Have you ever read a book on trading or investing? If you have read more than one of them, you will notice that they usually regurgitate the same old technical analysis. Most books and academics themselves follow the traditional route for technical analysis. The problem is that if that traditional method worked so well, you could be expected to read those books and make a lot of money.

One of the common trading tools that is suggested in most trading books is the moving average. But have you ever read a book that says to buy below an upward sloping moving average? No they say you buy above an upward sloping average and sell below a downward sloping average. Look at the opportunities you would miss by doing that.

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When you enter the trend late, you increase your risk in the position as well as reduce the potential profits. This is counter to what we want to accomplish.

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So we know there is more to being successful in trading than just reading a book. You need to discover how the professionals trade and how institutions make their decisions. By understanding and mimicking what the truly successful traders do, you have a better chance for success yourself.

That is what we do at Online Trading Academy. We teach how the institutional traders think and make entry and exit choices. We have traders with experience teaching the courses. Most importantly, we are dedicated to building your skills that can make you a consistently profitable trader in any market.

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Neither Freedom Management Partners nor any of its personnel are registered broker-dealers or investment advisers. I will mention that I consider certain securities or positions to be good candidates for the types of strategies we are discussing or illustrating. Because I consider the securities or positions appropriate to the discussion or for illustration purposes does not mean that I am telling you to trade the strategies or securities. Keep in mind that we are not providing you with recommendations or personalized advice about your trading activities. The information we are providing is not tailored to any individual. Any mention of a particular security is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold that or any other security or a suggestion that it is suitable for any specific person. Keep in mind that all trading involves a risk of loss, and this will always be the situation, regardless of whether we are discussing strategies that are intended to limit risk. Also, Freedom Management Partners’ personnel are not subject to trading restrictions. I and others at Freedom Management Partners could have a position in a security or initiate a position in a security at any time.

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EUR/USD stays weak below 1.0500 due to risk-off mood

EUR/USD stays weak below 1.0500 due to risk-off mood

EUR/USD remains depressed below 1.0500 in Tuesday's European morning as US President-elect Trump’s tariff plans dampen the market sentiment and keep the US Dollar broadly bid. The Euro struggles due to growing Euro area economic concerns and increased dovish ECB bets. 

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GBP/USD consolidates losses near 1.2550 ahead of BoE's Pill, Fed Minutes

GBP/USD consolidates losses near 1.2550 ahead of BoE's Pill, Fed Minutes

GBP/USD struggles near 1.2550 in European trading on Tuesday, following a slump to the 1.2500 area. The US Dollar holds on to modest gains amid Trump's tariffs threat-driven cautious mood, keeping the pair undermined ahead of BoE Pill's speech and Fed Minutes.

 

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USD/JPY drops below 154.00 as US Dollar surge stalls

USD/JPY drops below 154.00 as US Dollar surge stalls

USD/JPY drops below 154.00 in Tuesday's Asian trading. Fresh tensions surrounding US-China trade war underpin the safe-haven US Dollar while the Japanese Yen catches a fresh bid on PM Ishiba's calls on businesses to hke wages. Fed Minutes are next in focus. 

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Editors’ Picks

EUR/USD stays weak below 1.0500 due to risk-off mood

EUR/USD stays weak below 1.0500 due to risk-off mood

EUR/USD remains depressed below 1.0500 in Tuesday's European morning as US President-elect Trump’s tariff plans dampen the market sentiment and keep the US Dollar broadly bid. The Euro struggles due to growing Euro area economic concerns and increased dovish ECB bets. 

EUR/USD News
GBP/USD consolidates losses near 1.2550 ahead of BoE's Pill, Fed Minutes

GBP/USD consolidates losses near 1.2550 ahead of BoE's Pill, Fed Minutes

GBP/USD struggles near 1.2550 in European trading on Tuesday, following a slump to the 1.2500 area. The US Dollar holds on to modest gains amid Trump's tariffs threat-driven cautious mood, keeping the pair undermined ahead of BoE Pill's speech and Fed Minutes.

 

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Gold price defends $2,600 ahead of FOMC minutes; not out of the woods yet

Gold price defends $2,600 ahead of FOMC minutes; not out of the woods yet

Gold price retains its negative bias for the second straight day and trades just above a one-week low during the first half of the European session on Tuesday. The growing conviction that Donald Trump's expansionary policies will reignite inflation and limit the scope for the Fed to cut interest rates further triggers a fresh leg up in the US Treasury bond yields.

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Trump shakes up markets again with “day one” tariff threats against CA, MX, CN

Trump shakes up markets again with “day one” tariff threats against CA, MX, CN

Pres-elect Trump reprised the ability from his first term to change the course of markets with a single post – this time from his Truth Social network; Threatening 25% tariffs "on Day One" against Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% against China.

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Eurozone PMI sounds the alarm about growth once more

Eurozone PMI sounds the alarm about growth once more

The composite PMI dropped from 50 to 48.1, once more stressing growth concerns for the eurozone. Hard data has actually come in better than expected recently – so ahead of the December meeting, the ECB has to figure out whether this is the PMI crying wolf or whether it should take this signal seriously. We think it’s the latter.

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