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Why Smart Traders Trade the Price Story, Not Indicators

There is an apparent enthusiasm among traders nowadays to add indicators to charts that resemble modern art more than market analysis. RSI, MACD, moving averages, stochastic oscillators, Bollinger Bands, volume profiles, and so many more.  While these tools do have their place in some strategies, many traders forget the fundamental truth: price...

June 30, 2025
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Scaling In and Scaling Out: Advanced Position Management for Every Market

Position management is one of the most overlooked skills in trading. The shiny new entry setups seem to proliferate our social media channels, while position management receives little airplay. Yet it can be what separates a trader who rides price moves with clarity on when to take action, from one who repeatedly watches their unrealised profits...

June 23, 2025
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Imposter Trader Syndrome: Why Confidence Matters as Much as Analysis

Have you ever stared at your charts, perfectly certain your setup is valid, then right when you are ready to press the entry button, you freeze, tweak the setup, or abandon it altogether? If so, then you have probably experienced what I call the ‘Imposter Trader Syndrome’. Irrespective of trading experience or the evidence-based nature of...

June 20, 2025
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The CFD Trader’s Guide to Corporate Actions

Ignoring corporate actions is a common pitfall many CFD traders fall into. Longing or shorting the underlying share is rooted in technical and fundamental analysis, and simple dividend payouts or buybacks feel unimportant to the trading strategy. However, even though you’re trading an instrument whose value is determined by the movement of an ...

June 19, 2025
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Beating Trading FOMO: How to Enter and Exit Without Fear of Missing Out

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a powerful psychological force that can completely derail your trading potential. It can alter meticulously planned trading decisions, right at the time you’re meant to execute. Having spent many years as a trading coach, FOMO is something I have seen far too often. It masquerades as an urgency to be “in the mar...

June 9, 2025
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Start Smart: Pre-Market Trading Preparation and Downloadable Checklist

Introduction: The Moment Before the Move There is one key habit that appears to separate consistent high-performance traders from the rest, i.e. they fully prepare before engaging in the “battle of the market”. Before a position is amended or a new order is placed, professional traders engage in a ritual or daily agenda (as many of you ha...

June 5, 2025
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Mastering the Art of Partial Closes: A Practical Guide to Managing Trade Risk

Introduction As any experienced trader has seen in the reality of the market, knowing when and how to exit trades is arguably as important, if not more important, than knowing when to enter. We have invested a lot of time on Inner circle webinars discussing exit approaches not only in terms of management of potential capital risk i.e. the potent...

June 2, 2025
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Practical Tips for Trading Cryptocurrencies with More Confidence

Introduction As many of you will know, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and an increasingly wide range of other cryptocurrencies have become one of the most closely followed asset classes globally by investors and traders alike. This, combined with the ability to trade these assets using CFDs, has simply added not only to their popularity but also provided yo...

May 27, 2025
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From Pattern to Profit: From idea to strategy – A Roadmap

Introduction: Why Seeing Patterns Alone Is no more than a start point Many traders begin their journey by being taught and then noticing visual patterns on charts such as a two-bar reversal, a classic triangle, double top or maybe a series of wicks that seem to regularly signal a turning point. These patterns often look compelling, especially wh...

May 21, 2025
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The Next Bar Matters Most: How to Build Strategies That Predict, Not React.

Introduction The commonly used approach for those who trade financial markets in developing and implementing strategies often focuses on waiting for confirmation before entering positions. While the approach may help reduce false signals and offer some psychological comfort from confirmation, it may introduce a significant drawback. When a movem...

May 19, 2025
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The Psychology of Chart Pattern Recognition: Why Do We See Trends That Aren’t There?

Introduction Marcus stared at his computer in disbelief. The EUR/USD had just broken through what he'd convinced himself was a textbook “double bottom” formation. He has taken a larger position than his normal position, doubling his normal lot size on the back of a feeling of certainty that the pattern signalled a major reversal. Instead, th...

May 5, 2025
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Back to Basics: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating and Using a Trading Plan.

Why have a Trading Plan? We all know that markets can be chaotic, unpredictable, and emotionally wearing when you are trading. Without a structured approach, even experienced traders can find themselves making impulsive and often poor decisions, both on entry and exit, that lead to significant losses and cap any potential profit. A trading p...

April 14, 2025
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Learning From Losses: How Successful Traders Turn Setbacks into Comebacks.

In the world of trading, irrespective of what instrument or timeframes you are choosing to trade, losses aren't just inevitable—if you choose to embrace the opportunity they present,  they also have the potential to be massively educational. According to studies from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, nearly 70% of retail traders ex...

April 7, 2025
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The Discipline Illusion: Uncovering the Real Reasons Behind Trading Underperformance.

Introduction In the world of trading, "poor discipline" is frequently cited as the downfall of many aspiring and even experienced traders. It's the convenient explanation when trades go wrong: "I just need more discipline." However, this perspective misses a crucial insight—poor trading discipline is rarely the root problem. Rather, it's a sym...

March 31, 2025
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US Government Shutdown Showdown: Trump’s second term confronts its next major test

Introduction With the clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, the United States is teetering on the edge of a partial government shutdown once again. The impasse—centred on a short-term funding bill—marks the first major legislative standoff of Donald Trump's second term in office. Although stopgap measures have been passed by th...

March 26, 2025
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