Bollinger Bands are great at detecting overbought and oversold conditions. Let’s use them to develop a countertrend strategy, and then refine our entries using limit entries and candlestick patterns. The complete strategy can be downloaded in the Free Strategies…

Many years ago, a stock broker told me, “When the US market sneezes, the world catches a cold.” That still rings true today. If you trade anything at all, chances are you’ll have to pay attention to the US economic reports, and few can trump the…

The forex markets are open 24 hours a day, but not all hours are created equal. Trading volumes are known to vary significantly throughout the day. But I’m not one to listen to anecdotes, so I decided to dissect my broker data and verify it for myself….

The forex markets are open 24 hours a day, but not all hours are created equal. Trading volumes are known to vary significantly throughout the day. But I’m not one to listen to anecdotes, so I decided to dissect my broker data and verify it for myself….

This has to be among the top 5 questions I’ve received over the years. Continual improvement is the name of the game, but to improve, you first need an objective way to measure performance. So as a retail trader, is there a professional benchmark, against which…