Oymyakon is a small village in Russia, where the average Winter temperatures drops to a bone-chilling -50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit). The village is widely accepted as the coldest inhabited place on Earth, and it’s so cold there that the electronic thermometer...

Have you ever noticed that a lot of traders are very skeptical and negative about trading? Just a brief look at some trading forums shows that many people call themselves “traders” when they’re nothing but an advertisement against trading. These people are not in...

This week I’m in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The place where I was born and lived for many years. Walking the streets of the Old Town brings back a lot of memories, some of them related to my former Czech students. For a long time, I used to co-own the...

In the last few weeks, I’ve received requests to share more details about the strategies from our hedge fund. I don’t normally do this, as I’m protective of showing anything directly from our hedge fund 'kitchen', but this time, I decided to make a small exception....

My ‘lucky streak’ of 6 winning months in a row has just been broken. Not a big deal, as this year has been pretty rewarding already, but being spoiled with a lot of great trades and then having to give part of the profits back never pleases anyone, does it? On the...

This month, a lot is going on in the tech department of our hedge fund: we’re upgrading all of our development servers (with the latest AMD Ryzen CPU), we’re preparing new trading servers which will be moved to Chicago (closer to the exchange) and we’re getting...

Last week, I stumbled upon a quote from a Mexican economist José Ángel Gurría. The quote said: "It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives." - José Ángel Gurría [bctt tweet="“It takes collaboration across a community to develop...

Recently, we’ve received an interesting question during the 14-Day Breakout Challenge: Tomas, why did you leave other trading styles (commodity spreads, pair trading, options, etc.) and focused on ATS (Automated Trading Strategies) only?  Here’s the...

We all know this pretty well: A breakout trade in an established trend is triggered. Everything looks really great – the markets are trending and momentum is in place. But as soon as you enter… ... prices reverse immediately and within minutes hit your...

In trading, it is said that the ‘trend is your friend’. However, some traders are concerned about the recent increases in market volatility and the lack of trends on higher timeframes in some markets, especially the indexes. But volatility can be your...