Trading Articles

A selection of great trading education articles covering all aspects of trading forex, commodities, crypto and stock indices.

Stock Index Hedge EA Strategy & EA Settings

Stock Index Hedge EA Strategy & EA Settings

Take a look at the stock index hedge strategy and the EA that auto trades the strategy in more detail. This is a variation on the opening range breakout strategy that only trades once per day or session.

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How To Do Aggressive Drawdown Control When Position Trading

How To Do Aggressive Drawdown Control When Position Trading

This is an extract from the live room where I was asked about aggressive drawdown control. At the time, AUDNZD was squeezing pretty hard, so it was a good time to look at ways to do aggressive DD control to help escape a trading position that is going against you. Position trading means you will at times get into bigger drawdown than you like and there are many ways to get out of it with aggressive drawdown control, so I cover how I do it and some live examples.

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16.7% Banked this week across all 4 main strategies with the MRA EA

16.7% Banked this week across all 4 main strategies with the MRA EA

Had a pretty decent week this week with the Market Reversal Alerts EA and the main strategies taught in the position trading bootcamp. Over 16% return across all 4 accounts with very little open drawdown on the main strategies. The hedging strategy is in a little drawdown at the moment but it’s always in drawdown of some sort due to the nature of heading meaning you always have some trades going the wrong way temporarily! The month so far (with more than 1 week to go still) is currently sitting at 64.16% cumulative total for the 4 accounts. Will it get to that magic 100%? Join me every day in the live rooms at 7:50am and 2:20pm UK time for analysis of new position trading setups and a look at the results every day.

Check out the EA here: https://themst.info/mraea

Watch the position trading bootcamp here: https://themst.info/bootcamp

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Market Reversal Alerts EA V4 and V4.1 Differences – Logic Change For Position Trading Strategies

Market Reversal Alerts EA V4 and V4.1 Differences – Logic Change For Position Trading Strategies

This video shows what’s new in version 4.1 of the EA. This update is purely a logic change and tweaks an issue found by some position/basket traders that were manually closing positions or letting the EA handle drawdown control. This update simply changes the way the EA stores the last traded level and lot size so it gets into additional positions more conservatively and will help with drawdown and manual closing.

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How To Turn A Losing Trade Into A Winner

How To Turn A Losing Trade Into A Winner

This is an extract from a live room session where we are talking about ways to exit position trades that have gone a little too far against our original idea. Basically, we’re turning a losing trade into a profitable trade with a strategically placed “big whale” trade, which can bank a big return.

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How To Survive a Squeeze While Trading Mean Reversion In A Trend

How To Survive a Squeeze While Trading Mean Reversion In A Trend

This is an extract from the live room where I was asked about the market reversal alerts EA and the strategies it trades (mean reversion trading strategies) and whether they would work in a trend. Mean reversion trading relies on the market’s natural ebb and flow being fairly rhythmic in nature and as long as this condition exists you can certainly trade mean reversion strategies. When position trading in a trend, however, you will occasionally get squeezed, meaning the market moves strongly against you for a period of time. In this video, we look at how to get out of those situations and still come out with a small profit or very small loss.

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How To Draw Support & Resistance | Simplest Way

How To Draw Support & Resistance | Simplest Way

People struggle with support and resistance levels and try to overcomplicate a very simple thing. They miss entries because they are not creating these areas, a zone’s price will test and try to get that perfect line. Support and resistance is NOT a straight line, it’s an area. In this video, you will learn how to make sure your entries are spot on and your stops are positions well enough, so you get a profit the majority of the time.

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The Ultimate Traders Risk:Reward Calculator Spreadsheet – You NEED This.

The Ultimate Traders Risk:Reward Calculator Spreadsheet – You NEED This.

This risk reward calculator spreadsheet will help you see what you need to achieve to hit your profit targets with whatever strategy you use when trading. You can see what happens when you have a winning or losing streak to help prepare yourself for what is likely to happen to your account as you trade any instrument or strategy.

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What Candlestick Propulsion Gaps Are | 1-2-3 Gaps | Wide Range Bars etc…

What Candlestick Propulsion Gaps Are | 1-2-3 Gaps | Wide Range Bars etc…

Propulsion gaps (that’s what I call them anyway!) are also known as 1-2-3 gaps, wide range bars, fair value gaps and all sorts of things. Basically they are a large move in the market caused by institutional buying or selling and traders need to pay attention to them. The original concept was defined by M.A. Perry, the owner of thestrategylab.com website, and his original concept has been used by many other traders over the years. This is the official definition of what a WRB (Wide Range Bar) actually is, according to him. Every trader should be aware of these awesome magnets that attract and repel price.

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How To Make More Money Trading: Why I Don’t Trade Gold

How To Make More Money Trading: Why I Don’t Trade Gold

This is an extract from a live room session talking about why I personally removed gold from my trading portfolio and how you can improve your performance by identifying what is making you losses. It’s a bit of a “joke” session and video but the message is real and something that helped improve my trading career. Remove the losses, your profits soar!

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The indicators are all available direct from your MT4 or MT5 platform in the market section. Alternatively, you can get them on the MQL5.com website!

The Market Reversal Alert Indicator

The key to the strategy is knowing when price is starting to turn and change direction. This indicator draws in market structure for you, then sends you an alert so you can take a look at your charts and see if there is a valid reason to enter a trade.

The Market Reversal Alert Dashboard

This amazing dashboard monitors the major time frames and all pairs you trade and alerts you instantly when a potential reversal happens. No more staring at charts all day! Every pair and key time frame in front of you in one MT4 window. Priceless.

The ADR Reversal Indicator

The ADR Reversal Indicator shows you at a glance where price is currently trading in relation to its normal average daily range. You will get instant alerts via pop-up, email or push when price exceeds its average range and levels above it of your choosing.

The ADR Alert Dashboard

The ADR reversal dashboard allows you to monitor every pair or instrument you trade in one dashboard. You’ll get alerted every time something exceeds your set ADR levels and ensure you will never miss an opportunity.

The Trade Manager Dashboard

Take control of your forex portfolio. See instantly where you stand, what's working and what's causing you pain! The Trade Manager Dashboard is designed to make risk management and exposure to currencies easier to understand.

The RSI and TDI Alert Dashboard

The RSI / TDI alert dashboard allows you to monitor 6 main timeframes (selectable by you) at once on every major pair you trade. The dashboard will alert you to extended conditions (overbought and oversold) when a candle closes on the chosen time frame.

Symmetrical Triangle Pattern Indicator

Profit from market contraction and consolidation after price makes new highs or lows in the market. Get alerted when a contraction is happening, ready to pounce on the next continuation or reversal move that is building up.

Symmetrical Triangle Pattern Dashboard

Get alerted and see instantly when any instrument you trade forms a symmetrical triangle pattern on any time frame. Get ready to pounce on those triangle breakouts!

Opening Range Breakout EA

Profit from the explosive moves that occur at the open of stock indices and give yourself an actionable edge every day. The opening range breakout EA can be tweaked to your liking to capture the trends that form just after the open every day on the main stock indices like the DAX, DOW, NASDAQ and S&P500.

The Market Reversal Alerts EA

Based on the indicator, this EA will auto trade signals generated from the market reversal alerts indicator. It has powerful filters to configure as you like to trade including ADR, MAs and RSI. You can also use it to basket/grid trade, and it has every risk option you can imagine.

The Price Action Toolkit EA

The missing piece of functionality in MT4!
Fast order buttons to quickly enter, adjust and exit positions and scalp with lightning speed. Get price action candlestick alerts on the most commonly traded patterns and auto execute entries and exits based on your preferences. 

Support, Resistance & Propulsion Gaps

Automatically draw support and resistance levels PLUS propulsion candle gaps on your chart, so you can see where price is likely to head next and/or potentially reverse. This indicator is designed to be used as part of the position trading methodology taught on this website and displays key information for targeting and potential entries.

Stock Index Hedge EA

Take advantage of the opening volatility of the major stock indexes and profit from the sudden moves created at those times when the market breaks away at the opening bell. The strategies’ goal is to simply benefit from those days when the market moves fast and hard in one direction at the open and bank that move.