Archive for Boris Schlossberg
CNBC Interview on Surge in FX Volume
Here is a great interview featuring my colleague Boris Schlossberg talking about the surge in FX volume
Forex Trading Strategy:A Man’s Got to Know his Limitations
A Man’s Got to Know his Limitations
“A man’s got to know his limitations” Clint Eastwood, Magnum Force.
For some people the prospect of sitting on boat deck, floating gently on the water with a line cast into the sea is the pinnacle of pleasure. For others playing golf on a beautiful and challenging course is the [...]
Forex Trading Strategies: Early or Wrong?
Early or Wrong?
I have a friend who is brilliant stock picker, but she specializes in out of consensus calls. She was in Coinstar last year before anyone even knew the name, short the Amazon earnings and long a bunch of internet gaming stocks just as states and municipalities started to consider online gambling as a [...]
Forex Trading Strategies: An Edge is Not a Win
An Edge is Not a Win
I can bankrupt you in five easy trades with a setup that’s 95% accurate. Suppose I gave you a trading strategy that wins 95 times out of a 100 with an even 1:1 risk/reward ratio. Most traders would give up their right arm for such an edge. But watch [...]
Forex Trading Strategies - Trade Your Setup, Don’t Let the Setup Trade You
Trade Your Setup, Don’t Let the Setup Trade You
Although most likely he has never seen an FX screen, I am sure that Rick Harrison would make an excellent trader. I’ve written about Harrison, the star of the History Channel reality show Pawn Star before, but this week he was on my mind more than [...]
Forex Trading Strategies - Make A Bet Not A Trade
Make A Bet Not A Trade
When it comes to trading my partner and I could not be more different. While I sit behind six computer screens eyeing every single headline that scrolls by as I watch prices move up and down tic by tic, she is perfectly content to follow the markets from her [...]
Forex Trading Strategies - No Reservations
No Reservations
Unlike my partner I am no foodie. I am not on the first name basis with Harold from Perilla, I don’t know the coolest new bistro in town and I never consult Yelp for my dinner selections. And although I like a fine meal once in a while and can cook a few [...]
Forex Trading Strategies - Science and Art of Trading
Science and Art of Trading
Last Thursday, during our monthly live trading session (26 wins out of the past 27 months, but who is counting) I spend a great deal of time explaining my latest short term trading strategy. We’d gone through all the various permutations of the setup, covering time of day, type of currency [...]
Forex Trading Strategies: Scalping Supreme
Forex Trading Strategies: Head Versus Heart
Head Versus Heart
The other day, as I was watching the World Cup coverage on ESPN, their analyst made the following comment about the upcoming Germany versus Spain game. “At this point,” he noted, “strategy doesn’t matter. It all come does down to emotion. Who has the bigger heart? Who has the stronger desire to win?”
Interesting, [...]
