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Global Markets Fall, Top 7 Stocks Down $1Tn Plus the Leaders’ Stats

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…
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Gui Lin Li’s Aggressive Position Sizing Strategy Pushes Him to the Top Spot

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…
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Interview with Wei Wei Wang – 3rd Place Stage 3 with 116% Return

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…
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Stage 3 Trading Cup Champion – Congratulations to Mao Long Yang

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…
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Jerome Powell’s New Inflation Target, Gold’s Reaction & Aussie Dollar Closes Up

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…
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Risk-on Sentiment Drives S&P500 to New Highs & Oil Pushes Higher

Power to the consistent performers in August, as they trade their way incrementally higher. You’d be forgiven to think that this month’s leader packs, hovering around the 95-115% return, are below the normal. But these returns have been achieved in less than 1-month. What we find inspiring about these returns is the consistency of applying…
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The Equity Curve and Trading Statistics of Our Top 3 Traders

What makes champion traders different from those who struggle? One of the more interesting ways to ‘check-in’ on what is working and what isn’t, is to view the equity curve of those on top of the leaderboard. You will be amazed at how few people even record their ongoing equity curve as a trader. The truth…
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Gold Silver Ratio & Ray Dalio & Warren Buffett Buying Gold

August has seen some ups and downs in terms of trading results, due to Gold rallying to new highs and then pulling back strongly. This saw our two leaders, who were long Gold and making several hundred percent, give all those gains back. But they did not lose faith in the precious metal, as is…
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Interview with Yuan Tsui – 2nd Place Stage 2 with 664% Return

We are excited to bring you one of our most exciting and personal interviews with Yuan Tsui, who came 2nd in Stage Two of the 2020 Trading Cup. In this interview, Yuan outlines: · how he got his start in trading · The importance of a trading coach · Why getting feedback is critical · Why he trades so…
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Algo Trading His Way to the Grand Final – Interview with Gustavo Correa

Today you are in for a real treat. We managed to arrange a video interview with one of most consistent traders in our Trading Cup history, Gustavo Correa. Gustavo managed to win one of our monthly competitions in 2019, generating an incredible return of 319%, allowing him to qualify for the Grand Final. We interviewed…