People are morons. I can still buy a Coke for $1.00 up the street. The gas station told me to go flour my nuts when I tried paying with some gold dust I had in my pocket. My reasons given for gold crashing and why it's a studpid "investment" still ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

lol..just thought I'd ruffle a few golden feathers. The gold hoarding is going to end very badly for most involved.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Gold and silver sure are looking like a hot buy.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

I've used the story of the Hunt Brother's corner of the silver market to illustrate several orderflow concepts. Turns out they're in the news today! url

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

So why in the world are these people throwing orders at the market? Who are you talking about?

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

You need a correct paradigm by which to view the market. I suppose this could be described as a skill. There is not just one paradigm, the most important thing is that your method makes total sense to you so that when you open a trade you have ...

What is your edge?

Successful traders are successful because they know that as long as the drive-through is open there will be a lot of traffic. That's really all there is to it.

What is your edge?

I would only change the thought a little: They exist because they give people what they want.

What is your edge?

Why is Mcdonalds successful? What edge are they exploiting? How are the markets any different?

What is your edge?

I pay about as much attention to price data as adal mentioned in his last couple posts. Keep it painfully simple.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

No charts at all...I used to scratch my head about what no chart trading meant, which led me to the very screen shots you are looking at. Now all I use is a simple spreadsheet. I plan on continuing to learn programming to make a prettier interface ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Some quick background..A tick in the real trading world, and or a tick chart is basically a transaction chart. See a tick? It's a trade, a buyer and seller have been matched. Sometimes lots of contracts change hands at once, these orders shock the ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Here, check these out....Pretty cool stuff, but totally un-needed. If it was do you think I'd share it? This data was costing me $180/month. You really don't need it. Like I said you can make it complicated and technical (see below) or you can get ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

watch a one tick chart with volume on the bottom. Much easier than watching the tape. It's quite exciting until you realize your only hope of trading observed patterns and market behavior is with a robot. I got real excited about this until I ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

The river will carry you, pardon the pun...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Once you have the broader framework down, you can really just put the rest of the pieces together as you go. You can choose to keep it simple or make it as complicated as you like.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset - Part 2

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Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

Eat this thread up, it will be an important phase for you to pass through. As you progress through it, think about why you like it. As you reflect on these things, think about human nature and what motivates and inspires people to act. That's what ...

Indicator Free Trading - Skunny

Traders don't care about pricing things in, there is no such thing. The market cares about correct prices only in the halls of academia--they are the ones who contrived the idea. If you think about it, it's pretty funny they've only started figuring ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset