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There's been a long running debate between the technical analysis chartists and the fundamentalists and both sides can make their case for being "right".  Both sides often think that their way is best and the other side is full of you know what...

Since no one can predict the future how did the recent Federal Reserve's hawkish position on interest rates that's filled the news just so happen to occur during a time when chartists like us were anticipating a potential pull back? 

(This is an updated post to include recent news and recent charts because this scenario occurs over and over again...)

Through ChartPros Pay It Forward – Traders Helping Traders program the company announced it is awarding scholarships valued at over $1.2M in September. 

Long time ChartPros Trade Room Member and Price Action Mastery graduate Vince Koehn was instrumental in helping Pay It Forward by setting this up through Apex Trader Funding. 

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• Billions (the hit series on Showtime)
• Shark Tank
• Blue Bloods (my dad is a retired police officer)
• Trading Education Courses...

Yes, Trading Education Courses!

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So often I get asked "Tom, where do you think the market is heading?"

I start by saying the better question is "where could the market be heading?"

Because what I think doesn't matter to price action and no one knows with any certainty where the markets are heading. 

I don't make predictions, I don't call tops/bottoms however, I may react to price when it reaches a predetermined level of interest by trading or investing in that particular index, equity, commodity, Forex, etc.

Let's take the S&P 500 for example using it's futures ticker /ES...

I often think about and wonder what and how technology could have reshaped our present lives if it existed centuries ago.  Along those lines, I wonder what sort of setup Jesus might have had if He used a computer. 

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is “Tom, what computer do you trade from and how many monitors do you have setup?”

My answer surprises most people and may surprise you as well...

It was 4^th of July, 1976 when I was 11 ½ years old and I can still vividly remember all the fuss and excitement about our country’s 200^th birthday – the bicentennial.

Have a happy and safe holiday.

God Bless the USA!

This article delves deep into the top reasons why traders fail and how you can overcome these challenges by focusing on your trading process of implementing trading rules, plans, and trading psychology rather than focusing on the outcomes of profits.

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When I was in MBA school back in the late 1980s (yeah that's me back then long before gray hair) it was drilled into me that a company’s stock price was always tied to its financial statements. You know, Profit and Loss statements, Balance Sheets, etc and all that fancy financial lingo. 

And so I went through much of my early adult life not really ever knowing otherwise. But along the way I had heard of this “technical analysis” stuff but considered it something like voodoo or witchcraft because as far as I knew it had absolutely nothing to do with the fundamentals of a company’s financial performance.

Price action technical analysis is a popular and effective approach to navigating the financial markets, including stocks, options, futures, Forex, Crypto, and Commodity trading.

This article will provide expert tips and insights to help you successfully trade various financial instruments using price action technical analysis. By understanding and applying these concepts, you can improve your trading skills and potentially achieve greater profitability.

Most Fibonacci charts that we see posted on the internet are not drawn or used correctly.

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