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This article was contributed by Dr. John Keppler.
Successful trading is not a game of chance or luck, it is a strategic approach based on a technical understanding of price movement in the market. Naturally, there are many important things that a trader must know and identify before they would ever consider taking a trade. However, there are three things that I will discuss in this article that are paramount to the success and profitability of any trade.
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Remember this…
“True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.” — E.S. Bouton
Today Special notes:
Today I would like to share with you the first short audio by the Creative Director of The Disciplined Trader, Tisha Hallett. Here’s how she answers the following question:
“I’m hesitating to pull the trigger when my trading plan signals me to. How can I be consistent in following my plan?”(click to listen)…..two more for next two days.
In case you want to know whether I have a time machine in 2005 check this out : http://sgstocktips.com/blog/learning-points/did-i-have-a-time-machine-in-2005/, remember to pause at 3rd slide, see if you can figure out the years.
Remember : The purpose of our report is to help you minimize risk maximize profit; protect your capital is the key to keep you alive.
If you understand the game of leverage then you may be interested to find out how you can leverage using CFD.
http://www.infinitesparks.com/dev/webcast_flash_investfocus_cmc/
Of course there are a few CFD service providers in Singapore if you are interested and need any help, you may like to drop me a message.
Here is a useful article on how to use multiple time frames for setups by The Gold and Oil Guy. 
A couple months ago I started providing more of my intraday charts in hopes to educate traders on current market conditions so they feel like they are “in the zone” for trading. It’s crucial to understand the intraday moves and volume levels if you want to be consistently profitable trader. It doesn’t matter whether you are day trading or swing trading, you must be following daily and intraday charts.
I have been getting a few subscribers asking me: “Why I jump around from time frame to time frame so much?”
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The following are John’s ten most important rules of technical trading:
- Map the Trends
- Spot the Trend and Go With It
- Find the Low and High of It
- Know How Far to Backtrack
- Draw the Line
- Follow That Average
- Learn the Turns
- Know the Warning Signs
- Trend or Not a Trend?
- Know the Confirming Signs
Take this test designed by Dr. Van Tharp. See if you’ve got what it takes…
Here’s a pictorial guide to the stock market:
Assuming you are a pilot of an airplane. The control tower has given you the green light to take off. You revved up the engine and start driving the plane down the runway. Now if you reached the end of the runway and you suddenly pull back your throttle, what will happen? Will your plane take off?
Is the trend your friend?
Which is easier? To swim upstream or to swim downstream with the flow of the current?
In trading the stock market, it is very important to follow the trend of the market as well. The trend is like the river’s current and you would want to make use of it to bring you to your desired destination – your pot of gold!
Bear this in mind: The trend is your friend … except the end when it bends…
Every successful person and team has a game plan.
Alex Ferguson, before he brings his team to play in the field has a game plan.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew, our Minister Mentor, has a game plan for Singapore the minute our country is independent from Malaysia in 1965.
To bring Singapore out of this financial crisis, the government and each of us must have a game plan.