Top 5 Trading Platforms for Futures Day Traders

Kackar Mountains

A robust trading platform for futures day traders needs to be one that executes trade fast and efficiently. In order to find suitable trade options it also needs to have an integrated scanner for providing intraday options. In a day trading platform, you also require a constantly updated tracker and news updates about the rise [...]

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Top 5 Ways to Utilize Market Profile for Day Trading

Market Profile

Are you involved in day trading? Do you use market profile? If not, then you are missing out on a lot of potential earnings. Developed around three decades ago, market profile charts can prove to be an indispensable tool when it comes to day trading. However, there’s a lot of confusion surrounding market profile charts [...]

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JetSetTrader Hotel Review – Hotel Palomar Los Angeles – Westwood – a Kimpton Hotel

Hotel Palomar Los Angeles

Last week I headed out to the West coast to visit some potential sites for an upcoming JetSetTrader 3-day seminar on trading psychology. My first stop was in Los Angeles, where I stayed at the Hotel Palomar – a Kimpton hotel in Westwood. I have the say the location of the hotel is absolutely perfect.  [...]

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2+ Points E-mini Day Trade

Trading Platform

I took this trade based on instinct. My idea all morning has been to be a seller. I waited for the market to come up to the value area (yellow line) and to find declaration. The market profile direction is “b” shaped for further confirmation to be short. This was a great trade in that it [...]

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8 Principles to Improve Your Day Trading

Day Trading Financial Freedom

    Find your motivation: Why are you trading? What drives you to be a trader and what do you expect to accomplish from day trading? If you have enough motivation and reasons to succeed, you will. Get to know yourself: People are usually afraid to look inside and to see what they find.  That’s [...]

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A Day Traders Journey

Vabbinfaru Island Maldives

My journey to become a day trader began back in Spring of 2000 during my MBA when I took a class on futures and financial derivatives. It was also at the time of the dot-com bubble and I was 27 years old determined to cash in on the stock market.  Right after graduation I decided [...]

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Top 5 Reasons To Day Trade

Day Trading Freedom

1)   Avoid a job: The job market sucks, underpaid, overworked, boring meetings, bosses, and who wants to deal with corporate BS anyway.  Working for a company that basically enslaves you and rips out your soul.  Job is another word for modern day slavery. Even if you don’t trade, at least use all the energy you [...]

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Early Morning 2 Point E-Mini S&P Day Trading Profit

Market Profile Day Trade

  This morning I had a quick scalp before the news coming out. My idea was to be a seller because the market profile direction was “b” shaped meaning the market is building volume at lower levels, my level was to sell above the mean (green line) back to the value area (yellow line), my [...]

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3 Important Elements to Day Trade for Profit

Day Trading Financial Freedom

Everyone aspires to day trade believing that it’s easy to make money from your computer at home. Then the reality sets in once you start to educate yourself about day trading and start accruing losses. The truth about day trading is that you can make a lot of money and lose it all. It takes [...]

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Book Review: Stop Self-Sabotage by Pat Pearson

Day Trading Psychology

  We hear it all the time that the success of a trader is determined on how well one manages their psychology, which also applies to all areas of our lives. How we do anything is how we do everything. As a result, you are your trading screen. So whatever emotional challenges and baggage you [...]

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Profitable E-Mini S&P Futures Day Trades

Emini Futures Indicators

  Here are my four trades for today, which were all profitable. My methodology is to have an idea (be a seller today), at a level (top of value areas in this case), an entry target (as exhibited on the chart), my target/exit (usual target is for 1 pt or 4 ticks), and to review [...]

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JetSetTrader’s Must See Guide to Istanbul

Area map of Istanbul

  Old Istanbul Historical Attractions (these locations are all within walking distance) Haghia Sophia Church Topkapi Palace Blue Mosque/Sultanahmet Camii Basilica Cistern/Yerebatan Sarayi Hippodrome Grand Bazaar (10-15 minute walk from historical attractions or short tram ride) Depending on your interests, you only need half a day or one day to visit all these attractions. Beyoglu [...]

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Top 3 Affordable Day Trading Laptops

Day Trading Income

1. Sony Vaio F Series: I personally use the F series model VPCF115FM model. Paid $1,500 when it first came out. Highlights: Intel Core i7 – 1.6 GHz 1080p HD/16.3 screen size Blu-ray 500GB hard drive/6MB of RAM Little heavy at 6.9 lbs. 2. Dell Inspiron 17R Laptop: Great buy at Costco for only $799.00 [...]

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JST Hotel Review – Gansevoort Park Hotel New York

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UYT5MJEZYKR6 You can tell The Gansevoort Park is a new hotel in Midtown NY by the smell of the new carpet in the hall ways.  The rooms are good size for NY hotels with beautiful contemporary furniture, fixtures, and paintings. It’s great hotel for a business traveler, especially someone like me that is dependent on [...]

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Top 5 Take Aways from Tom Busby’s Book

Mont Aiguille – Chichilianne, Rhone Alpes

Tom Busby’s book “Winning the Day Trading Game” offers many valuable ideas. I was able to take away the following top 5 lessons that have helped me tremendously: 1. Trading during certain times: Tom identifies the best times to trade. Of all my years reading trading books, this is the first book to truly outline [...]

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