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Best Quotes About Trading From My Favorite Books

Top Quotes About Trading From 15+ Classic Books: Over the years, I've read quite a few books that have helped me progress as a trader (I typically try to read at least 1 per month). Shockingly, many of the books that have had the biggest impact on me and my…

Matt ThomasJuly 10, 2023

Day Trading Volume Profile – Does Volume Profile Work?

What is Volume Profile (Explained in Detail)? To put it simply, volume profile is a distribution graphic that displays the accumulation of volume at price. This basic 1-sentence description might not sound all that "exciting" or "fascinating". But, in my opinion, volume profile is one of the best (if not…

Matt ThomasJune 15, 2023

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Training For Day Trading – What is Training For Trading?

What Does Training For Trading Entail? I reference "training" in relation to "trading" quite often. And in my own mind, I often think of them as one and the same. Trading doesn't just require education and training in the beginning stages. It requires continuous learning, improvement, adaptation, and iteration throughout…

Matt ThomasJune 13, 2023

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3 Core Components of a Robust Market Methodology

The Anatomy of a Powerful Market Framework/Methodology: A Trading Paradigm Skool Community member asked me a great question recently via private message in regard to trading strategies/systems, which inspired me to create this article to clarify my thoughts on the subject. I think you'll find it helpful. Within the trading…

Matt ThomasFebruary 7, 2023

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What is Profile Trading – Volume Profile & Market Profile

What is Profile Trading - The Most Powerful Way to View & Analyze Markets: When it comes to profile trading, there are 2 main types: volume profile and market profile. Volume profile is a graphical representation of volume (or market participation) at specific prices. And market profile is a graphical…

Matt ThomasOctober 11, 2022

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Volume Profile Trading – What Does Volume Profile Tell You?

What Critical Information Does Volume Profile Tell You as a Trader? Most people who talk about volume profile and/or market profile jump too quickly into the typical jargon - immediately firing off terms like opening range, initial balance, point of control, value area highs/lows, day types, opening types, and more.…

Matt ThomasSeptember 13, 2022

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Become a Consistently Profitable Trader – The Success Formula

The Master Formula For Achieving Consistent Trading Profits/Success: Most people who pursue trading can only tolerate the learning/training process for a short, fixed period of time. They go through a 3-hour technical analysis course and expect enormous profits like clockwork - as if that knowledge will automatically equate to success.…

Matt ThomasJuly 29, 2022

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Top 3 Reasons Why Traders Fail at Such a High Rate (~90%)

Why Most Traders Fail - and How You Can Be Part of the 10% That Succeed: The exact percentage of traders that fail is difficult to accurately calculate. But the general consensus is that somewhere around 90% consistently lose money - and this might even be a conservative figure. Some…

Matt ThomasJune 15, 2022

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What is Auction Market Theory – Trading Value vs. Price

What is Auction Market Theory - Trading With Auction Market Theory as a Framework: Auction market theory is a framework based in the notion that financial markets are giant auction mechanisms. They exist to continuously facilitate 2-way trade between buyers and sellers. When buyers are more aggressive than sellers -…

Matt ThomasJune 13, 2022

3 Critical Phases of the Trading Day - Prep, Trade & Review

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3 Critical Phases of the Trading Day – Prep, Trade, and Review

The Non-Trading Elements Are Leading Indicators of Your Performance: When it comes to trading, most novices only worry about the trading session itself - when the actual buying and selling takes place. They roll out of bed 2 minutes before the open, power up their trading station, and think they're…

Matt ThomasJune 10, 2022

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Molding Your Market Framework – How Do You View Markets?

Develop a Strong Trading Methodology Based on Market Dynamics and Structure: Throughout this site, I often talk about expected value, asymmetric risk-reward, the law of large numbers, accurately tracking trades, and acting like the casino - and these are all core concepts to understand and apply when it comes to…

Matt ThomasJune 9, 2022

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What is Market Profile – Trading With Market Profile

What is Market Profile - Trading Based on Time-Price Opportunity (TPO) Charts: Market profile (sometimes referred to as time-price opportunity or TPO) is a unique charting method that displays time spent at price. Contrary to standard charting methods, market profile builds out a distribution curve to better showcase opportunity at…

Matt ThomasJune 8, 2022

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What is Volume Profile – Trading With Volume Profile

What is Volume Profile - Look Inside the Bars/Candles For Areas of Participation: Volume profile is a powerful charting study/indicator that shows volume at price (as opposed to the conventional volume over time). Many traders use bar charts or candlestick charts to track price action (which allow you to visualize…

Matt ThomasJune 6, 2022

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There Are No “Naturals” – Great Traders Aren’t Born, They’re Made

Our Natural-Programming Makes Us All Bad Traders at the Beginning: As humans, our brains are naturally wired in certain ways in order to protect us. When we encounter a physical threat (like a tiger running at us), for example, we go into fight-or-flight mode. Both our minds and bodies immediately…

Matt ThomasMay 20, 2022

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Values and Principles to Live By as a Trader – What’s Your Mission?

Values Are Your Priorities - Principles Are the Rules You Choose to Live By: Values and principles are essentially what you stand for. They're the rules and priorities that you've generated in your mind - consciously or not - that guide every decision you make. So take some time to…

Matt ThomasMay 19, 2022

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Best Quotes About Trading From My Favorite Books

Day Trading Volume Profile – Does Volume Profile Work?

Training For Day Trading – What is Training For Trading?

3 Core Components of a Robust Market Methodology

What is Profile Trading – Volume Profile & Market Profile

Volume Profile Trading – What Does Volume Profile Tell You?

Become a Consistently Profitable Trader – The Success Formula

Top 3 Reasons Why Traders Fail at Such a High Rate (~90%)

What is Auction Market Theory – Trading Value vs. Price

3 Critical Phases of the Trading Day – Prep, Trade, and Review

Molding Your Market Framework – How Do You View Markets?

What is Market Profile – Trading With Market Profile

What is Volume Profile – Trading With Volume Profile

There Are No “Naturals” – Great Traders Aren’t Born, They’re Made

Values and Principles to Live By as a Trader – What’s Your Mission?

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