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European Debt: An Elliott Wave Perspective

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Welcome to The Trade Artist!

Why is the site called Trade Artist?
Many people will try to get you to believe you can follow some trading system and automatically make money. During the last bull market from 2002-2007, various companies sprung up all over the place offering ways for the uneducated investor to make money in the markets just by following certain trade triggers. That raises a couple questions:

  1. If the method that was being advertised was so effective, why would someone need to sell it? If you discovered a way to make money consistently in the markets wouldn’t you just sit back and let the profits pour in?
  2. What happens when the market conditions change? Will these methods still work? If the market is trending you need to use different indicators or strategies than if the market is consolidating.

If trading were that easy, more people would be successful at it. In reality, the majority of traders end up losing money. If you’ve just started trading and haven’t suffered any losses, I assure you your profits are simply a loan from the market that you will eventually repay. There are many ways to apply science or technical analysis to trading, but nothing works 100% of the time so there is a need to apply some subjectivity (“Art”) to your trading and most importantly, manage your risk appropriately.

That brings us to the purpose of the site:

  1. To participate in an online community and educate investors in the “Art” of trading.
  2. To help traders develop a Trading Plan so that even when your wrong you’ve successfully manged your risk and live to trade another day.
  3. To help traders learn how to identify the trends in the market using a select few charting tools
  4. To discuss what drives the overall trends in the market which is crucial to making profitable trades

Who I am:
I’m an individual investor who has been investing & trading stocks, options, futures and currencies for about 10 years.

Goals:
To help other learn the art of trading while continuing my life long education of the financial markets. Trading can be extremely emotional and I would like to help others learn how to make intelligent, informed and unemotional investment decisions.

My strategy:
I base 100% of my trades on technical analysis. I am a big believer in minimizing risk and I prefer to place short term trades to avoid tying up capital as well as eliminate the dreadful overnight exposure that can wipe out your gains when the market is extremely volatile. That is not to say I don’t place the occasional long term trade when market conditions are ideal.

Disclaimer and Waiver of Claims: Trade Artist is not an investment advisory service, nor a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer and does not purport to tell or suggest which securities customers should buy or sell for themselves. The analysts and employees or affiliates of Trade Artist may hold positions in the stocks or industries discussed here. You understand and acknowledge that there is a very high degree of risk involved in trading securities. Trade Artist, the authors, the publisher, and all affiliates of Trade Artist assume no responsibility or liability for your trading and investment results. Factual statements on the Trade Artist website, or in its publications, are made as of the date stated and are subject to change without notice.

Past results of any individual trader or trading system published by Trade Artist are not indicative of future returns by that trader or system, and are not indicative of future returns which be realized by you. In addition, the indicators, strategies, columns, articles and all other features of Trade Artist’s products (collectively, the “Information”) are provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice. Examples presented on the Trade Artist website are for educational purposes only. Such set-ups are not solicitations of any order to buy or sell. Accordingly, you should not rely solely on the Information in making any investment. Rather, you should use the Information only as a starting point for doing additional independent research in order to allow you to form your own opinion regarding investments. You should always check with your licensed financial advisor and tax advisor to determine the suitability of any investment. Securities and options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors.

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