When should you trade a stock is an intriguing question and one often asked by those tentatively starting to trade the markets. However, in reality it’s quite similar to another one we ask ourselves all the time. When should I go to the supermarket or pharmacy or the...

Trading is a funny old game where if you ask the majority of amateur or occasional traders where they place the greatest emphasis, you'll hear them talk about finding out what's the best strategy to trade with and on the most profitable choice of markets to place...

At Trading College we believe in a systematic and discretionary approach. We cater to both kinds of traders with our strategies that can be mixed to create great trading results. In this article, we will have a look at the pros and cons of both trading styles and...

What is Risk vs Reward in Financial Trading? Risk to reward is the relationship between the amount you are willing to risk on a trade and the amount of profit you hope to make. It is a gauge of the potential profit (reward) of a trade compared to the potential loss...

WHAT IS SWING TRADING? Swing trading is one of the most popular forms of actively trading the markets; particularly amongst traders using technical analysis. Unlike the intraday trades placed when you Day Trade, Swing Trading is a trading style that tries to make...

Below is the daily chart of Anglo American PLC, a UK listed multinational mining company. It is the world's largest producer of platinum (accounting for about 40% of global output) but it's also a big player in the diamond, copper, nickel and iron ore markets so, as...

Candlesticks…What Are They? Candlesticks have been used to display price charts for a long time, dating back many centuries. History records candlestick charts first being used by the Japanese in their rice markets back in the 1600s and they became popular in the...

Learning to trade can be a fun and interesting process but all that information flooding towards you can all too often seem very daunting. The human brain has a fairly limited processing capacity (some more than others) and when you overload your brain it is easy to...