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Trading styles and strategies
Scalping, swing trading, carry trades and the rest.
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- Carry TradeBorrowing in a low-interest currency to hold a high-interest one, aiming to earn the interest difference.
- Commodity Trading AdvisorA registered professional or firm that manages money or gives advice on trading futures and other derivatives.
- ConfirmationExtra evidence that a signal is real before you act on it, such as a candle close beyond a level or a second indicator agreeing.
- ContrarianA trader who deliberately goes against the crowd, buying when others are fearful and selling when they are greedy.
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- Managed FuturesFunds run by professionals who trade futures contracts across many markets, often by following trends.
- Mean ReversionThe idea that prices stretched far from their average tend to snap back toward it.
- Mechanical TradingTrading by a fixed set of rules for entries, exits and size, with no gut calls allowed.
- Momentum TradingA style that buys what is already rising fast and sells what is falling fast, betting the move keeps going.
- Multiple Time Frame AnalysisChecking the same market on a longer and a shorter chart timeframe before you trade, so you see the big picture and the detail.
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- ScalpingA very short-term trading style that aims to grab small profits many times a day, holding trades for seconds to minutes.
- Social TradingPlatforms where traders share their trades publicly and others can follow or automatically copy them.
- STFRCrude trader slang for "sell the rip": in a downtrend, treat every bounce as a chance to go short.
- Swing TradingA style that holds trades for days to a few weeks, aiming to catch one "swing" in price.
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- Trading StylesThe broad approaches traders take, mostly defined by how long they hold trades: scalping, day trading, swing and position trading.
- Trend FollowingA strategy of identifying a market already moving in one direction and riding it until it turns.
- Triangular ArbitrageProfiting from a momentary pricing mismatch between three currency pairs by trading through all three in a loop.
- Triple Moving Average CrossoverA trend system using three moving averages of different lengths, taking signals when they line up in order.
- Turtle ChannelA channel drawn from the highest high and lowest low over a set period, made famous by the Turtle Traders' breakout system.
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