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COMPOUND INTEREST: The Secret SauceIn this video I cover the topic of "Compound Interest". I go over the WHAT, WHY, WHO and HOW of it. The Importance of Compound Interest in Trading Compound interest is a fundamental concept in the world of finance and trading, offering a powerful mechanism for growing wealth over time. Unlike simple interest, which is calculated only on the principal amount, compound interest is calculated on the principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods. This seemingly small difference can significantly impact long-term investment returns. Amplifying Returns In trading, compound interest can exponentially increase the growth of your account. When profits from trading are reinvested, they start to generate additional earnings. For example, if a trader earns a 10% return on a $1,000 investment, they would have $1,100 after the first period. In the next period, the 10% return is calculated on the new total of $1,100, resulting in $1,210, and so on. Over multiple periods, this effect leads to exponential growth, far outstripping the returns from simple interest. Long-Term Benefits The magic of compound interest becomes particularly evident over longer time horizons. The longer an investment is allowed to compound, the greater the potential growth. For traders, this underscores the importance of patience and a long-term perspective. By consistently reinvesting earnings and allowing them to compound, traders can achieve significant wealth accumulation even if individual trade returns are modest. Mitigating Risk Compound interest also highlights the importance of managing risks and minimizing losses. In trading, avoiding substantial losses is crucial because significant drawdowns can severely disrupt the compounding process. A trader who loses a large portion of their capital will need significantly higher returns to recover, which can be challenging. Therefore, prudent risk management and maintaining steady, positive returns are key to leveraging the power of compound interest. Psychology plays a role as well as losing large amounts of your account can negatively affect your decision making. Conclusion Understanding and leveraging compound interest is essential for traders aiming to maximize their long-term returns. By reinvesting profits and allowing them to compound over time, traders can achieve exponential growth in their investments. Coupled with effective risk management, the power of compound interest can transform modest returns into substantial wealth, making it a cornerstone of successful trading strategies.
Education
by Road_2_Funded
1
What Trading and Business Have in Common 📊💼Hello TradingView Family, Lately, I've been contemplating the fascinating parallels between trading and running a business. 🤔 It's intriguing how both these worlds share common ground, and I wanted to share my thoughts with you. 📜 Trading Plan as the Blueprint: In the business of trading, a well-crafted trading plan serves as the blueprint for success. Just as a business plan outlines goals, strategies, and tactics, a trading plan details entry and exit points, risk tolerance, and overall market approach, providing a structured path to success. 🌐 Risk Management: Just as in business, where risks are inherent, traders need to manage risks effectively. Both environments demand a keen understanding of risk-reward ratios and the ability to make informed decisions to protect assets and investments. 🔄 Adaptability: Businesses must adapt to market changes and evolving customer needs, while traders navigate the dynamic landscape of financial markets. Flexibility and the ability to pivot are critical for success in both arenas. 🔍 Continuous Innovation: Businesses thrive on innovation to stay competitive, and traders constantly seek new strategies and tools to gain an edge in the market. The pursuit of improvement and staying ahead of the curve is a shared ethos. 📊 Performance Evaluation: Both traders and business leaders regularly assess their performance. Whether it's analyzing financial reports or evaluating trading strategies, the commitment to ongoing improvement is a common thread. 📉 Weathering Losses and Low Seasons: Every business faces downtimes, and traders experience losses. The ability to weather these storms, learn from setbacks, and maintain composure during low seasons is a shared challenge. Resilience and a long-term perspective are key to overcoming temporary setbacks. 🌱 Long-Term Sustainability: Just as businesses aim for long-term sustainability, traders seek lasting success in the market. Both require a focus on building a solid foundation, adapting to changes, and navigating challenges with resilience. Reflecting on these similarities, it's clear that trading and business are two sides of the same coin, each requiring strategic thinking, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement. What are your thoughts on this intriguing comparison? 📚 Always follow your trading plan regarding entry, risk management, and trade management. Good luck! All Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly! ~Richard Nasr
Education
by TheSignalyst
15
How To Become A Millionaire | 2 Proven Ways Seeing people announce their net worth on social media may have you asking yourself, "How do I become a millionaire?" Yet "millionaire" can feel like a huge, unobtainable word. However, the good news is that becoming one is actually more realistic than you might think. The fast-track method of becoming rich in your twenties is to start a high-growth, high-return business with a plan to exit within five years or so. But, of course, there's absolutely no guarantee you'll even make a penny, and the risk can often outweigh your other options for building a long-term income. It's important to have a well-researched idea and a solid business plan before you start, as well as a clear picture of how you'll support yourself when there's no money coming in. Having said all this, there may never be a better time to start in business than as a graduate. Your responsibilities are minimal and even if it all goes wrong, you've got a wealth of experience to build on and take forward. With your business, you should either identify a need and fill it or find a problem and solve it. Solving for customer needs and exceeding expectations along the way drives business growth. A customer need is a motive that prompts a customer to buy a product or service. Ultimately, the need is the driver of the customer's purchase decision. Learning to solve the problems of people, you can make a huge wealth on that. Just look around and look for the things to solve. What do you want to learn in the next post?
TVC:GOLDEducation
by UnitedSignals
3
Trading needs to be treated like a business 🧑‍💼This is spoken about a lot but what does it mean?⁠ In starting a business you would need funding and a business plan, right?⁠ ⁠ You would have realistic goals mapped out and be focused on your cashflow.⁠ ⁠ You wouldn't blow your 'cash' in recruiting too fast, or buying too much stock or spending too much on marketing.⁠ ⁠ Yet, in trading most don't have a plan. Or focus on protecting their cash.⁠ ⁠ They also don't think long term in line with their plan.⁠ ⁠ They over estimate their expectations short term and in doing so mess up what they could achieve long term. ⁠ You just wouldn't do this in business right? No one would open or run a business you knew nothing about. Most come in to trading thinking this will be easy! It's not and we all come in knowing nothing. So again would you start any other business with no training or idea? Most can keep the trading cash flow topped up as we all start out on this journey having another job to fund trading. There is no such thing as a sure-fire way to make money online. However, if you seriously want to make money out of forex trading it needs treating like a business. In a lot of ways, being a trader is like being an entrepreneur. It takes more than just knowledge and a killer idea. It also takes hard work, discipline and mental preparation. The reason it’s a good idea to treat forex trading like a business is because as a trader, your account is your own business. Trading isn't about the quick money it's about being consistent. That consistency comes from having a plan and sticking to it much like you would a business plan. Treat losses as a cost of business and factor them into the plan. The business plan for you the trader will be the strategy and risk management you opt to run. Set realistic targets and goals this will ensure suitability, Much how good businesses set up there own goals and aims for coming year with out being to risky. If you lack on the knowledge front in certain areas invest in education and training, No successful business neglects training and learning. Invest in resources that will help your business grow. Yes TradingView is free but having a higher package and more data help me just as an example. There is no other business in the world like trading where the over heads and start up cost are low, So if paid resources can kick you on to next level factor them in as a cost of business. Keep treating trading as a hobby and it becomes an expensive one. Start treating trading as a business with the ethos and cultures applied the same as those of successful businesses and that profit starts to come naturally. Thanks for taking the time to read my idea. Hope you all have a good weekend Darren 👍 ⁠
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Education
by pow_removetheguesswork
60
Is Trading “Gambling” or “Risky” ? Explained in business terms.Hi everyone: The question that most people will ask is whether trading is the same as “gambling”. Throughout the 9 years of my trading journey, this has always been brought up and asked about many times. Of course anyone is entitled to think based on their perspective and view, so I am not here to argue or convince them otherwise. Rather, I am here to share some key aspects of what I learned in trading for the last 9 years, as well as years in the business world to discuss the difference between “Gambling” and “Risky” in trading and in business. Most people who have never traded in their lives, but have heard about trading, usually assume trading is some sort of get rich quick scheme. They often assume it's a type of “gamble”. Since most people around them probably lost money in trading. It's not surprising as the statistics don't lie, 90-95% retail traders lose money in trading and quit eventually. But what most people don't know is “why” and “how” they lose money in trading. It's usually a combination of poor mindset and emotion. No systematic plan, no risk management, get rich quick thinking, revenge/over trading, fear of missing out, and alot more psychological issues. They did not put in the time and effort to succeed. Which then resulted in traders losing money and quitting. Eventually making up excuses of why they fail in trading, and blame the market, the broker, the strategy. All these no doubt also resulted in what normal people will say trading is a “gamble.” On the other hand, is trading “risky” ? Trading is just like any other businesses out there, that will be risky due to unforeseen circumstances. Businesses face external factors that they can not control, just like in trading. Businesses have internal expenses, overhead costs, labour, loans, C.O.G.S…etc as well as many competitions within their respected industry. It requires hard work and determination to succeed. Even for larger businesses that are where they are today, they were all risky when they started. Was Amazon Risky ? Was Tesla Risky ? Was Facebook Risky ? Absolutely. But that did not stop their owners from putting in maximum effort and time to make it work. Trading is no different, you are the owner, director and the CEO of your trading account. So, don't confuse and get “gamble” and “risk” mixed up. It's up to us individually to acknowledge and understand the difference between the two. The truth is, successful traders understand the difference between “gamble” and “risk”. To remove the “gambling” aspect from trading, is to have a well written trading plan, proper risk management, right trading psychology, positive mindset and control emotion. Whatever strategy you decide to implement is not really the cause of your success or failure, but rather those I mentioned above. This way, you remove almost all the “gambling” aspect away from trading, and it is now “risky” but bearable for you to handle. Will trading always be “risky” ? Sure, it is a business and anything can happen unexpectedly and out of nowhere. But successful traders understand the importance of treating trading like a business, so contingency plan, back up plan, trading plan, management plan, and much more should be carefully thought out so you will know what to do when you are hit with sudden surprises like in a business operation. The worst thing we can do is to not be part of any “risk”. If we are so relaxed, laid back, and have no stress to motivate us to move forward, then we stay within our “comfort” zone. We become so glued to our 9-5 job which we then think it's safe. But, we will forever be in a rat race against many others who are better than us in credentials that will land that higher position/salary that we want. “So to me, without taking a “risk” in life is the biggest “gamble” that you can do in life.” Welcome to let me know and share with everyone what you think about this topic :) Thank you Jojo
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by jojofang0901
41
What did I learn from 2021 in Trading, & what can I improve on ?Hello traders: Welcome to 2022 in trading. I am very happy to start off the year with a positive attitude and get ready for the year. This year will be my 9th year in trading, so certainly a journey thus far. What I usually will do is to look at trades that I have taken in the whole last year, to find areas to improve. What can I do better, and what can I change/modify to my trading plan that will help me to become a better, consistent, sustainable trader. I highly suggest everyone to review their 2021 trading journals, find mistakes that you made, and work on them. Revisit your trading plan to see what areas can be changed and modified. They can be entry, SL/TP, management and much more. Below are a few things that I personally find that I can improve more on: Trade Management: -Specifically, whether to take profit always at 3:1 RR, or hold onto the trade for longer -Pros and cons and no right or wrong when it comes to this part. -Sometimes holding a trade longer term may see price reverse and lose profits -Sometimes taking profit too early will see trade continue to its desire direction # of Trades Taken: -Last year was aiming for about 15 trades per month last year -The more trades we take, the more potential “Mediocre” trades we enter, those can eat up our good trades’ profit -Can argue and reduce the # of trades to even less -Instead of 1-2 same currency pairs allowed, cut down to just 1. Unless I can move it to BE Understand and Accept the Market can Change/Evolve: -Market is ever changing and evolving with no pre-determine factors. It can be a variety of factors that is out of our control as a trader -Key is to always stay in “sync” with the market and its behavior. -Never “blame” the market if your trading hits a draw down or doesn't “work out” from before. -Understand as traders we need to adapt to any type of situations to remain consistent and sustainable in the long run -Find solutions to work around it. Thank you all Treat trading like a business or you might not succeed:
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by jojofang0901
40
Treat trading like a business or you might not succeedHello everyone: Today I will go over 6 main points on why you should treat trading like a business in order to succeed in this industry. 1. Business will have busy seasons and slow seasons. But overhead expenses will remain the same. So not every month can be profitable, same with trading. -Some months you can have more wins, some months you will have more losses. It's what you do on average for the whole quarter/year. 2. Record your win/lose trades like any businesses that has bookkeeping to record their revenue and expenses -This is for you to keep track of your progress, results and find areas to improve. You must record your profits/losses so you can identify your result. Refusing to do so is like a business that does not record their expenses and wondering why they spend so much $ 3. In trading, YOU are the Owner/Director/CEO. If you are not putting in the time and effort like a top executive of a business, then it's unlikely you will succeed. -Top executives don't just work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. They put in way more hours than that to keep the business running, operational, and profitable. 4. No business starts out as profitable, they are likely to be in the “red” until years later when they can recover the losses and then some. -Most businesses start up with debts, borrow money and loans. Don't expect to pay off all those in one year. In trading you will likely incur losses in the beginning of your trading journey. Understand its a process all must go through in order to come up to the top. 5. Each and every year, businesses review their entire operation. Identify the mistakes they make, find solutions to their problems, create plans, visions and goals. -Identify your mistakes by journaling your trades. Find areas to improve, whether that is your entry, SL/TP, Risk management, trading psychology, mindset/emotion. Acknowledge your mistakes, drop your ego, work on overcoming your mistakes. 6. 90% of small businesses fail within 3 years, acknowledge the odds are not in your favour, but continue to put in time and effort. NEVER GIVE UP -90-95% traders fail in time. You don't often hear about the traders who lose, but you often hear about the social media “guru” and scammers doing so well. Trading is not a get rich quick scheme, nor is it easy. You have to continue to put in time and effort to succeed. IT doesn't come instant, and those who can not commit to such, will not be able to continue trading consistently and sustainably. Most important is, if you fail, get right back up. NEVER GIVE UP in trading, and NEVER GIVE UP in life. Any questions, comments and feedback welcome to let me know. If you like more of these contents, like, subscribe/follow and comment for me to keep doing them. :) Jojo
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OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by jojofang0901
309
How Much Should You Deposit / Invest?Hello TradingView Family, this is Richard, and today I am going to answer a question that I get asked a lot. Question: How Much Should I Deposit / Invest? The answer to that question is very subjective. Some say that "a minimum balance of 10 000$ is required", some others say "start small and then deposit more on the go". In my opinion, to know how much to invest, you have to start the other way around. How much risk per trade do you feel most comfortable with? Is it 20$? 50$ or 100$... Those who know me, know that I enter with a fixed risk per trade and always target double. For some of you, 20$ is nothing, and the 40$ reward isn’t worth it. While for others 20$ may be too much, and thus can’t handle the loss. Find that 1% risk per trade that suits you best. Your 1% risk should not be too much for you, so you won’t get emotional. In parallel, it shouldn't be too small, as then you won't take your trading seriously. Find that 1%, then make it x100, that’s how much should deposit. All Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly! ~Rich
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by TheSignalyst
86
How To Start A Successful Trading BusinessWhen you start trading, you need to go into it like you would if you were getting ready to start a business. Too often, I see new ‘traders’ who open their account and before ever mapping out any goals, a strategy, a trading plan, or anything, they’re already putting money into the markets… …and for me, this isn’t trading, this is gambling. So in this article, I’m going to walk you through how you can start your own successful trading business. So let’s dive in! Starting A Trading Business: Step 1 – Charting Software First, as a technical trader (like me) you MUST have good charting software. Charting software is your window into the world of stocks. As a technical trader, we rely on charts and indicators to find high-probability setups. Charting software with good indicators is an essential first step in your path to being a successful trader. I personally use (and highly recommend) TradingView. It is a paid service and for what I do, I use the Pro Version which currently costs $14.95 per month but it is well worth it. Remember, starting your own successful trading business requires a modest investment into the ‘infrastructure’ of your business. Step 2 – Finding The Right Broker Now on to step 2, finding the right broker for you! Finding the right broker can be a tricky process, especially if you live outside of the United States. If you’re trading stocks and options, I highly recommend tastyworks, or Interactive Brokers if you live outside the U.S. Starting A Trading Business: Step 3 – Trading Strategy Next, now that you have your charting software and broker, every trader needs a good trading strategy. Similar to the broker, one size does not fit all. Why? Well, there are a LOT of variables that can go into developing your trading strategy. For example, are you trading for Income or Growth or the amount you have to trade with? All of these things play a big factor in the type of strategy you want to, can, or should trade. Right now, I’m trading two strategies. My core strategies right now are, The PowerX Strategy and The Wheel. Step 4 – Trading Computer The next thing to consider when getting your trading business set up is you will need a computer. Almost all brokers and trading software are cloud-based, so you don’t need a seriously advanced computer anymore. Most computers that are less than 3 years old should be more than powerful enough to run even the most system-intensive trading platform. Step 5 – Additional Monitors. Now, for your home set up, I think at least one additional monitor is a must. The good news is that if you have a laptop, you already have one monitor! If you travel a lot (like me) I would highly recommend the ASUS MB169B+ 15.6″ Full HD 1920×1080 IPS USB Portable Monitor. They’re lightweight and work great on the road or at home. It fits easily in my backpack (because I HATE checking bags) and doesn’t add much weight. Step 6 – Trading Newsletters Next, over my morning coffee, I like to read a few different trading newsletters. I have three primary newsletters right now where I get most of my market-related news. Most of the talking heads on TV are absolutely terrible for getting non-biased information anymore. No matter what station, everything you hear is coming through some sort of filter. For this reason, I stick with these three newsletters that I’ve found to provide good info: - Morning Brew - Seeking Alpha’s Wall Street Breakfast - The Rockwell Trading Newsletter Summary Now that you have all of the pieces in place to start your trading business off on the right foot, in my next article I’m going to go through something that at first, I’m sure you will cringe: Trading Taxes. But I assure you if you’re proactive and take the time to get set up and structured properly, taxes aren’t actually as bad as you’d think for full-time traders. I hope this has helped and you’ve enjoyed it. Good trading!
DJ:DJIEducation
by rockwelltrading
Other income sources / faster growthTrading is a way to make money but unless you start with 3 million it will take a while to get anywhere, and to be able to live off that alone. If you are doing this right, you will miss out on rallies often, as might happen with Bitcoin here, there isn't that many really good opportunities in my eyes. Successful people get like 2 trades a week, and even active day traders often say that 1 single trade makes their month and the rest is pointless. I wonder what people's opinions are on ways to diversify or grow faster. I made this little list of ideas and for each I tried to find the biggest downsides in my opinion, because that's what I do, I focus on risk and reasons not to do something. * Look for work at a hedge fund (using a good track record) - Working hours - Having a boss - If they don't understand your strategy they'll be annoying * Start your own fund - 1 million tons of regulations - Costs, have to hire people etc - PR and networking and all this is 95% of the job 5% is actually being good at buying and selling * Offer a copy trade service - Everything you do is visible to everybody in detail - There are regulations - This does not pay much does it? * Offering an education and signal service - You're in a cesspool of filth, and alot of people will assume immediately you are a scammer - Most people that sign up are not naturally gifted and you will have to deal with failure - In professional mode 24/7 (can't troll on social networks anymore :<) * Trade friends money (on their behalf or borrow) - Potentially dealing with emotional people on drawdowns, especially if you start with some losses - Lame and just you're going to be more attached personally to this - Unless you have billionaire friends... * At certain thresholds just risk bigger and bigger. Ex: risk 1%/trade, once up 10% risk 2%/trade, then 3% etc - You could end up giving away what took months to build - Still goes rather slow if you are not going completely crazy and raising risk little by little - If your strategy stops working right when you start going bigger you are going to love this * Start a ponzi scheme but call it an inverted triangle growth factor that mathematically cannot fail - Great idea! - Wow why didn't I think of this before? - What could possibly go wrong? * Invest in a trashcoin and lose all your money - Why not? - To the moon! - Excellent idea * Just give up and go back to a regular corporate wagecuck job - No - I did my time already - No * Start a youtube channel - Stay poor - Worse idea - NO * Start a website and make money with advertising - Does this make money? - About what? - 900 hours of coding and 4 hours a day to maintain it? (Going to take a while to get started, not sure it works out of course too, probably does not pay much for all the time spent) * Buy and sell stuff on the internet - Learning curve - End up with lots of crap? - Does this work? * Start making a video game - Learning curve here we go again - Going to take a while - Might not like doing this after a while * Get into real estate, buy on a loan and use people rent to pay the appartment - Super slow actually - Have to deal with so many things, this does not seem part time, at least at the start when you don't have people working for you - Learning curve and regulations and I don't even know what else * Become a CNBC expert - Oh here we go again with the trolling - Idk I ran out of ideas - Ye * Buy a little spot somewhere and start selling sandwiches - Is this troll or not I can't even tell? - Hours - Raaaaa but it suks * Beg for money - This actually seems to be the thing at the current time - Sad, very sad - Fierce competition from e-girls for lack of a better term * Learn to trade stocks and crypto alts, to get more opportunities and grow faster - Overwhelmed with information - Correlation? - Just too much to look at
BITFINEX:BTCUSDEducation
by MrRenev
2
Trading Journal Basics 101SELF DEVELOPMENT/METHODOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY Trading Journal Basics 101 During my trading career one of the most important elements of trading is keeping records of your trading performance. Whether its using an excel document or software such as the EDGEWONK TRADING JOURNAL, its crucial to see where you business has come from and where its going!! Below is a small detailed list of elements of a trading journal; 1. Date/time entered and exited trade 2. Asset traded 3. Long or short trade 4. Entry/ Stop loss and target price 5. Risk/Reward 6. Exit price. Did i exit at the target price? If not why? 7. Profit/Loss 9. Pips amount 10.Balance 11. Notes on trade ( both Pros and cons) 12. How can i improve next time? 13. Missed trades? 14. and many more.... Once again this is just a very basic list and there a lots more that can go into the journal. Note: Edgewonk is by far the best trading journal software that i have ever used. I highly recommend it and if you would like to know more please let me know :) Happy Trading
TVC:GOLDEducation
by SMPTrader
1