Sherif Hasan / Profil

In learning how to trade, I think most, if not all, traders would agree that you need to involve yourself in various educational processes...

Have you ever entered a trade wherein you thought that you have prepared for every scenario only to be blindsided by an unforeseen event? If you have, then you, my friend, have been ambushed by the markets! Don’t worry...

Thanks to technological advances, more and more people now have access to their own forex trading platforms. Nowadays you can open your own trading account with only a small deposit and a few days of waiting...

It is often said that, when it comes to trading, you should play your strengths. Most trading psychology articles, however, focus on minimizing weaknesses rather than identifying and improving one’s strengths...

Much has been said about the importance of mastering your trading psychology. And though there are many different ways to accomplish this goal, perhaps the most practical and effective way of doing so is by keeping a psychological trade journal...

We’ve often talked about how your body is your most important tool in trading. Consistently profitable trading requires focus and you’ll need your mind and body in top form to execute your strategies flawlessly...

Ever heard of the line, “Try and try until you succeed”? I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Sometimes it doesn’t apply to trading. One common mistake that newbie traders make is overtrading...

Welcome to another NFP week, fellas! Have you started looking for trade opportunities this week? If you haven’t, then let’s get your feet wet with these four catalysts that could cause volatility for the Aussie pairs! 1...

In an earlier article, I’ve listed the typical challenges for home-based forex traders. In this post, I’ll give y’all some tips on how to limit distractions while trading from home. It’s 9:00 pm...

A lot of high-performing individuals cannot succeed in their fields on skills and determination alone. Celebrities have their PR teams, managers, and glam squads to portray them in their best light. Athletes have coaches and therapists to maximize their talents...

At least once in your trading career, you’ve probably felt the need to take more trades even though you’ve already incurred more than your usual daily losses. In such instances, you often think to yourself that with more trades you will be able to offset your losses for the day...

In life, we often try to compartmentalize things to make sense of them. For example, we separate what we like from what we dislike, what we are good at from what we are bad at, and what makes us happy from what makes us sad...

Having a bias is as natural as breathing and eating. Personal judgements, reasonable or not, are entrenched in our everyday activities. You use your biases, for example, to pick a restaurant, a potential date, or the school you want to place your child in...

In trading, it is very easy to get lost in the game. You get on your trading platform, try to get some pips, and in the process you usually forget the most basic risk management practices. Here are five common habits that might help in limiting your risk exposure. 1...

At its very core, positive thinking is simply being optimistic about things. It is the tendency to take a favorable stance on things, hoping for the best possible outcome in any situation...

Becoming consistently profitable in forex trading involves making pips, keeping them, and then repeating the process. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as it sounds. Making successful trades is not just about having a fantastic setup...

Have you ever had one of those days? Your charting software didn’t work just right, your Internet connection was doggedly slow, and you forgot to read up on this week’s latest economic report releases, so you missed all the good opportunities...

The last straw in a trading conviction is often neither fundamental nor technical On Friday a chapter in the US mortgage crisis finally came to an end. The US government has dropped all its efforts to sue Countrywide founder and CEO Angelo Mozilo...

Credit Agricole on the week ahead After several months of market volatility and anxious observation of the pre-referendum polls, FX investors will finally have an answer to the question: Brexit or Bremain? Our central case still is that a Brexit will be avoided...

French economy minister Emmanuel Macron speaking in Le Monde 18 June 2016 "Leaving the EU would mean the Guernseyfication of the UK which would then be a little country on the world scale...