It Pays To Be Selective

Even in the strongest bull markets, it pays to be selective. The chart below shows g0ld—it is clearly doing well. In the good old days, buying anything that had even the vaguest connection to the sector would have been sufficient. However, things have changed. To illustrate this I ran a simple scan over my custom…

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Why We Wait

One of the issues with trading is that the market seems to be on a quest to teach you to trade badly. It amplifies every bit of insecurity and paranoia you may have and in doing so it ramps up your FOMO. The charts below are of London Cocoa taken at different intervals and they…

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Oil….Again

Here is an example of why geopolitical events are hard to trade even when you get a strong signal. I exited with a small loss which is the name of the game because it keeps you in the game. From an anecdotal perspective, I do find crude harder to trade than back in the day.…

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Energy Complex

In yesterday’s video, I discussed the need for a much cleaner signal before taking any action with crude. Last night generated a nice set of signals across the board. Interestingly my longs in Natural Gas were all stopped out as the market retreated.

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Why We Wait

The chart below is of NY Cocoa using a 4-hour time frame. It gives a good example of why we wait.               Traders moved in on the large bearish candle that took price to that boundary of support only to have the price churn at support for the next…

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