The Engulfing (Bullish and Bearish) Candlestick Pattern
This post will cover the bullish engulfing pattern and the bearish engulfing pattern that forms part of the many candlestick patterns out there that is used in trading. The engulfing…
An alternative view as to why sticking to your trading strategy is important
For those traders that are just starting out, you are probably already on the quest to find the holy grail of trading strategies. And for those traders that have been…
Introduction to Candlesticks
This post is an introduction to Japanese candlesticks (also known as candles for short) and will act as a foundation for my future posts on the specific types of candlestick…
Profit / Loss Ratio, Win / Loss Ratio, Win – Rate and Risk / Reward Ratio
In today’s post I will explore Profit / Loss Ratio, Win / Loss Ratio, Win – Rate and Risk / Reward Ratio, and how they could aid you in your…
Two Types of Price Patterns
Price patterns can in general be put in either the continuation or reversal category. Markets are either trending or range bound (non trending) and it’s this transition between trending, ranging…
Trading and the RAIN method
When I started getting interested in mindfulness a couple of years ago, I did my fair share of reading up on it; and in doing so I came across the…
The Double Top & Bottom Pattern
In this post I will be covering the double top and double bottom pattern; classic chart patterns in technical analysis known as reversal patterns. Before I get into this post…
Ego and Trading
If you trade long enough, you will notice ego being talked about a lot, whether it’s through trading blogs, podcasts, videos or books; ego will pop up. You might even…
Some trading nuisances that might be better to accept
There are some nuisances that come with trading that might make your trading journey hard, and it might be better to accept rather than trying to fight it. If you…
The Head & Shoulders Pattern
In this post I will be discussing one of the most well known and widely recognized patterns in classical charting known as the head and shoulders pattern. It is mainly…
A reminder of why I’m grateful for stop losses
I went short USDCAD sometime during February 2020 for various reasons (the specific dates and reasons are not important for this post) and was stopped out towards the end of…
Support and Resistance Basics
Support and resistance is very popular when it comes to trading, so in this post I will explain the very basics of support and resistance. (more…)