Proving what you see in short-term patterns
By Joe Ross
The key to successfully finding potential short-term patterns is based on what you see.  There are two things I look for:
1. I look at current market action each day. I do not look at what happened years ago.  I have to trade today’s markets, not those of [...]

One way to acquire discipline in trading
By Joe Ross
“Hey Joe! When you were teaching us at our Forex office in Florida, you stressed discipline.  Our head trader stresses discipline.  What I want to know is if discipline can be acquired or is it just something you are born with? I’m having trouble finding it in [...]

THE SECRET OF REDUCED MARGIN SPREADS
by Joe Ross
One of the best kept secrets in trading is that of reduced margin spreads.  You cannot name a trading method that provides more safety or a greater return on margin than does a reduced margin spread, while also being one of the least time-consuming ways to trade. Have [...]

BECOMING AN INTUITIVE TRADER
By Joe Ross
Intuitive trading is the height of trading as an art form. Traders with many years of successful trading experi¬ence are generally the ones who attempt to subjectively trade the markets. Intuitive trading comes with experience. But even for experienced traders, trading markets without rational price action analysis is often just [...]

It’s our job to trade “Futures,” not “Histories”
by Joe Ross
Throughout the years that I’ve been trading and writing about trading, I’ve often discussed mind set —having the right frame of mind for your trading, so that you become a winner.
I’ve stated that “It is our job to trade ‘futures,’ not ‘histories,’ but in order to [...]