earns $2.56. The net profit for the method is $16,625 trading a 1-lot.

Following is the graph of the same method traded the same way over the same period of time. The only stipulation is that outcomes are counted only if prices trade through the limit price. Changing that one requirement yields the following: The method wins only 42% of the time. For every one dollar lost it earns only .49. The method produces a net loss of $13,500 trading a 1-lot.

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

CSCO Trade

On 30th December 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 3rd January 2019, on a GTC order, we sold to open CSCO Feb 08 2019 36P @ 0.34, with 35 days until expiration and our short strike about 16% below price action, making the trade very safe for a blue chip.
• On 7th January 2019, we bought to close CSCO Feb 08 2019 36P @ 0.15, after only 4 days in the trade.

Profit: 19$ per option

Margin: 720$

Return on Margin annualized: 248.80%

Philippe

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Trading Idea

This week, we're looking at short HGK19 – HGN19: short May 2019 and long July 2019 Copper (COMEX at Globex).

Today we consider a Copper calendar spread: short May 2019 and long July 2019 Copper (COMEX at Globex). The spread has been trading in a range between 0.50 and -0.90 for almost two months. Will the spread drop below the December low and will it follow its seasonal path to the down-side?

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

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by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Ambush Traders close the year with a crazy $7,100 trade in the E-Mini S&P 500

Days before the end of 2018, on December 26th, all the stock indices rallied like crazy posting new record single-day gains. This includes the E-Mini S&P 500 which rallied 119.5 points from open to close. What a crazy day. Now stock traders surely celebrated due to this but guess what trading method did even better and got long very close to the low of the day?

Right, the Ambush System - because that's exactly its job. Thanks to the entry close at the day's low Ambush ended the day with a profit of 142 points, that's $7,100 trading just one contract!

And with that, Ambush Traders happily close the year and look forward to a great start in 2018!

Happy Trading!

Marco

LEARN ABOUT AMBUSH TRADING METHOD!

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in 
catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier!

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

Did you come up with questions?  Don't be shy, email Marco Mayer, he wants to hear from you!  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Edition 758 - January 4, 2019

Ambush Traders close the year with a crazy $7,100 trade in the E-Mini S&P 500
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DON'T BE LEFT IN THE DUST

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

New Year Greeting

Happy New Year to all our subscribers.

It’s summer here in Uruguay, and so Loretta and I took a two-week cruise down to the southern end of world—cape horn and the straits of Magellan.

That far south it’s cold even during summer. We saw beautiful icy glaciers, snow, and rugged mountains. We were 14 days in all and the food aboard ship was wonderful.

We got back just in time for rainy weather, and Christmas which was followed by a three-day Tormenta (wind and rain storm). There are now lots of leaves and branches of trees covering the streets.

I didn’t see any trees that were toppled, but I’m sure there were some. On the day before New Year’s Eve, I had to remove tree limbs from my driveway in order to get the car out.

During the week after Christmas, we had a company meeting and made some major decisions about how we could improve products and services.

For me the highlight of the meeting was the decision to make a major change in the Instant Income Guaranteed product. For over four years we have never taken a monetary loss on any trade we made.
However, not taking losses came at the expense of tying up funds, in some cases, for longer than we feel was necessary. For me the fact that we went so long without a loss of capital was phenomenal,
and proved a long-held point that it was possible to trade without losing money.

We made a decision that in the future, we would allow some small losses in order to take advantage of better opportunities. We also are expanding Instant Income to include at least one additional, well-proven strategy.

We anticipate that our 100% winning percentage will drop to around 94%, but will overall make more money.

There is an old Chines saying purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” While seemingly a blessing, the expression is normally used ironically, with the clear implication that "uninteresting times" of peace and tranquillity are more life-enhancing than interesting ones, which, from a historical perspective, usually include disorder and conflict. My friends, we are now in those times.

The truth is that there is no evidence that there is an equivalent expression in Chinese. More than likely the expression originated in England.

We live in a world of many lies. The truth if difficult to find. Years ago, when deciding what to call my first trading seminar, I decided to give it the name, “Trade the Truth.”

At Trading Educators, we have always held to that decision. Our overriding goal is to bring you the truth in trading to the best of our ability.

May you have a great 2019!

JR

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

VALE Trade

On 17th May 2017, we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers a trade for VALE (Vale SA).

We entered a "complex position", entered for a net credit (still working with OPM, i.e. other people's money, as usual), but with unlimited upside potential.

• On 17th May 2017, we entered the trade for an average credit of 2.49 (or 7.47 = 747$ for 3 positions).
• On 7th September 2017, we sold to close one third of our long position.
• On 5th January 2018, we bought to close all our short position.
• On 2nd October 2018, we sold to close the second third of our long position.
• On 10th December 2018, we sold to close the last third of our long position.

Profit: 1321.50$

Margin: 330$

Average Short Strike: 16.47$

Return on Margin annualized: 256%

Return on Principle annualized: 51.2%

We stayed 272 days in the trade, and the annualized returns were on the high side. All we had to do was to maximize our profits along the way, by being patient, closing the last long position for a reduced profit (trade war, end of year weakness).

This was a low maintenance, low stress trade with lots of upside potential.

Philippe

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Trading Article:  Trading in the Zone

Trading in the zone means that you achieve and intense degree of concentration and focus. Usually, trading in the zone requires that you have and are following a trading plan, otherwise it's difficult to maintain your poise and focus when the pressure is on you to perform.

Trading in the zone means that you must do whatever you can to reduce psychological pressure. The most obvious way to relieve such pressure is to think in terms of probabilities and carefully manage risk. Plan ahead for a possible loss.

You may not win on any single trade, but with proper planning over a series of trades, you will have enough winners to make a profit in the long run.

It's also important to manage your risk. Determine your risk up-front and risk only a small amount of trading capital on a single trade. Doing that will remove a lot of the pressure, allowing you to be more open to see the opportunities that the market offers.. Consider the possibility, of a trade going against you and be ready to recover from it.

© by Andy Jordan. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

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by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Ambush Traders close the year with a crazy $7,100 trade in the E-Mini S&P 500

Days before the end of 2018, on December 26th, all the stock indices rallied like crazy posting new record single-day gains. This includes the E-Mini S&P 500 which rallied 119.5 points from open to close. What a crazy day. Now stock traders surely celebrated due to this but guess what trading method did even better and got long very close to the low of the day?

Right, the Ambush System - because that's exactly its job. Thanks to the entry close at the day's low Ambush ended the day with a profit of 142 points, that's $7,100 trading just one contract!

And with that, Ambush Traders happily close the year and look forward to a great start in 2018!

Happy Trading!

Marco

LEARN ABOUT AMBUSH TRADING METHOD!

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in 
catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier!

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

Did you come up with questions?  Don't be shy, email Marco Mayer, he wants to hear from you!  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

© by Marco Mayer. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

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by using Genesis Financial Technologies' Trade Navigator (with permission).

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Chart Scan is a complimentary educational newsletter.

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Edition 757 - December 21, 2018

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary:  Congestion

This week's Chart Scan is from an email I received from my friend Jack.

A lot of people have been asking about gold; should they go long, short, stay out, what? On the chart you will see a long bar with an arrow. It is marked "MB." That bar is a measuring bar. Notice how all Closes (and Opens) fall within the range of that measuring bar. At my seminars, in my books, and in various writings elsewhere, I have described the use of a measuring bar. The rest, slightly edited for clarity, is from Jack:

"The weekly gold chart below presents a great lesson in congestion. The HUI, as you know, is an index of gold mining stocks. I use it on a weekly time frame to give me the scoop on where we are trend-wise or not.

"With so many newsletter gurus spouting gold is going to the sky, I use HUI as a proxy for the gold stock market. Do I want to be long or short or out? It has been a tough summer for many gold bug traders, and if you look at the HUI on a weekly chart can you spot the congestion?

"Joe's method of congestion identification has saved my bacon more times than I can count.

"Using the bar formed 2017-03-03 as the measuring bar (MB), there has been an open or a close inside that bar's range for 8 weeks! In this case every bar’s open, close, or both took place inside the measuring bar. If you wanted to trade gold stocks on a daily chart, the weekly trend will guide you to look for daily entries and exits. The longer term is the more powerful term, and you must know where it is to be able to survive trading on a shorter term (daily) chart.

"One of the most valuable things I have ever learned from Joe is when to stay out of a trade. Jumping in when there is no underlying force from a longer time period has cost me plenty. If I am frustrated with a lot of stop outs, I will go out to the longer term and usually spot the congestion.

"Also, notice that the present congestion on the weekly chart is adjacent to a previous sideways price action began 2017-01-06.

What if you had a rule to move up your stop to just above a reversal bar in a downtrend or underneath any reversal bar in an uptrend? It is what Joe teaches and it works. You let the price action tell you what to do, or not do. The trend that started in 2016-01-22 went 15 weeks without a reversal bar. How do you know when to stay in a trade or get out? It does not get much simpler or more powerful than that.

"Too many methods focus 95% on entries. Everyone wants to enter trades. Learning when to enter, when to exit, and when to stand aside are all equal."

If you would like to learn to read the language of the charts  you might consider taking private tutoring with Master Trader Joe Ross, or taking our online webinar “The Law of Charts in Depth.”

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
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Trading Article:  Win or Lose: You Are A Winner Every Day

Have you ever spent the day making trade after trade and gotten nowhere? You may have wondered why you woke up that morning, or even bothered trading that day. Perhaps there have been a few days where you've felt this way this week. It's been a hard week so far. If you aren't doing very well, it is understandable. Uncertainty abounds. On days when you are feeling unproductive, it's important to have an upbeat attitude, though. You need to lift your spirits. So what if a given trading day wasn't fruitful? Who cares if you lost money today? Take it all in stride. How can you be so carefree, you ask? Real money was lost, so how can anyone convince himself or herself to feel good? There are trading days when your rewards are tangible profits and you can bask in the glory of success, and then there are those days where you must chalk the day up to experience. You settle for saying, "Perhaps I learned something valuable today. Let's figure out what I learned and be grateful that I got something from my trading.”

What did you learn today? What did you experience? Did you make it through the day relatively unscathed? That's worth something. Maybe you learned that you could stand aside when you wanted to and get out of harm's way. It is something worth learning. Maybe you jumped into the markets too soon, and felt a little bit of regret from losses. Were the losses justified? Did you follow your plan, but the plan didn't work?

If you lost because of a faulty plan, it's still valuable knowing that you could follow a plan. Losses due to impulsive decisions are another matter, however. If you traded impulsively, perhaps you learned how you might prevent impulsive decisions in the future. No matter what happened, though, you learned a valuable lesson.

In the modern, competitive world, we are obsessed with winning races. We want to make more profits than the next trader, and when we fail to make profits, we feel beaten. But the only benchmark that should matter is your own. So what if you don't make profits every single day? Maybe you do not yet have the skills or financial resources to make a profit every day. Even if you consider the metaphor of winning a race with other traders, would you try to run a marathon without the proper amount of practice? Would you feel disappointed if you couldn't reach an athletic goal that you knew would take more training than you had? You definitely would not, so why make such high and lofty trading goals? Give yourself a break. Sometimes it is wise to just do your best and accept what you've achieved. When you set high goals that exceed your skills, you will usually feel discouraged, and that may make you feel like giving up. Rather than kicking yourself for not performing up to par, consider the lessons you learned as a win, and keep on trading.

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TTEC Trade

On 15th November 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Teletech Holdings Inc. (TTEC). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 20th November 2018, we sold to open TTEC Dec 21 2018 22.5P @ 0.20, with 35 days until expiration and our short strike about 24% below price action, making the trade very safe.
• On 3rd December 2018, we bought to close TTEC Dec 21 2018 22.5P @ 0.10, after only 13 days in the trade

Profit: 10$ per option

Margin: 450$

Return on Margin annualized: 62.39%

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Trading Article:  Hesitating before a Trade

There are any number of reasons why a trader hesitates before a trade. The main one is lack of planning. Without a plan, there is no degree of confidence a trade will be successful, it’s all wishful thinking. Unless they are outright gamblers, traders usually have a strong need to protect their assets and avoid risk. This is especially true for beginning traders. It can take a long time to build up sufficient capital for serious trading. By that I mean sufficient capital to be able to trade for a living. It is quite understandable to fear losing all or part of your initial capital. Beginners tend to seek absolute certainty before taking a risk, and gaining true confidence in their ability to trade successfully can take time. Unscrupulous marketers of mechanical trading systems and methods take advantage of the beginners fears and lack of confidence by advertising “sure-fire” “magic” ways to trade, instead of revealing the truth about the difficulties in becoming a consistently successful trader.

When it comes to short term trading, there isn't very much time for long deliberations. Market conditions are in continuous flux. Decisions need to be made relatively quickly, and if one waits too long to execute a trade, he or she may miss a significant opportunity. The reasons for hesitation are everywhere, and traders must be aware of them, and create a plan to prevent them.

Identifying, directly facing, and eventually eliminating a problem of hesitation is the only way to truly deal with it. Chronic hesitation will eventually destroy the confidence a trader needs for success. If the problem is not dealt with and the traders continues to hesitate, miss important market moves, and see his or her equity begin to dwindle, that trader runs the risk of becoming a phantom trader, a pretender, becoming convinced that the imaginary trades being made are real. If you are prone to hesitation, it's vital that you deal with this problem early in your trading endeavors. Identify the reasons for it, confront the problem, and make changes as soon as possible. These are changes you have to make within yourself. If you will truly engage in self-examination with the object of eliminating hesitation, you can trade become consistent and successful in trading profitably.

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While everyone is confused about the Dollar, Ambush Traders cashed in heavily in 2018!

The Ambush trading method is specialized in catching intraday market tops and bottoms in a variety of Futures markets. Including the Dollar Index Future (DX) traded at the ICE, where Ambush Traders are having a really nice time lately.

Ambush day trades on an end-of-day basis so there’s no need to even check the markets during the day.

As you might remember we talked about the Dollar Index a couple of times already during 2018. It’s been one of the trickiest markets to trade this year as there’s a lot of uncertainties. Luckily Ambush has no trouble at all in such markets, quite the opposite and so Ambush Traders had a really good time throughout the year trading DX!

Luckily Ambush has no trouble at all in such markets and so Ambush Traders continued having a really good time trading DX!

Here’s a chart of the last 6 months of DX trading. As you can see it’s been going sideways (or nowhere, see red boxes) most of the time. In between we had some failed breakouts and small rallies to the next trading range level.

Once you realize that this isn’t that uncommon but that it’s exactly what the markets do most of the time don’t you want a strategy that works well under such conditions?

Where’s the Dollar Index going next? For sure to either the top or the bottom of the trading range it’s in. As Ambush Traders we don’t mind, we’ll be there ready to sell to or buy from the novice traders who’ll then accelerate our profits as they got to get out of their next losing trade.

Here’s the result of all of these trades, trading one Dollar Index (DX) contract, including $10 commissions/slippage per trade.

Is it always like that? Of course not, but if you’ve been on the other sides of these trades trying to buy the breakouts you maybe should think about switching sides!

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Additionally, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799: simply use the coupon-code "ambush500“ at the checkout. 

You can find out more about the sample portfolios and the long-term performance of each of the Ambush Markets on the Performance Page.

2018 has been quite a year for Ambush and if you missed it so far, join us now for what looks like a promising finale of the year and start 2019 on the right side of the markets.

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

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Chart Scan with Commentary:  Currency Spreads

Can we use "The Law of Charts" to locate good spread possibilities? We surely can. Our friend Daniel sent me a message about this spread. He wants to go long the New Zealand dollar and short the Canadian dollar.

As we view the charts below, we see that the New Zealand dollar (Kiwi) has already formed a 1-2 low, and at the very least can be said to be moving sideways overall. However, the Canadian dollar (Loonie) has broken below consolidation and is strongly moving down as of the writing of this issue of Chart Scan.

Simply by observation, we can see that it might pay off well to buy the Kiwi and sell the (Loonie).  This trade can be made in Forex or in Futures, your choice.

If you would like to learn to read the language of the charts  you might consider taking private tutoring with Master Trader Joe Ross, or taking our online webinar “The Law of Charts in Depth.”

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Trading Article:  Note from Braam Avenant

Some have asked for more information about Point and Figure charts. Here's a message from our friend Braam: P&F as I do it is a whole different method of short term trading than you will find in any book. As I always want to improve myself, I have bought all books on P&F. Most of them were a waste of money. But the best I have ever read is "The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure" by Jeremy du Plessis  ISBN 1 - 897 - 59763 - 0. I want people to know this before they spend a lot of money on worthless books.

The “Mystery Players” in The Options Markets

The Mystery Players are primarily the large brokerage houses. They want to sell you options. They discourage you from selling because they want to sell to you – they want you to be the buyer, knowing that majority of all options will expire worthless.

Option market makers are very real and very smart. It is to structure your orders properly in relation to the bid/ask. It’s see orders coming into the market and watching to see if they get filled. If you can do 100 lots, you can pretty much split the bid/ask and get filled.

Anything less than that has to be very close to the bid or offer to get filled (unless you don't mind waiting to see if the underlying stocks or futures go your way).

It took me a while to figure out that all the market movers do is to artificially manipulate the price away from the "theoretical value" via the bid/ask, take the trade, and then offset that trade in the underlying to capture the spread. Market makers know the importance and advantages of delta neutral, and are always working to stay neutral. I think that there is tremendous power to the trader who knows how to be neutral in several different ways before any trade is even initiated. In reference to ‘theoretical value,’ my opinion is that an option (or anything) is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

The buyer of an option has the most odds stacked against him/her. After getting creamed in the bid/ask spread, paying an outrageous commission, an option buyer still has to be right about price direction in a certain time frame. And even if all of these odds are overcome, and the option goes in the money, it is still losing some value every day, which is why I will rarely buy another option.

Trade selection. Trade selection. Trade selection. Trade selection. The easiest way to put odds more in your favor is good trade selection. I cannot express how important this one thing is. And yet it took me awhile after starting to trade options before I could truly see this.

The markets are there to fill orders. That’s really what it’s all about. So if someone gets upset because their order got filled, then maybe they should think about what kind of order they placed, i.e. get stopped into a trade, next time.

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Trading Idea

This week, we're looking at selling NGM19 – NGN19: short June 2016 and long July 2019 Natural Gas (NYMEX on Globex).

Today we consider a Natural Gas calender spread: short June 2016 and long July 2019 Natural Gas (NYMEX on Globex). Natural Gas moved up like a rocket a few weeks ago and so did our Natural Gas spread, but with only 1 months in difference of both legs of the spread, the move was much less dramatic. Will the spread now follow its seasonal path lower? The seasonal time window (11/26 – 04/16) is very wide and with a suggested initial stop above the November high we give the spread enough room to develop. 

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

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Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
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• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Additionally, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799: simply use the coupon-code "ambush500“ at the checkout. 

Ambush System takes off to End-of-Year Rally!

Yes, Ambush did it again as most of the Ambush markets and portfolios just hit new all-time equity highs in November. Looks like it just started off to a nice end-of-year rally, don’t miss it!

Trading has surely been tough lately for a lot of traders, especially due to the crazy correction we had in the stock markets in October. That’s a recipe for disaster for many trading strategies but for Ambush it’s one of the most favorable market conditions. And oh boy did it rally during that period. The Ambush Small Portfolio, for example, showed a performance gain of over 8k within just two months of trading! Thanks to that rally, almost all Ambush markets are now showing nice gains for 2018.

Of course, this is just a tiny part of the whole Ambush history, so let’s zoom out and have a look at the broader picture. Ambush has been around for about 10 years now. That’s exceptional for a trading system. Actually, it’s the only one I know that’s been around that long with most systems working no longer than a couple of months. But as markets tend to change, I do review Ambush once a year to see if any changes are necessary to adapt to changing market conditions. The last time any significant changes have been required was in July 2015. As you can see on the following chart Ambush kept on performing as expected since then in live trading.

You can find out more about the sample portfolios and the long-term performance of each of the Ambush Markets on the Performance Page.

2018 has been quite a year for Ambush and if you missed it so far, join us now for what looks like a promising finale of the year and start 2019 on the right side of the markets.

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Today you can also get:

• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Now if instead of simply getting the daily Ambush Trading System Signals you want to know the actual trading rules behind the System, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799 by using the coupon code "ambush500“ at the checkout.

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier! Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

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Edition 755 - December 7, 2018

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Chart Scan with Commentary:  Classic Chart Revelation

The chart below is an old one, but I saved it for the great lesson it reveals. It was sent to me by one of my students in Brazil. I have no idea which market is represented by this chart. I know only that it is a daily chart and it is showing a 30 bar Commodity Channel Index (CCI). The CCI plot is generally graphed around a value of 0, with one line being fixed at +100 and another line being fixed at -100. There are many ways to use the CCI. Generally, it is used as an overbought/oversold indicator, but in my opinion it is much better used as trend following indicator. I don’t want to get into all the detail here concerning the best uses of CCI. You can find all the details of how I use it, along with many examples in our online webinar: “The Law of Charts In-Depth.”

The point is to show you that The Law of Charts works equally as well with indicators as it does with price bars. The way CCI is used on this chart was as a means of following the long move up. I can also tell you that I used CCI as shown, for the greatest trade I made in my entire life. To add sugar to this story, I can tell you that the greatest trade ever made by one of my students to make $16 million dollars over a period of almost 11 years was made using CCI.

If you want to use CCI to follow a trend the way I have done it for many years, and also have access to the formula for computing CCI, you will find it contained in my book, "Trading The Ross Hook."

CCI, in case you are wondering, represents the Mean Deviation of today’s typical price from a moving average of typical prices. It is very similar in nature to the calculation for Bollinger bands but is plotted as an oscillator rather than as an overlay.

If you would like to learn to read the language of the charts  you might consider taking private tutoring with Master Trader Joe Ross, or taking our online webinar “The Law of Charts in Depth.”

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Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
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Trading Article:  Erratic Markets

Recently, I was asked the following question: Do you trade strictly by technical analysis or do you still try to watch the fundamentals as well?

For years I have differentiated between chart and technical analysis. Please allow me the courtesy of calling what I use as primarily ‘chart’ analysis, secondarily at times, technical analysis and when I think it is appropriate I throw in a bit of fundamental analysis. It is becoming more and more likely that the fundamental analyst may be destined for a lesser role than in the past. Increasingly, the large traders who once engaged in fundamental analysis are engaging in synthetic transactions based upon financial information. Financial trading today, far exceeds commodity trading, and seems to be ever increasing in that direction. For example, consider that a majority of business relationships are contractually linked to government indices like the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Labor contracts often link wage escalations to the CPI. Social Security payments are linked to the CPI. Commercial Real Estate leases are linked to the CPI. Cost of living increases and a variety of benefit programs often have CPI links. Is it any wonder that so many people hold their breath whenever the Federal Reserve Chairman belches?

However, there is a lot more to it than mere linkage and hot air from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve and the government both fool around with the way the CPI calculation is made. The same is true for most of the major financial reports. It is because there are so many reports from so many bureaus and agencies, that it becomes almost impossible to perform fundamental analysis.

If one looks to the government reports on agricultural products, energy reserves, or mining production, it is no better. Producers lie to the government about inventories, intentions, and conditions. The farmer tells the government agent that he intends to plant corn, when all along he really intends to plant Soybeans. The rancher lies about his intentions to take his herds to the market. The natural gas companies lie about their ability to bring gas on line. Oil companies lie about their production and their reserves, and so it goes. Since reports are the major factor in most markets today, it is no wonder the markets behave so erratically. No one knows what to believe anymore.

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

ALK Trade

On 19th November 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 20th November 2018, we sold to open ALK Dec 21 2018 57.5P @ 0.40, with 31 days until expiration and our short strike about 15% below price action.
• On 27th November 2018, we bought to close ALK Dec 21 2018 57.5P @ 0.10, after only 7 days in the trade for quick premium compounding

Profit: 30$ per option

Margin: 1150$

Return on Margin annualized: 136.02%

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Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Article:  Talking to Myself

I have to admit I do talk to myself at times, maybe even a lot, especially when I’m facing a loss. Let’s say I’m down a bunch of points and...read more. 

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

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Update on Ambush Performance and a Special you don't want to miss!

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets.

Save up to $629 on Ambush Signals Today!

As you know I don't send out emails to you very often. But as many of you have been asking me about longer-term subscriptions for Ambush Signals at a discount, I thought this might be interesting to you. Usually, I only offer monthly or 3-month subscriptions, but till Saturday you can also get:

• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Additionally, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799: simply use the coupon-code "ambush500“ at the checkout. 

Ambush System takes off to End-of-Year Rally!

Yes, Ambush did it again as most of the Ambush markets and portfolios just hit new all-time equity highs in November. Looks like it just started off to a nice end-of-year rally, don’t miss it!

Trading has surely been tough lately for a lot of traders, especially due to the crazy correction we had in the stock markets in October. That’s a recipe for disaster for many trading strategies but for Ambush it’s one of the most favorable market conditions. And oh boy did it rally during that period. The Ambush Small Portfolio, for example, showed a performance gain of over 8k within just two months of trading! Thanks to that rally, almost all Ambush markets are now showing nice gains for 2018.

Of course, this is just a tiny part of the whole Ambush history, so let’s zoom out and have a look at the broader picture. Ambush has been around for about 10 years now. That’s exceptional for a trading system. Actually, it’s the only one I know that’s been around that long with most systems working no longer than a couple of months. But as markets tend to change, I do review Ambush once a year to see if any changes are necessary to adapt to changing market conditions. The last time any significant changes have been required was in July 2015. As you can see on the following chart Ambush kept on performing as expected since then in live trading.

You can find out more about the sample portfolios and the long-term performance of each of the Ambush Markets on the Performance Page.

2018 has been quite a year for Ambush and if you missed it so far, join us now for what looks like a promising finale of the year and start 2019 on the right side of the markets.

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Today you can also get:

• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Now if instead of simply getting the daily Ambush Trading System Signals you want to know the actual trading rules behind the System, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799 by using the coupon code "ambush500“ at the checkout.

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier! Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

© by Marco Mayer. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

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Edition 754 - November 30, 2018

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary:  Tick Chart

Recently, in Chart Scan I mentioned that if you want to trade a chart that is time-independent, you have two choices:

• Point and figure charts
• Tick charts

To create a tick chart, you need software that will enable you to do so. I use Genesis Trade Navigator. Either one will allow you to generate tick charts. Some programs call them "equi-ticks." Instead of each bar on the chart representing a specific amount of time, each bar represents a specific number of ticks. Tick charts change the entire structure of the prices you are looking at. The magnitude of the moves changes markedly, as well as having trends appear where there is no trend with charts based on time. The time between bars also varies. At a setting of 500 ticks per price bar, you might find an hour or more between bars, or a matter of minutes between bars, depending upon the liquidity of the market you are trading. This inability to know when the bar will change is a weakness in the use of tick charts, so be careful if you use them. The size and shape of the bar can change dramatically when least expected.

One of the nicest things about tick charts is that you can literally create them to match your own style of trading. Your chart for each market can be unique to you and you alone. The number and variety of tick charts is virtually unlimited. Someone trading a bar chart in which each bar contains 257 ticks is going to see a different chart from the person trading a bar chart in which each bar contains 250 ticks.

The chart below was sent in to me by one of our subscribers. It is a chart of the e-mini S&P. Each bar contains 1,000 ticks. This is the text that accompanied the chart: "Another example of using price bars and price bar relationships correlated with 15-min and 60-min charts. After a large go down, it is reasonable to have it go back up some."

If you would like to learn to read the language of the charts  you might consider taking private tutoring, or taking our online webinar “The Law of Charts in Depth.”

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  Question from a subscriber:

"Once I’ve achieved success as a trader, then what? I’ve heard that after a while trading can become boring."

I know you would all like to have that problem, but I can vouch for its being true. I am always having to find new ways to trade or I do become bored. However, I have never run out of ways to trade that remain exciting, at least for a fairly long time.

After the objective techniques of trading (discipline, controlling losses, self-control, self-confidence, etc.) are mastered, the great traders have prescient insight and the ability to envision themselves and their methods as part of a higher realm where art, science, and markets become one with all life.

A professional trading friend of mine says it this way: "The great traders I’ve known have an enthusiasm for life. The word 'enthusiasm' comes from the Greek word 'Enthios' and means, 'God within.' Enthusiasm is contagious and causes men to rise above their abilities. Napoleon was known as the '100,000 man,' because on the battlefield his enthusiasm was worth another 100,000 men. Henry V was a brilliant '100,000 man' who lead his troops, outnumbered more than five to one, to startling victory at Agincourt, where over fifty Frenchmen died for every one Englishman. Great traders, scientists and artists recognize there is great art in all scientific endeavors, and there is great science in all artistic endeavors. Living one's life is the ultimate artistic statement."

Of course, you can always turn to helping others. There is a lot to be said for giving back some of what you have received in the way of good fortune. There is great reward and satisfaction in seeing another person make it as a successful trader.

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New Developments of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

CF Trade

On 1st November 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 2nd November 2018, we sold to open CF Dec 21 2018 40P @ 0.40, with 49 days until expiration and our short strike about 22% below price action, making the trade very safe.
• On 7th November 2018, we bought to close CF Dec 21 2018 40P @ 0.20, after only 5 days in the trade for quick premium compounding.

Profit: 20$ per option

Margin: 800$

Return on Margin annualized: 182.50%

Philippe

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by Professional Trader Andy Jordan
Educator for Spreads, Options, Swing, Day Trading, and 
Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Article:  Pace Yourself

During ongoing activities, such as day trading, you have to learn how to pace yourself. This means alternating between...read more. 

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

© by Andy Jordan. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Ambush Signals Special

Update on Ambush Performance and a Special you don't want to miss!

With Ambush Signals you can easily follow Ambush, a system specialized in catching intraday market tops and bottoms in the Futures markets.

Save up to $629 on Ambush Signals Today!

As you know I don't send out emails to you very often. But as many of you have been asking me about longer-term subscriptions for Ambush Signals at a discount, I thought this might be interesting to you. Usually, I only offer monthly or 3-month subscriptions, but till Saturday you can also get:

• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Additionally, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799: simply use the coupon-code "ambush500“ at the checkout. 

Ambush System takes off to End-of-Year Rally!

Yes, Ambush did it again as most of the Ambush markets and portfolios just hit new all-time equity highs in November. Looks like it just started off to a nice end-of-year rally, don’t miss it!

Trading has surely been tough lately for a lot of traders, especially due to the crazy correction we had in the stock markets in October. That’s a recipe for disaster for many trading strategies but for Ambush it’s one of the most favorable market conditions. And oh boy did it rally during that period. The Ambush Small Portfolio, for example, showed a performance gain of over 8k within just two months of trading! Thanks to that rally, almost all Ambush markets are now showing nice gains for 2018.

Of course, this is just a tiny part of the whole Ambush history, so let’s zoom out and have a look at the broader picture. Ambush has been around for about 10 years now. That’s exceptional for a trading system. Actually, it’s the only one I know that’s been around that long with most systems working no longer than a couple of months. But as markets tend to change, I do review Ambush once a year to see if any changes are necessary to adapt to changing market conditions. The last time any significant changes have been required was in July 2015. As you can see on the following chart Ambush kept on performing as expected since then in live trading.

You can find out more about the sample portfolios and the long-term performance of each of the Ambush Markets on the Performance Page.

2018 has been quite a year for Ambush and if you missed it so far, join us now for what looks like a promising finale of the year and start 2019 on the right side of the markets.

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

Today you can also get:

• 6 Months of Ambush Signals for $499 (save $215)
• 12 Months of Ambush Signals for $799 (save $629)

Now if instead of simply getting the daily Ambush Trading System Signals you want to know the actual trading rules behind the System, you can get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799 by using the coupon code "ambush500“ at the checkout.

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier! Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

© by Marco Mayer. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

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by using Genesis Financial Technologies' Trade Navigator (with permission).

Legal Notice and Copyright 2018 Disclaimer - Published by Trading Educators, Inc.
Chart Scan is a complimentary educational newsletter.

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Edition 753 - November 16, 2018

by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary:  Classic Chart Revelation

If you would like to learn to read the language of the charts  you might consider taking private tutoring, or taking our online webinar “The Law of Charts in Depth.”

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  The Sinful Trader

From time to time we get this very important question: Is trading a sin? Often this question comes from people in ministry who want to become traders in order to fund various church activities.

The answer is: No, trading is not a sin, but trading without knowing what you are doing can lead to a lot of problems. Trading in and of itself is not considered to be gambling. The futures markets exist as a venue in which hedgers are able to “purchase” price insurance. The ability to hedge against rising or falling prices is the economic and social justification for the futures markets. However, gambling is considered to be foolish and sinful. Trading without adequate knowledge of the markets and of self is foolish, because by doing so you are gambling.

There is a certain amount of self-knowledge needed to choose the proper trading method. It has even been suggested that many small traders in the futures market, without knowing it, secretly want to lose. They jump in with high hopes - but feeling vaguely guilty. Guilty over "gambling" with the family's money, guilty over trying to get "something for nothing," or guilty over plunging in without really having done much research or analysis. Then they punish themselves for these or other perceived sins by selling out, demoralized, and at a loss for what to do next.

Interestingly, scripture itself say that "that which is done in doubt, is sin." That brings up a very interesting point to think about. I have often written that if you don't believe in yourself and in what you are doing, you are almost certain to end up a loser. If you don't have the courage of your convictions, you are trading in doubt.

Does this kind of sin mean you are condemned? Not at all! Sin is a very interesting subject. Sin has its own built-in penalties. But first we need to define what sin is. According to scripture, sin is breaking the law. But there are all kinds of laws. Not all law-breaking need result in the death penalty. For instance, you can break the law of gravity and not necessarily die. You can leap from a high place and maybe only break a bone! You can sin against your body by consuming lots of junk food. The result may not be death. The result may be the pain and suffering of a long illness.

There are all kinds of laws. There is even a Law of Charts! The Law of Charts is a concept that describes how a chart will look as the result of human emotional action and reaction in the market place. If you break that law, i.e., go against the clear flow of market energy, thrust, and momentum, you will pay the penalty for your sin. So the things we try to teach you at Trading Educators are all designed to get you in step with the flow of the markets. And far away from sin!

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

DAL Trade

On 28th October 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 29th October 2018, we sold to open DAL Dec 21 2018 45P @ 0.42, with 52 days until expiration and our short strike about 16% below price action, making the trade very safe.
• On 2nd November 2018, we bought to close DAL Dec 21 2018 45P @ 0.22, after only 4 days in the trade for quick premium compounding.

Profit: 23$ per option

Margin: 900$

Return on Margin annualized: 233.19%

Philippe

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by Professional Trader Andy Jordan
Educator for Spreads, Options, Swing, Day Trading, and 
Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Article:  Practice

If you play tennis once a week against an opponent who plays tennis five times a week, who is likely to win? If you play chess or backgammon twice a year against someone who plays every day, who will mostly likely win?

You don’t have to start trading real money right away. Whenever someone goes through my mentoring program, there comes a time when I encourage the student to start paper trading before starting to trade with real money. Trading is like playing chess; you can learn a lot about it by reading books but if you really want to get good in it, you actually have to do it on your own. Practice is necessary to becoming successful in many professions; and trading is one of them!

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

© by Andy Jordan. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Ambush takes off to an Amazing End-of-Year Rally!

Yes, Ambush did it again as most of the Ambush markets and portfolios just hit new all-time equity highs in November. Looks like it just started off to a nice end-of-year rally, don’t miss it!

Trading has surely been tough lately for a lot of traders, especially due to the crazy correction we had in the stock markets in October. This also lead to higher volatility in many markets mixed with a lot of uncertainty and crazy market moves.

That’s a recipe for disaster for many trading strategies but for Ambush it’s one of the most favorable market conditions. And oh boy did it rally during that period .The Ambush Small Portfolio, for example, showed a performance gain of over 8k within just two months of trading! Thanks to that rally, almost all Ambush markets are now showing nice gains for 2018.

Of course this is just a tiny part of the whole Ambush history, so let’s zoom out and have a look at the broader picture. Ambush has been around for about 10 years now. That’s exceptional for a trading system. Actually, it’s the only one I know that’s been around that long with most systems working no longer than a couple of months. But as markets tend to change, I do review Ambush once a year to see if any changes are necessary to adapt to changing market conditions. The last time any significant changes have been required was in July 2015. As you can see on the following chart Ambush kept on performing as expected since then in live trading.

You can find out more about the sample portfolios and the long-term performance of each of the Ambush Markets on the Performance Page.

2018 has been quite a year for Ambush and if you missed it so far, join us now for what looks like a promising finale of the year and start 2019 on the right side of the markets.

Join us and become an Ambush Trader!

The most popular and easiest way to follow Ambush is Ambush Signals. It does all the work for you, allows you to customise what markets you want to see and has a position sizing tool implemented to automatically adjust the positions to your risk preferences.

Each day around 6:30 pm NY Time the Signals are available for you on the Dashboard. You can then place your orders and literally walk away until the next market close! To find out more about the details of Ambush and how Ambush Signals works, have a look at the Ambush Signals Website.

Let’s be realistic. Following any System can be tough, especially in the beginning. It simply needs time to build the confidence needed to make it through inevitable drawdowns. So what if you are unlucky and don’t catch a good start right away?

I want you to succeed trading Ambush Signals, so here’s something for you that will strongly increase your odds of success and allow you to easily gain the confidence you’ll need to become a long-term profitable Ambush trader.

We offer you 6 months of Ambush Signals for just $499. That’s a saving of $215, giving you almost two months of Ambush Signals for free. As we usually only offer monthly or 3-months subscriptions, this is a very special offer!

These 6 months will allow you to get to know Ambush Signals without too much stress or pressure and to follow it for a long enough time period that it simply won’t that much if you’re lucky and start on Ambush’s best trading month ever or not.

Don’t miss out on this and get your 6 months of Ambush Signals for $499 today!

CLICK HERE! AMBUSH SIGNALS 6-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION

Now many of you already have been following Ambush for years now and so you’ve been asking for a long-term subscribers bargain. Get a whole year of Ambush Signals for $799. That’s a whopping $629 off the regular yearly subscription price, giving you over five months for free!

CLICK HERE!  AMBUSH SIGNALS 1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION

Ambush eBook

If you’d prefer to rather generate the signals on your own and want to know the exact trading rules of Ambush, you want the Ambush eBook. We also have a very special offer for you then:

Coupon Code for $500 off:

• Ambush eBook: use during check out "ambush500“ to get the Ambush eBook $500 off, for $1,299 instead of $1,799.

All special offers are valid only until December. So hurry up and don’t miss out!

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier! Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

© by Marco Mayer. Re-transmission or reproduction of any part of this material is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of Trading Educators, Inc.

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Note: Unless otherwise noted, all charts used in Chart Scan commentary were created
by using Genesis Financial Technologies' Trade Navigator (with permission).

Legal Notice and Copyright 2018 Disclaimer - Published by Trading Educators, Inc.
Chart Scan is a complimentary educational newsletter.

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Edition 752 - November 9, 2018

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Chart Scan with Commentary:  Swiss Franc

Hey Joe! I was looking for some clue as to what to do with the USD/CHF Forex chart. I tried looking around for comments and found this: “The bearish move in USD/CHF is stretched, and so far on the day we’re seeing a bit of near-term resistance develop at that prior two-year low around .9257. Traders should be very careful of looking at short-side continuation strategy on a Friday ahead of an extended holiday weekend out of the United States. We look at a couple of deeper resistance levels below that could be usable for next week.”

Well, I really am not into predicting where markets will go long or short term. The only thing I see for certain from the point of view of day, or short-term trading would have been to buy the high of the reversal bar that made the recent low on the chart (0.9188). My buy order would have been at 0.9288 for an expected follow-through to the reversal bar. I would have been out with my objective and done with the trade in the same day as my entry. If I were a short-term trader, it would have been somewhat of a sweat to hold overnight because prices finished only 3 ticks higher than my entry. Tough decision on that one. However, holding over would have had its reward over the next couple of days.

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  Write Down Your Thoughts

Have you ever made a dumb mistake? Perhaps you knew you should have used a protective stop before leaving for two days to take your children on a road trip. You may have thought, "I'll stop off at an Internet café and monitor the trade." But it didn't happen. You got wrapped up taking care of your children or worrying about traffic, and you didn't get around to looking at the market. It fell hard and you lost more than you had planned. In hindsight, you probably thought, "I knew it would happen, but I just didn't care." For some traders, it's the little things that knock them off balance: the argument they had with their spouse, or staying up too late visiting with friends the night before a significant trading day. Whatever they are, these little things can make you feel tired and on edge. Suddenly, you make trading errors that would not have made sense in a more rational state of mind.

How do you prevent little things from getting the better of you? One way is to keep a diary of your thoughts and emotions during the trading day. For example, on the day of making a trade, you might write down the events in your personal life that happened before the trade and how you felt about these events: "I had a dinner at my neighbor's house and we lost track of time. We talked about interest rates and how the markets were down for the second straight week. I was a little worried about what might happen the next day. I didn't sleep well. I woke up tired the next day. And then, my spouse forgot some important papers at home and I had to fax them. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time, but I guess I was angry that I had to take time out of my busy schedule. I was tired and a little frustrated. In the back of my mind, I felt that I hadn't been performing at my best. I guess I really wasn't looking forward to putting on a trade that day. My heart wasn't in it. I tried to follow my trading plan but I did not succeed.

In this diary entry, you can see that little things were the culprits of a losing trade. The trader was not in an optimal state of mind. That can happen to traders. They can just have a bad day. A bunch of little things come together to make a big problem, and trading plans are ruined. How does a diary entry help? By keeping a description of your trades, even if you don't log all of them, you can look for patterns that interfered with an optimal state of mind. In this case, staying up too late and feeling frustrated by having to do something the trader didn't want to do put the trader in mindset that was not conducive to trading. A trader may find that specific events predispose a bad mood or feelings of frustration. For this trader it was not getting a sound night's sleep and dealing with interpersonal hassles. For other traders, it may be missing a day at the gym or hearing bad news about family and friends. Whatever these events are, it is useful to identify the specific events that mess up your trading plan.

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

XLNX Trade

On 25th October 2018 we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers the following trade on Xilinx Inc (XLNX). Price insurance could be sold as follows:

• On 29th October 2018, we sold to open XLNX Dec 21 2018 62.5P @ 0.61, with 52 days until expiration and our short strike about 21% below price action, making the trade very safe.
• On 31st October 2018, we bought to close XLNX Dec 21 2018 62.5P @ 0.30, after only 2 days in the trade for quick premium compounding.

Profit: 31$ per option

Margin: 1250$

Return on Margin annualized: 452.60%

Philippe

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by Professional Trader Andy Jordan
Educator for Spreads, Options, Swing, Day Trading, and 
Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Article:  Counting the Cost

Almost anyone who wants to succeed needs to ask themselves certain questions before beginning to trade. Essentially, it is a matter of counting the cost BEFORE, not after you decide you want to pursue trading as a serious part of your life.

What time period trader are you? How long do you feel comfortable holding a trade and how such financial risk can you comfortably assume on a one contract basis? How much money would you need to lose before you quit trading? How much would you need to win to quit? You should know the answers to these important questions before trading, and review them frequently. Your money management skills are the most important tools you have to trade the markets. With good risk averse money management skills, and even a mediocre trading approach, you will be successful. With a great trading approach and poor money management skills, you will lose money. Remember, a winner will find a way to win with a losing trading system and a loser finds a way to lose with a winning trading system. No man with a failed home life truly achieves any success.

Andy Jordan is the editor for Traders Notebook which shows you Futures Trading Strategies in Spreads, Options, and Swing Trades. Learn step-by-step how to trade successfully.

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by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Marco Mayer's Ambush Signals is performing well so his next article will offer YOU big savings.  Until then, watch his video to learn how his trading method works.

Learn all you need to know about our new Ambush Signals service during this presentation by Marco Mayer. What is the Ambush System, what's the idea behind it and how does Ambush Signals make trading Ambush so much easier! Find out more about Ambush and Ambush Signals!

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

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Edition 751 - November 2, 2018

by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
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Chart Scan with Commentary:  Markets Fall Faster…

I believe that the precipitous fall in just about any futures market is the result of huge manipulation by governments. Conversely, I believe the incredible rise in the price of crude oil was also market manipulation — but not entirely. A good part of the rise in crude oil prices was due to the buy and hold strategies of commodity index funds. Commodity index funds are long-only funds, and they buy and hold commodities as an asset class. Of course, they got their assets kicked and their panicked selling has caused a lot of the steep decline visible on the weekly chart.

We all know that what goes up, must come down (usually). It is also known that markets fall much faster than they rise. We have seen a lot of that lately, as well.

As I was looking through my charts, I couldn't help but notice a perfect illustration of prices falling much faster than they had risen.

It took 5 weeks for crude oil prices to reach the recent high. It took only 2 weeks for prices to give it all back.

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by Master Trader Joe Ross
Author, Trader, Trading Mentor, and Founder of Trading Educators, Inc.
Developer of Instant Income Guaranteed

Trading Article:  Get Back on Track

Have you ever had a bad day and wanted to stand aside until the feeling passed? Sometimes it is a good idea. It may be necessary to take a break, relax, contemplate, and refocus on the task at hand. The winning trader trades freely and effortlessly and it is vital to trade with such a mindset. Traders are similar to star athletes who perform at their best, or musicians who are virtuosos. What these people have in common is that they can focus their attention on the task at hand; inadequacies, conflicts, or current life stressors do not easily distract them. The more you can remove stress and anxiety in your life, the more easily you can trade effortlessly with a focused, concerted manner. Some of the conditions you need to address are unconscious and involve a certain amount of reflection, but other conditions are just a matter of the right attitude. A winning approach to trading is often just a matter of approaching trading by following some basic guidelines.

A key guideline is to think in probabilities. Don’t focus on the outcome of a single trade. Think optimistically about the bigger picture. You may lose on a single trade, but if you are trading with sound trading strategies, you will come out ahead across a series of trades. It's this long-term perspective you need to focus on, not the short-term transitory outcomes. Remember that your overall success is the bottom line. You must strategically execute trade after trade in a calm and logical manner to make the law of averages work in your favor.

It's also vital to control your risk. Successful traders risk only a small percentage of their trading capital on a single trade, for example. Limiting the risk on a single trade further relieves some of the pressure; you are less likely to feel that every trade must pay off big. Trading a detailed trading plan is also important. When you know what you are going to do and when you are going to do it, you'll feel more in control. If you leave parts of your trading plan unspecified, you'll feel a sense of uneasiness. And in all likelihood, you'll not be able to follow your plan easily. Your discipline will falter. It's essential that you plan out when to enter and when to exit. Once you have a clear idea of when you'll decide to enter a trade and what signals indicate you should exit, you will be able to focus more easily on monitoring the trade and taking decisive action.

There's also a psychological aspect to trading like a winner, and sometimes it's important to just remember some common human tendencies to think "irrationally." For example, there's a human need to avoid loss and this need is often manifested in the need to be right. But don’t be afraid to admit you are wrong. And don't think that you must capitalize on every opportunity to make a profit. These expectations are so high that they can be cause fear and anxiety. When you hold such high expectations for your performance, you place too much pressure on yourself, and it interferes with your train of thought. By trading under the right mental conditions, you stay calm and trade more profitably.

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Trading Idea:  Instant Income Guaranteed

CLF Trade

On 19th October 2016, we gave our Instant Income Guaranteed subscribers a trade for CLF (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.).

We entered a "complex position", entered for a net credit (still working with OPM, i.e. other people's money, as usual), but with unlimited upside potential.

• on 20th October 2016, we entered the trade for an average credit of 2.77 (or 8.31 = 831$ for 3 positions)
• on 10th February 2017, we closed one third of our long position
• on 9th March 2017, we bought to close all our short position
• on 24th September 2018, we closed the second third of our long position
• on 19th October 2018, we closed the last third of our long position

Profit: 1158.90$

Margin: 138$

Average Short Strike: 6.90$

Return on Margin annualized: 419.89%

Return on Principle annualized: 83.98%

We stayed 730 days in the trade, but the annualized returns were on the high side and all we had to do was to maximize our profits along the way, by being patient.

This was a low maintenance, low stress trade with lots of upside potential.

Philippe

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by Professional Trader Andy Jordan
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Editor of Traders Notebook Complete

Trading Idea

This week, we're looking at ZSF19 – ZWZ18: long January 2096 Soybeans and short December 2018 Wheat (CBOT on Globex).

Today we consider a Grain inter-market spread: long January 2096 Soybeans and short December 2018 Wheat (CBOT on Globex). After trading mainly sideways in August and September with resistance at approx. 350 the spread moved higher in October. Will the former resistance level at 350 become support? As long as the level holds, there is a good chance the spread will continue its movement to the upside in November. Traders with smaller account might want to use the Mini-Sized contracts instead of the normal futures contracts.

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by Professional Trader Marco Mayer
Educator for Forex, Futures and Systematic Trader
Creator of Ambush Trading Method, Ambush Signals, and Head of AlgoStrats.com

Trading Blog:  How much to risk per Trade

One of the questions every trader has to think about at some point is, how much of my account should I risk per trade? A percentage? If so, what percentage?

I’d love to have the right answer in my pocket for you, like "exactly 1.25% per trade/market and no more than 5% at the same time," but unfortunately, read more....

Happy Trading!

Marco Mayer

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