The Importance of Trading Value

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Equities, Forex, Futures, Indicators, Options, Trade Setups, Trading, Trading Tips, Video of the Day | 0 comments

Today we break down the importance of using value in your trading for filtering bad trades and for profit targets. We specifically discuss how we used the MQ ValueBars(R) indicator to determine when to exit a short trade from a breakout in the Dow futures market (YM)

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