Category: Blog Posts
Trading education and market commentary from The Two Traders: strategy, psychology, risk and the lessons behind our own trades.
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Weekly Trading Review: How to Review Your Trades
A weekly trading review in six steps: export trades, tag setups, check rule adherence, measure R, log mistakes and choose one change…
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Natural Gas Price Action Trading
Natural gas price action trading explained: seasonality, the weekly EIA storage report, why gas is so volatile, gap risk and how to…
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GBPUSD Price Action Strategy: How to Analyse a Cable Trade
A GBPUSD price action strategy for UK traders: London and New York sessions, the data that moves cable, behaviour at key levels…
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How to Trade a Market Crash: Lessons from March 2020
How to trade during a market crash: smaller size, wider stops with smaller stakes, spreads, gaps and when to sit out, with…
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Trading Breakouts: How to Avoid False Breakouts
How to avoid false breakouts: check the candle close, the volume, the retest and the trend before you enter, and know what…
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How to Use Volume to Confirm a Trend
How to use volume to confirm a trend: read breakouts, trend legs, climaxes and divergence, and why forex volume is tick volume,…
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Understanding Volume
How volume affects the market at key decision levels. A good way to think of this… Imagine you’re driving a car, as…
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How to Trade Oil with Price Action
How to trade oil with price action from the UK: Brent vs WTI, the weekly EIA report and OPEC+ meetings in UK…
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How to Calculate Position Size (Forex, CFDs and Spread Bets)
How to calculate position size in £: one formula for forex lots, CFDs and spread bets, with pip values, worked examples and…
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Win Rate vs Risk:Reward: Why Win Percentages Are Irrelevant
Win rate vs risk reward explained: why a 90% win rate can still lose money, how expectancy works, and the breakeven win…