This week as we offer you a very abbreviated market assessment. We will return on April 6th with a full Market Update, System Quality Number® Report and commentary. The S&P has been declining over the last two months or so. As you can tell from the S&P 500 weekly bar chart below, the growing weekly…
Author’s Note: I’ve written a paragraph or two about Van below. He was my friend, business partner, co-author, colleague, teacher, mentor, and supporter. I didn’t know at the time that I would work with Van and his amazing team for a continuous span that is now into a third decade. But that’s how Van has…
Several clients have contacted the VTI team with concerns about Mark Boucher. We appreciate your integrity in asking and we want to address the confusion. Mark co-teaches Reed$trader workshops with me for the Van Tharp Institute. Mark’s name is Mark Joseph Peterson Boucher. Mark lived in the San Francisco Bay area most of his life…
Editor’s Note: Gabriel Grammatidis is a successful full-time trader and graduate of Dr. Tharp’s original Super Trader Program. With over 35 years of trading experience, he brings his expertise to his teaching and coaching programs. He is known for developing trader talent and, from his workshops, we regularly see full-time traders emerge. Part of his…
Many traders and investors are searching in vain for the Holy Grail—the perfect trading system. Does the Holy Grail really exist? Yes, it does, however, you will not find it “outside “by looking for a long-hidden set of secret trading rules. The key to successful trading is to trade systems that really fit you, your…
In this video, Ken Long explains one of the essential skills in his Foundation Course: How to frame a trade with “Standard Work”. This executive summary shows us trade framing for any time frame and any system. Ken then follows up with examples of this Standard Work, analyzing trade frames that have been offered by students. https://youtu.be/CbeH2wlYbK4…
“The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.” —Edgar R. Fiedler I bet you had a friend or two in high school and/or college that helped you think outside the box. These are the kind of folks who challenged you, either directly or indirectly, to look at things in a different way….
There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies, and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply an index-based version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score to measure the relative performance of numerous markets in a…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading, so I do the work each month and am happy to share…
Forex Annual Top-Down Analysis (2022): It looks like we have an interesting year for Forex traders ahead. The charts clearly indicate surprising Kiwi (NZD) and GBP strength as well as continued CHF and CAD strength. The USD remains weak waiting for a break of important upper resistance. The USD bears are still accumulating energy to…
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