Posts Tagged crude oil

Beware of a Trading tip

Beware of a Trading tip

What I mean by this is people who give you a tip to buy or sell something. It may work out  (afterall, there's a 50% chance it will go up or down so there's half a chance you may make money) but in the long term you will lose money! Why do I say this? I say this because as a trader or investor you need to be responsible for your own trading decisions. Should you lose, it's too easy to blame someone else for the loss. Psychologically, you've given yourself a way out and not taken responsibili

October 28, 2011 1 Comment Full Story

The Stresses of Trading Crude Oil

The Stresses of Trading Crude Oil

Today was a very interesting day in terms of my trading psychology. I was able to see where I went wrong and also analyse my trading psychology and where I went wrong. I mentioned in a previous article about the importance of where to put my stop and one thing that I did well today was that. My stop was below the previous low and therefore support at 8847 (which is a little bit below the actual support at 8860 to take into account the stop hunters and spreads). The trade didn't really get

September 8, 2011 No Comments Full Story

Crude Oil – Break up to the upside for almost 200 points

Crude Oil - Break up to the upside for almost 200 points

There was a fantastic move today on the Crude Oil market. I had an order 5 points above the resistance line and when it broke, it just flew. I only managed to take 100 points but the market has shot up to 8922, that's a huge 170 odd points move so far! What you'll find with oil is when you get these sort of moves, they are huge and you can expect a few hundred points. I'm sure the price actionwill take us higher now that the price action is also above the 20 day Moving Average on the Daily Ch

September 7, 2011 2 Comments Full Story

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