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With only three days left of the Stage 4 Trading Cup trading contest, we take a look at the most commonly traded markets, to identify trading opportunities to consider for September. We also run the leaderboard, who has the greatest chance of winning and who is most likely to secure a top 5 competition result.…

Change is inevitable, particularly in a trading contest. We have been highlighting the trading style and statistics of one of our traders, who had been leading for most of September, while Gold was range-bound. But on Monday, Gold fell below the key support level, providing more than a challenge for our leader. Unfortunately, this dramatic move…

Last Updated: March 24, 2025 This article is reviewed annually to reflect the latest market regulations and trends. Today we are going to take a look at the importance of building scalable trading strategies.   In particular, we take a look at the trading statistics of our tenth place, who is sitting on an incredible…

Despite a 42% drawdown starting around the 14th of September, Gui Lin Li has bounced back strongly to continue dominating Stage 4 of the Trading Cup. On the 14th of September, things started to unfold for Gui Lin, with a $289 loss, followed quickly by an $1102 loss. We’ll review Gui Lin’s equity curve in more detail…

Dominating. That’s the only way to describe Gui Lin Li’s performance for the first two weeks of September, amassing a gain of 225.91%, with 54.95% currently placed second. Gui Lin’s meticulous and accurate trading style has been exciting to watch, especially given Gold’s relatively stationary movement. Gui Lin trades almost exclusively on Gold. The volatility on…

WTI Crude Oil Global markets took an absolute beating overnight as record valuation levels deterred those currently invested and newbies looking to enter the market. One of the most talked-about stocks in the world today is Tesla. Unfortunately for Elon Musk, today the talk was for all the wrong reasons, with Tesla losing more than the combined market…

Week two of September for Stage 4 of the Trading Cup has begun, following a steady Non-farm Payroll (NFP) result on Friday. As highlighted by the graph from Jeroen Blokland below, the US economy added 1.37 million jobs in August. As the NFP result led into the US Labor Day weekend, with Monday a public…

Today, Renee Li had the pleasure of interviewing Wei Wei Wang, who came third in Stage 3 of the 2020 Trading Cup, with an incredible return of 116.46% in August. In this interview, Wei Wei and Renee run through: · How long she has been trading · The biggest reasons for her positive results · The…

Congratulations to Mao Long Yang, who won Stage 3 of the 2020 trading Cup with another incredible return of 146.97%. Not only that, but Mao Long Yang is our first-ever repeat stage winner, having won Stage 1 of the 2020 Trading Cup with a return of 782.63%. Please note that trading leveraged products can result…

Trading around a major Fed meeting like the Jackson Hole Symposium (virtual event) is traditionally quite challenging. With so much build-up leading up to Jerome Powell’s speech, many traders and investors are seeking confirmation before making any critical trading decisions. So it is not surprising to see little change at the top of the Trading…