How to use money management stops effectively

Stops are an important part of a trader's arsenal of trading tools. Some traders argue that stops are the most crucial part of their trading armor.

So here are three ways to use stops to protect your capital and lock in profits from a trade. These three money management techniques can be used in stock, futures and forex trading.

The important rule is that you do use a real stop in the marketplace. A friend of mine joked with me that he had never seen a "mental stop" filled electronically or in the pits.

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Introducing Dan Gramza & Daily Market Studies

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Introducing... Dan Gramza and his free daily market studies, monthly updates and sector analysis.

For those not familiar with Dan Gramza, he is a well known author, advisor, educator, and trader. Not only is he president of Gramza Capital Management, Inc., and DMG Advisors, LLC, but he is also the author of “Trading In The Eye Of The Storm” and “The Handbook of Japanese Candle Trading Strategies." Gramza has appeared on CNN’s “Moneyline,” Reuters TV and Bloomberg TV.

Gramza is a respected educator and analyst, and is an instructor for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Education Center, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange DePaul University, The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Stock Exchange.

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Daily Market Studies with Dan Gramza

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It hasn't sunk in yet, and maybe it never will.

It's not that often that we revisit previous posts but here is one that I wrote on October 23, 2008. It seems to me that seven months later not a lot has changed. I still think that we are  going to see some difficult times ahead. But not all is doom and gloom, there are always opportunities to make money in the market.

Anyway I thought you would find this post interesting and hopefully educational.

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British Pound, Making Moves?

I last looked at the British Pound (GBP) on April 8th, and produced a short video explaining why I thought that this market was ready to move.

See my earlier video here.

When I got back from my two week holiday in New Zealand, I thought it was only right to look at the British Pound again.

New video on next page

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USO & Crude Oil On The Move

I don't often look at ETFs, but I find USO to be very interesting right now. This ETF, United States Oil, closely tracks the price of crude oil in New York.

This market appears to have completed a formation that could have great profit opportunities in the near term.

Video link on next page

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