ONYX Model
A strategy is the base of trading, without it you‘re not going anywhere. But it’s only a part of the equation. If your psychology isn’t right, the strategy won’t get you anywhere. The ONYX model explained I did not invent…
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Futures contract expiration explained
If you just started to trade index futures you might notice that there are different versions of an asset. When you look for MNQ (micro e-mini Nasdaq) for example you‘ll get: So what’s the difference between them and which one…
How chart colors affect your trading
Your charts are a part of your decision atmosphere. Colors can have a direct effect on your mood, attention, perceived clarity and emotions, which heavily influence your trading performance. Humans don’t make rational decisions, but emotional ones, influenced by cognitive…
Accumulating (acc) vs distributing (dist) ETFs
You decided to invest in an ETF, and already picked the one you want. You open your brokerage account, look for it, and all of a sudden the confusion hits you. Whether you chose the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, or a…
What is an ETF?
If you are new to the markets, one of the first things you’ll come across is an ETF. But what actually is that? A stock? Or something completely different? What an ETF actually is An ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) is…
The nuclear comeback could be the market opportunity of the decade
For decades, nuclear was dead. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in 2011 turned public and political opinion against it. Countries shut plants down. Germany phased out it’s entire fleet. The narrative was clear: nuclear is…
How to control your emotions in trading
Your emotions are one of the main reasons causing you to be unprofitable. You’re trapped in the EIA-loop: Emotion -> impulse -> action. The solution a lot of people will present to you is: But guess what? You’re not a…
Which timeframe should you trade?
Whenever you go on social media or even read a book on trading, you’ll hear all kinds of different opinions on which timeframe you should trade. I saw a ton of people claim that you can’t be trading lower timeframes…
The simplest way to calculate your contract size in futures trading
Entering a trade with a random contract size every time is usually not a good idea. As a trader, risk management can either make or break you. The best approach is to risk 1%-2% on each trade. But how do…
Is AI the biggest bubble since the dot-com crash?
The dot-com bubble was one of the biggest financial bubbles in history – causing a massive market collapse, wiping out trillions in market value, triggering company failures, bankruptcies, and a recession. Could history repeat itself – this time with AI?…