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RJ Hixson

About the Author: R.J. Hixson is a devoted husband and active father. At the Van Tharp Institute, he researches and develops new products and services that help traders trade better. He is the lead instructor for several VTI workshops and a co-instructor alongside Van Tharp in the Peak Performance workshop series. He can be contacted at “rj” at “vantharp.com.”

February 15th Update on Cryptoassets by RJ Hixson

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February 15th Update on Cryptoassets by RJ Hixson This month’s cryptoasset update will be abbreviated for two primary reasons: Van is travelling and we are in the middle of two back to back workshops in the office here. Market Summary Cryptoassets are clearly still in a bear market. That’s easy to see just looking at a long term chart of Bloomberg’s Galaxy Crypto Index – Bloomberg’s Index tracks ten major cryptoassets and Bloomberg started the index in May, 2018 at 1000 – at about the dotted vertical line on the […]

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Futures Trading: an Interview with Gabriel Grammatidis, by RJ Hixson and Gabriel Grammatidis

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Editor’s Note: Gabriel is a successful full-time trader, a VTI workshop instructor, and a dedicated coach to traders who use his systems. Since his graduation from Van’s Super Trader program in 2010, he has mainly traded Forex and futures markets. He will share his extensive experience and trading knowledge at the two upcoming Futures Trading workshops in March at the Van Tharp Institute in Cary, North Carolina. We talked with Gabriel about what drew him to trading, his style of trading and about trading futures contracts in particular. Q. Tell

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Sunset for Fiat Currency?, by R.J. Hixson

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In its early days, Bitcoin attracted many for its promise of transactional freedom from governmental or institutional control. Indeed, some of those wanted to avoid governmental oversight because their transactions were illegal (think Silk Road) or because they were evading taxes (think money laundering). That illicit association kept a lot of investors and institutions away from bitcoin and other cryptoassets for many years. In 2018, however, billions of dollars are flowing into cryptoassets, infrastructure projects, and the crypto ecosystem. What do entrepreneurs and institutions see on the far side of

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Some Major Trading Psychology Patterns, by RJ Hixson

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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of previewing Gabriel’s new Futures workshop as a student. On one level, it was great to see how Gabriel has evolved as a trader and as an instructor. On another level, it was stimulating to listen to a trader that understands himself well and has a strong ability to communicate the beliefs and strategies that help his trading systems work quite well. For almost a decade now I’ve been co-teaching workshops alongside Van. I’ve witnessed many traders who came into a workshop with a

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