Weekly Video Outlook…

Due to repeated questions, just a short note to confirm the reason why I have not posted the Weekly Outlook video. Basically, we are still stuck in lower liquidity holiday trading conditions ans since the videos are meant to give viewers a longer term perspective, there is really not point as the broader outlook hasn’t really changed since the last recording. Despite the fact that there have been some inter-day scalping and or positioning trading opportunities, newer traders are usually much better off taking some time off or trading reduced size. Furthermore, I have not been posting levels on twitter for the same reason and also because I do not want newer participants to think that it is business as usual these days…

I would also like to remind those thinking about joining the Weekly Webinars shortly, that it might be a good idea to sign up to start on the 2nd of January as we will kick-off the week/year with clean charts and redraw them from scratch together.

As for the Weekly Wrap-Up & Outlook, they will start again next week and since it will be the first Sunday of the month, that means it will be a LIVE session with Q&A 😉 As usual, make sure you sign up on the homepage for email alerts to make sure you are kept up to date on charts and free webinar sessions.

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Thank You…

Here we go, it’s that time of the year again… time flies when you are doing something you love. It’s really incredible how quickly the year has gone bye, feels like yesterday when I wrote the 2011 note.

This year I would like to start by thanking all the active followers that continue to take the time to comment on the blog and share the content that I provide. This is by no means a requirement and I am well aware of how these things work but it is always rewarding to see people appreciate the content, so thank you once again, I really appreciate it.

As I always say, there is no right or wrong way to trade, just whatever works for you but it is important to remember that this is a business and that it needs to be tackled seriously, with discipline, in order to put yourself in a condition to simply have a chance of succeeding. Having said that, there is a way in which markets tend to move and it is essential to ‘really look and focus’ on price action and strive to understand the context of moves, overlaying everything with market psychology.

I haven’t put out a specific post but there are a couple of changes to the Weekly Webinars for 2013. First of all, we are moving all the sessions to 8:45 EST and a 75 minute duration and secondly, the monthly payment plan has been updated to reflect the additional runtime but especially, has been simplified by removing the one-off entry fee. We might still experiment with timings but this revision should be interesting as it gives us 45 minutes for preNY rundowns and then 30 minutes post the cash open. The sessions will be back up and running on January 2nd and I’m really looking forwards to them 😉

Remember that trading is an extremely hard way to make a living. Don’t let anyone tell you it can’t be done but equally, don’t let anyone give you the false impression that this is easy and that there are shortcuts. In my humble opinion, a real trader is formed through consistency and longevity and despite the fact that not everyone is going to be able to function in this type of business, if tackled with dedication, discipline and devotion, it can be one of the most rewarding ways of life, if not ‘the only way’, for people that are truly wired to be traders.

I would also really like to take this opportunity to thank all of my students, especially the ‘usual suspects’, another great year, more to come in 2013! As usual; no crystal balls, no magical indicators, no holy grails…  we just  strive to be humble students of price action and market psychology.

To all, Health and Wealth for 2013!

Thank you once again,

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Thought of the Day…

One of our favorites as we gear up for 2013:

  • “I will not allow yesterday’s success to lull me into today’s complacency, for this is the greatest foundation for failure.”

 

ES Update…

Detail discussed in the video recording > LINK.

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GBPUSD Update…

Detail discussed in the video recording > LINK.

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Thought of the Day…

“Risk and time are opposite sides of the same coin, for if there were no tomorrow there would be no risk. Time transforms risk, and the nature of risk is shaped by the time horizon: the future is the playing field”

– Peter L. Bernstein

USDCAD Update…

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CRUDE Update…

Detail discussed in the video recording > LINK.

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EURUSD Update…

Detail discussed in the video recording > LINK.

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