Price gaps are an essential concept in trading, often signalling strong market movements or potential reversals. Whether you’re trading stocks, forex, or cryptocurrencies, understanding gaps can provide valuable insights into market psychology and future price action. In this blog, we’ll […]

If you’ve been around trading circles, you’ve probably heard of Perry Kaufman. A major figure in the industry, Kaufman has authored numerous books, with his sixth edition being a crowd favourite. His deep experience in hedge funds and portfolio management […]

In the fast-paced world of trading, patience isn’t just a virtue—it’s a necessity. Whether you’re navigating forex, stocks, or any other market, the ability to wait for setups that meet all your criteria often separates the successful traders from the […]

When it comes to trading and technical analysis, one of the most valuable strategies is understanding and utilising multiple timeframes. Whether you’re a day trader, a swing trader, or a long-term investor, looking at trends across daily, hourly, and weekly […]

Last night, the elegant Chartered Accountants’ Hall in Moorgate, City of London, played host to a memorable event titled “Market Outlook for 2025 Part I: Fundamental vs Technicals Perspective.” Organised by the Society of Technical Analysts Limited (STA) in collaboration […]

Broad Scope Beyond Algorithmic Trading While algorithmic trading is a focus of the course, particularly in the final lectures (e.g., Jeff Boccaccio’s lectures on fully automated systems), our course emphasises a much broader perspective on trading systems. It embraces a […]

During the December meeting, Steve Goldstein gave an introductory talk about a new joint venture between AlphaMind and the STA – the High-Performance Trader Learning Programme: Elevating Trading Excellence Steve is a former trader turned performance coach and a familiar […]

Reading through my newly purchased book, Atlas of Finance compiled by Dariusz Wójcik and published by Yale University Press, I came across these candlestick charts profiling recoveries post the 2008 stock market crash. Labelled ‘advanced’, ‘emerging’ and ‘frontier’ markets, nothing […]

Tuesday 12th November was the eagerly awaited STA monthly meeting with Dimitry Speck, creator and founder of Seasonax, presenting his ideas and software system. Unfortunately the poor man got Covid but had, at very short notice, managed to rope in […]

I recently read a book review by Jonathan Guthrie in the FT Weekend about this book. He starts: ‘In pirate fiction, maps disclose the location of hidden riches’ and continues ‘a good chart is often worth a thousand words or […]

Within the last few days the European Central Bank and the People’s Bank of China trimmed their key interest rates once again. In Britain annualised consumer price inflation suddenly dropped from 2.2% in August to 1.7% in September 2024, below […]

Thank goodness they added the ‘and beyond’ to the presentation as it took place on the 8th October 2024. Each speaker was strictly allocated 10 or so minutes to present a broad outline of their outlook for their chosen commodities […]

The STA has for some years been using the National Liberal Club on the Embankment at Charing Cross for special events. A members-only striking venue in an excellent location, I think all members look forward to these get-togethers. In September, […]

First nicknamed Mr Serenity by Jack Schwager (while conducting the in-depth interview with Tom over the telephone) Tom says: ‘’Jack, it’s your book [Market Wizards], you can call it whatever you want’’. In turn Tom’s book is called All Weather […]

Paraphrasing T. S. Eliot’s lines from The Wasteland: ‘April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain’. The poet believed the season gave false hope of what […]

So far this summer markets have had a fairly torrid time, some stock indices setting new all-time highs in July, then peaking without warning and dropping by fairly large amounts over the last three or four weeks. Overlaid on this […]

This year, as we are bombarded by politicians’ promises ahead of important elections worldwide, I hear ever larger monetary values bandied about. How they will fix what they hadn’t bothered to do when in post; improve ‘the ordinary person’s’ (a […]

This semi-annual debate mixes technical and fundamental analysts who outline their views on major markets for the coming six months and, better still, review the predictions delivered at the beginning of this calendar year. Once again the event was very […]

Early this month the London-based Financial Times newspaper brought to my attention two important trends happening in the main stock markets of India and the USA. There are many reasons being put forward for the surge in volume in specialist […]

Ms Darbar has many talents. A trader since 2007, co-founder of Rfactory in 2017, a performance coach, certified hypnotherapist, plus two law degrees under her belt, to boot. Despite this she admits she’s ‘’spent an inordinate time on psychology’’. The […]