Reminder:
If you’re trading an account size:

Less than £500:
LOT SIZE – 0.01 with a MAX LOT SIZE OF 0.03 AT ANY GIVEN TIME - You need to pick your trades and pick your entries carefully. Your risk needs to be low, however, a 0.01 lot size will give you flexibility when the market goes against you.

£500 – 1000:
LOT SIZE – 0.02-0.03 with a MAX LOT SIZE OF 0.06 AT ANY GIVEN TIME – You need to pick your trades and pick your entries carefully. Your risk needs to be low, however, a 0.02-0.03 lot size will give you flexibility when the market goes against you. Split your entries and take partial profits along the way until your target is reached. E.g Enter 0.03, when you reach 10-15pips take 0.02 in profit and set the stop to entry, let 0.01 run to the target with the trade protected.

£1000 – 1500
LOT SIZE 0.05-0.07 with a MAX LOTS SIZE OF 0.10 AT ANY GIVEN TIME - You need to pick your trades and pick your entries carefully. Split your entries and take partial profits along the way until your target is reached. E.g Enter 0.05, when you reach 10-15pips take 0.03 in profit and set the stop to entry, let 0.02 run to the target with the trade protected.

£2000+
LOT SIZE 0.05 – 0.15 with a MAX LOT SIZE OF 0.17 AT ANY GIVEN TIME - . Split your entries and take partial profits along the way until your target is reached. E.g Enter 0.07, when you reach 10-15pips take 0.05 in profit and set the stop to entry, let 0.02 run to the target with the trade protected.

Too many traders get stopped out and blow accounts because their lot sizes are too big. A small reversal on the pair and panic sets in because a high percentage of the account is in drawdown. They take the loss and the market ends up going their way in the end. This is not the way to trade! You will make money but ultimately you will face huge losses on your account. The market is designed to play with your emotions and your greed, you need to use this to your advantage. The only way to protect yourself is money and risk management, it’s a fundamental tool and skill required to trade.

Here's an example when trading ranges!

TIP:

Plot the range, high and low, wait for structure to form and then play the range in the early part. Once the price has moved up and down enough leave it alone, they then want the dummies to get in and they'll move the price. You don't need to trade anything and everything everyday, know when to take a good set up and when to sit out and wait

When price is ranging:

Don't get used to it, they do this intentionally. They will play the range, get your confidence up until you start increasing your lots sizes, then they'll move and if you're in the wrong direction, they'll take back everything you make and more. When you have a decent day on the markets, don't try and force a trade, your next trade needs to be even more precise than the last one. A mistake traders make is think to themselves, yesterday I made $100, today I can afford to lose $50 and I'm still up. No, because if you lack the discipline to sit out and wait for an A STAR set up, you'll lack the discipline to stop losing when you get to $50.

FTSE -

Level to level shorts please. It's only giving 30-40pips from the bias level and hovering around, PA is messy and they're starting to accumulate on the smaller TF's. Trading safe, keep it simple.

Not quite pip to pip but the levels are working well. We're at key level resistance here within the order region, you can see that's why price is halting so expect some spikes in the coming session. Range for today 2018-2045