Monthly Archives: May 2018
Thinking in Risk and R-Multiples and Forex Trading
Written on May 16, 2018 at 10:40 am, by alphatickcom
Thinking in Risk and R-Multiples When thinking about risk, it’s fair to say that it can be defined by the amount of money that you’re willing to lose if you’re wrong about the market. Or, more specifically how much per unit of your investment (lot size, contracts, etc) if you’re wrong about the position you’veContinue Reading
What’s with Stop hunting?
Written on May 2, 2018 at 2:26 pm, by alphatickcom
Stop hunting is a practice employed by the ‘big boys’ in an attempt to shake market participants out of their positions by pushing the price of an instrument or asset to a psychological price level where retail traders typically place their stop-loss orders. When these stop-losses are triggered, this often leads to higher volatility andContinue Reading
