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My obsolete trading portfolio…

Jun 17, 2019

People think that I’m joking when I say that nowadays, automated trading strategies have a very short life. In fact, shorter than EVER. But look how this is true almost EVERYWHERE. 10 years ago, I owned a Volvo S60. It was an insanely reliable car and I barely had to...

The ‘friend’ all traders can learn from

Jun 13, 2019

I just finished watching a documentary on Netflix called 'The Creative Brain'. It's a documentary about human creativity, where neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman investigates the creative process by talking with accomplished professionals from...

+73% more on every trade

Jun 6, 2019

It only went 5 or 6 feet into the air, before it came crashing back down to the ground. So we tried again, running as fast as we could. But it still wouldn't fly any higher than 6 feet before it fell back down to earth. Last week I built a homemade kite with my 2...

You may not believe this…

Jun 3, 2019

I know you may not believe this… But I have to confess: When I was working on my way to becoming a full-time trader, I was extremely reluctant to learn. Don’t get me wrong: I was READING like crazy. I read almost every book on automated trading you could find. I was...

I regret not doing this sooner

May 2, 2019

Have you ever planned to do something for a really long time, but kept postponing it? And then when you finally did do it you totally regretted delaying it for so long? As you may already know, I live and trade from the southern coast of Spain called ‘Costa del Sol’....

I like to binge, here’s why…

Apr 25, 2019

We've been waiting years for it to arrive... The build-up has been immense... And now that it's finally here, it's all people seem to talk about! That's right, the final season of Game of Thrones is out and GOT mania has swept the world. Everyone's talking about it,...

Proof it can be done

Apr 11, 2019

People said it couldn’t be done. For many years, people tried, and everyone failed. They said it was impossible… that we just weren’t built for it. What are we talking about? Experts and athletes believed the human body wasn’t capable of running a mile in 4 minutes or...

How did he do it?

Apr 4, 2019

There's no doubting Steve Jobs was a brilliant man. Here are a few examples from the list of “Top 10 Steve Jobs achievements” from Investors Business Daily: Bringing portable music players to the masses, Revolutionizing the sale of music, Shepherding the age of...

3 regrets that can improve your trading

Mar 14, 2019

Last year I was on a flight from the USA back to Australia, and after waking up from a nap my back felt a little “strange”. It wasn’t painful though, so I assumed it would fix itself.

4 tips to fuel your trading

Mar 7, 2019

Today I want to share 4 quick tips with you… Tips that are fuelling radical progress for traders in the Breakout Masterclass. These tips were shared in the private Breakout Masterclass forum by Joss, who has achieved an impressive amount of progress in a short period...

"The way they develop swing strategies is very intuitive and easy to implement. You will find some swing trading ideas that you may not have considered before."
Chang Hui Advanced Swing Strategies Student

"Everything that Tomas puts out is quality content. I own several of his courses and can say that the information and ideas are outstanding."
Sherif Trading Market Internals Student

"The concepts of Better Trader Academy allowed me to develop unique strategies and portfolios beyond what I’d been able to accomplish in the last 10 years."
Alan Advanced Swing Strategies Student

This year I'm much better than I was one year ago before I bought your Trading Market Internals course. This was for me very, very important to improve myself. I'm more confident in trading, especially in trading stock indexes, because of Better Trading Academy.
I'm very, very thankful to you and Tomas, this is very good work.
Maxim Schulz 3rd place in World Cup Trading Championship 2017 Market Internals Student

"Tom's approach to ATS design, tests of robustness and portfolio diversification is really unique."
Antonin Breakout Trading Student

"Everything from the course works exactly as advertised"!
Trevor Market Internals Student

"I really appreciate what you gentlemen have put together here. I consider your courses to be excellent!!!"
Vernon Automated Strategy Development Student, Breakout Strategies Masterclass Student, Smashing False Breakouts Student, Emini Breakout Strategies Student

“I started and completed the Swing Add-On course less than 1 month ago, and I have already discovered several viable robust strategies in fixed income markets.”
Brian Advanced Swing Strategies Student

I really like the Breakout Masterclass and it's a quite unique way in developing strategies.
Patrick Dütsch Breakout Strategies Masterclass Student

“Learning how to properly assess the cluster analysis and walk forward report was the most important. I have much more confidence in what I'm doing now.”
Steven Breakout Strategies Masterclass Student