Tag Archives: conscious competence

28/8/2015: What can a newbie trader learn from the events of this week?

August 28, 2015

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Hello traders, So how have you fared this week?  Well I did say on my Sunday post that this would be an interesting week! I was struck by some of the comments on forums and Facebook pages by people about their experiences of being on the wrong side of markets or not understanding what was […]

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A chance to jump on-board a unique trading opportunity – The Veterans Trader Project

April 24, 2015

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Fellow Traders As an ex-military guy some of you may know that I’ve been developing a basic trading course to help Veterans re-train and give them a start in Financial markets. The longer-term plan will be to help young guys and girls who’ve been injured in recent conflicts by providing them with an opportunity to do something […]

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21/04/2015: Even so-called pro’s make mistakes. The curse of the fat-finger. (video)

April 21, 2015

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Hey traders, I made a mistake today – see it happens to us all. Whilst just checking in on my longer term positions whilst going to close the window I managed to inadvertently click to close my No-Touch position on GBPAUD . It had been running since start of March and had an expiry date […]

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What type of Trader are you? An Amateur with a hobby or a Professional with a business?

September 22, 2010

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Well I’ve not written a piece under the what type of trader are you banner for a while so I figured I might as well get stuck in. And I figured I might as well just cut to the chase with this post.  Quite simply are you an Amateur with a hobby or a Professional […]

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Is Anyone Going to Intervene?

May 25, 2010

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Is it going to be today? Are they causing this rally up? Is it going to be now? When are they going to do it? They normally do it, why haven’t they? Maybe I shouldn’t trade them short? What do you think I’m referring to? Yep those Japanese Yen pairs. Over the last few weeks […]

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Last call for the PipHunter FX advanced trading day-Thursday 25/3/10

March 17, 2010

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Yep, it’s the last call for our live trading day in Central London on Thursday 25th March at the The Hatton. A chance to meet yours truly and enjoy an educational and informative event about how professionals go about their trading day.  With some live trading in the afternoon who knows we may even make […]

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The Five Steps to becoming a Competent Forex Trader!

November 23, 2009

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I can take no credit for this piece (I wish I could) as it was written by another trader (it had to be as only a trader would recognise the journey). If anyone knows who was the original author then I’ll be happy to provide the necesarry credit.  Anyway this is a great piece that sums […]

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