About the Author: Gabriel Grammatidis is a successful full-time trader and graduate of the Super Trader program. He has extensive experience trading Forex and shares his knowledge at his Forex and Live Forex Trading workshops, held regularly at VTI.
Read about the system – System 1: Busted Breakout. Learn more about the flexibility that Forex offers you by watching a video segment from the workshop (What is the reality of Forex trading?). You can see some practical example videos of the system trades on Gabriel’s website, IntuFX.com.
For more information on the Busted Breakout psychological dynamics see his article in the Traders’ magazine. Gabriel can be reached at gabriel “at” vantharp.com.
US Equities and Metals are picking up Long! Are we going to see another equities bull lasting for two years? In this trend scan, Energies show some bullish momentum and we look at world events that impact the charts. Some interesting months are sure to come… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_w-OUkO-4
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Having been with the Van Tharp Institute for over a decade now, I’ve had the privilege to teach, coach and get to know more than 1,000 traders. Watching some traders succeed quickly while others needed more time to struggle their way through, I came to understand what is really important – or better – crucial, to become a great trader. These common and very important factors—let’s call them The Key Success Factors, or KSF, can be reduced to only a dozen. You basically want to make a tick for all
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Once you achieve consistency in achieving your weekly R-goal, you apply Position Sizing to make money. A trading example from today that achieved that and shows us that you don’t need to spend countless hours in front of the screen to trade well. https://youtu.be/beuDWVTRZ3M
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The world is in turmoil since the start of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 which was followed by increased debt levels, post-pandemic economic difficulties, plus even more debt, increases in commodity prices and recently, a pick-up in international war. These important driving forces have a long-term impact on individual countries, their economic activities and their currencies. When analyzing the higher timeframe charts a year ago (the beginning of 2022), I was struck by the agglomeration in the number of visual chart patterns that had formed on the Monthly charts.
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In his various publications and workshops, Van would stress a set of important trading fundamentals referred to as “Tharp Think.” Tharp Think is a set of ideas and principles that he has found successful traders apply consistently. Some of them you have heard or read in other places but others I have only heard from Van. Having been in close contact with Van for many years now, I have experienced the usefulness of his principles firsthand in many areas including when it came time to build my own trading systems
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Since 2011, I have been teaching Workshops at VTI and have learned that the students come from very different walks of life. Naturally, they have different motivations for learning to trade and their trading style can be quite different. Once the workshop is over, they do develop their individual trading games, customized to their specific goals, that fit their individual life situations. After having observed many different trader types over the years, I can now categorize them into several groups. Your way of trading the markets can vary a lot
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Leo is “The Retired Systems Trader”. He trades stocks and options full-time, from home. After attending the Futures Trading Systems Workshop, Leo added Gabriel’s systems to his routine and they have greatly complemented his trading. Watch this video to hear the Pros vs Stocks and Stock options and learn how Leo manages his portfolio of different systems. Learn more about adapting Futures systems to your specific needs at Gabriel’s upcoming workshops, starting September 29th! Click Here!
Independent Traders develop a unique way of trading based on their strengths and their weaknesses. They might trade the very same systems as others, but there might be quite a difference in how they actually trade them in the markets. Why is this so? Because, you as a trader wants to capitalize on your strengths and compound your edges all based on your individual trading game. What Characterizes an Independent Trader? As an Independent Trader, personal style is important. As more and more experience is gained with a trading system,
The USD Index is showing continued strength moving towards the target area. The strong Dollar has rippling effects on other commodities such as Metals and Energies. Both asset classes are in pullback mode within the overall uptrend. Especially, Gold (GC) seems to be in a vulnerable position right now. Over the next couple of months, we might get surprised by Crude Oil (CL) and other energies coming down in price considerably. Also, Interest Rate Futures are at an important crossroads for potential considerate higher yields, soon. https://youtu.be/VLeFh9bdPd8
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Traders typically face very similar challenges as their peers. What makes the difference is being able to overcome them. Today, Gabriel shares his list of The Top Ten Trader Challenges – issues he’s seen time and time again – and then lends some useful beliefs to help you avoid failure.
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