Price Prediction
1. Always remain true to your trading plan, and follow the trading style that works best for you.
2. Clearly identify each Mechanical and Discretionary component of your trading system.
3. Remember the “trend is your friend” (one of the Seven Secrets of The Professionals)
4. Trade in the most active markets (refrain from the slow inactive markets) and trade the most liquid contract months.
5. Strategize according to market consensus. When too many market participants are moving the market in any one direction, the market becomes very vulnerable. (Jake Bernsteins report?)
6. Determine the make-up of open interest. (Commitment of Traders Reports)
7. Let the market tell you when the trend is over by a patterned reverse in direction.
8. Declining volume usually indicates the market is not accepting higher or lower prices and could indicate a turn. There will be little volume at the extremes.
9. Clearly identify and adhere to risk parameters.
10. Have a plan for when the market moves for you or against you. Don’t let emotion overcome intelligence. A good plan must have defence points (stops) and attack points (technical levels for adding more risk to a winner).