Forex & Option Trading

The Psychology of Trading

If only 5% of traders make money, why are the other 95% losing money? Are these loses due unfair markets or is there another reason? It seems to me that the least important subject for most traders, personal emotions, may be the reason behind these loses. I realize now that my early unsuccessful trading was more due to the emotions of fear and greed than any other factor. Learn more of how I decreased emotional influence so that I could trade profitably.

Treating Your Trading Like a Business - Selecting a Financial Instrument to Trade

Treat Your Trading Like a Business is how successful traders conduct their trading activity. In order to achieve this, the trader needs to select a financial product that will fit their risk tolerance and emotions. I discuss the 5 major financial products that are suitable for the retail trader: Stocks & ETFs, Equity Options, Futures. Options on Futures and Forex. We go into a detailed description about each and talk about the risk and margin involved.

Selecting a Trading Strategy

If you want to treat your trading like a business, its necessary to have a trading plan. Prior to producing the trading plan, one of the initial decisions is; what trading strategy will I use? In this Podcast I discuss the 5 major factors that need to be considered: 1. Trading Account 2. Risk 3. Time available to trade 4. Trend or reversal trading 5. Recording trades

Treat Your Trading Like a Business

As traders, we are often told to treat our trading as a business. This doesn't really tell us what we need to do. The presentation goes into the five most import items that need to be considered when setting up your trading business. Comparison is also made between a simple business and how it would relate to trading. www.donchiantrader.com

Part 6 of 6 of a Live Training Presentation

This is the final segment of the Live Forex Training presentation describing how trading is conducted in my Basic Forex Trading System. In part 6 there is further discussion on placing orders and setting up targets #1, #2 & #3. Margin is also discussed for forex pairs. Further details on the training system can be found at www.donchiantrader.com