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Tricks of the trade

7 interviews with the world’s top traders

  • Learn how the pros trade
  • Experts’ strategies laid bare
  • Industry-insider quotes

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Contributions from

50 Pips

FX Expert

The secretive independent FX trader on clean charts, the purity of price, and why failure is self-inflicted.

Linda Raschke

The New Market Wizard

The New Market Wizard on exploiting short-term swings and playing for a better position.

Brian Shannon

Founder | Alpha Trends

The Alpha Trends founder on using multiple timeframes and volume-weighted averages.

Charlie Burton

Founder | EzeeTrader

The FX trading champ on developing the right mindset, having a thick skin and knowing when to hold onto a trade.

Chris Kimble

Master chartist

The pioneering technical analyst on using historical patterns to identify future opportunity

Joe Donohue

Hedge fund founder

The hedge fund founder-turned trader on why following trends alongside careful diversification is key.

Joe Kunkle

Founder | Options Hawk

The ‘Options Hawk’ on growth and momentum in fundamentals, and why he’s ‘not into trends’.

Track Big Money

Leverage funds’ huge resources and monitor options flow

Track the trend

Why tracking the trend can help uncover market momentum

Define Your Style

What sets you apart? Listen to your results and adapt

ebook preview

Learn about the techniques and strategies used by expert traders

A broad set of ideas, techniques and philosophies are explored in detail across the interviews

$100,000

Charlie Burton’s return on $10,000 in just 2.5 years

700 stocks

The size of Brian Shannon’s master list

120 charts

Pulled each time Chris Kimble detects an emerging pattern

When nobody likes something, it puts it on my radar

Chris Kimble @KimbleCharting

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