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There is a great debate in the trading community as to whether one should close out an entire profitable position at a single pre-determined profit objective or, whether to close out part of your position at the same pre-determined point objective booking a portion of the profits, then move your stop loss to break even thereby leaving you in the trade in the event that the move becomes a large or runaway winner. If you stop and think about the dynamics of these 2 options, the only way a trader… Continue

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Using the F-Shift Forecaster, I wanted to get an idea - a PROBABLE idea as to where we are headed in the overall market. I downloaded WEEKLY historical data courtesy of Yahoo Finance and populated the forecaster to produce an unbiased probable outcome 12 weeks from today. Its easy to say "higher" given the current rally we are in but… Continue

Having the ability to trade on margin is a powerful leveraging mechanism if it used correctly - but one MUST also be aware of the potential dangers. The greater the margin that is afforded you through your brokerage, the greater the potential damage one can unknowingly do their capital. Lets take a look using the m3 - Money Management Modeler. The reason I chose this topic to blog about was due to a client of mine who had requested that I expand the margin levels from the standard 2x that I had… Continue

Having the ability to trade on margin is a powerful leveraging mechanism if it used correctly - but one MUST also be aware of the potential dangers. The greater the margin that is afforded you through your brokerage, the greater the potential damage one can unknowingly do their capital. Lets take a look using the m3 - Money Management Modeler. The reason I chose this topic to blog about was due to a client of mine who had requested that I expand the margin levels from the standard 2x that I had… Continue

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Fulcrum Shift Trading is constantly improving and adding value to the m3 - Money Management Modeler. These latest upgrades and enhancements were suggestions from current users of the m3. Here are the following upgrades now available;



1) User Defined Margin LevelsI received a request to include various margin levels yesterday. Some traders can leverage their accounts with very high multiples which ultimately can affect the calculations within the… Continue