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Sam Seiden
About Sam Seiden
Sam brings over 15 years experience of equities, forex, options and futures trading which began when he was on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he facilitated institutional orderflow.. He has traded equities, futures, interest rate markets, forex, options, and commodities for his personal interests for years and has educated hundreds of traders and investors through seminars and daily advisory services both domestically and internationally. Sam has been involved in the markets since 1991 both on and off the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has served as the Director of Technical Research for two trading firms and regularly contributes articles to industry publications. Sam is known for his trading, technical research, and educational guidance.
Posts by Sam Seiden
Charts and Time
In my early days, I was always fascinated by the gap in the financial system between those who know what they are doing and profit, and those who don’t and lose money.... More »
The Art of the Bet
Most people don’t like to mix the words “trading” and “gambling.” For many, this somehow gives the impression that trading is like some secret poker game in someone’s basement, a dark alley game of dice, or... More »
The Global Forex Market
I was recently leading an online Forex trading session. In the program, I was teaching through trading, analysis, and lessons. ... More »
Will 3 Billion Dollars Change Your Mind?
I have been involved with the markets for almost 20 years. I started on the institution side of the business but have spent much more time trading and building education content for the retail trader world.... More »
The Two Most Important Pictures On A Chart
The goal for most traders is consistent profits, life-long income from speculating in markets. The key word in that sentence is “consistent.”... More »
Sleight of Hand
I will never forget the first time I saw David Copperfield live in Las Vegas. I actually sat in the front row, near the middle.... More »
Social Media and Your Trading
I am so grateful that I had the privilege of starting my career in the financial markets on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The most important lesson I learned was how money is REALLY transferred... More »
The Path of Least Resistance
Sir Isaac Newton was was born in England in 1642 and is considered one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians that ever lived. He lived for 85 years. In college, he had strong ideas about motion and broke them... More »
Your Home Retail Business
Walmart, Tesco, Costco, Sam’s Club, just to name a few…these are some of the biggest retailers in the world, huge operations that make fortunes in revenue. How do they do it? What is their big secret?... More »
The Minefield Garden
The day someone decides they are going to pursue a trading career, they are typically making that decision because of the potential financial prize.... More »
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
I remember my days on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. My job was to facilitate institution order flow.... More »
You’re Driving a Ferrari, but Have You Learned how to Drive?
Recently, I was in Dubai, UAE, and as usual, while sitting outside having lunch in Jumeirah Beach, I noticed all the fancy cars driving by. ... More »
Profit Zone
This morning I was flipping between some news networks and after listening for two minutes, you would think the world was coming to an end…or as TV tells us, “falling off a cliff” (as in the impending fiscal... More »
Breakouts: Are They Working For You?
I have been in the trading business for over 15 years as a trader, fund manager, and trainer, beginning on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. While I feel like I have seen it all, the one thing that still... More »
Focus
One of the most important things you need to do to be successful when short term trading for income or long term trading for wealth is to have proper focus. ... More »
Time
One thing I have paid close attention to in my many years of writing articles is making sure I do not spend much time writing about concepts and strategies that everyone else writes and talks about. ... More »
“A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small”
For all you “Whos” down in “Whoville” who want to succeed, I have something to say, so take careful heed… Whether you’re Horton or Mazie, Thing One or Thing Two, you must use simple logic to do what you do.... More »
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
We have all heard that line before but have you really lived through it? Have you experienced true financial loss at a level where you didn’t know where or if you would get the money for that next mortgage payment or... More »
A Little Level Goes A Long Way
Each day, my team and I produce supply and demand levels for some of the major global markets as you can see below.... More »
You Already Have a Trading Style
You already have a trading style, it’s your belief system. Whether that is the trading style you end up with or not depends on whether you change your belief system or not, and this is not an easy task.... More »
What Kind of Pony are You?
If you are a one time frame trader, you are like the one-trick pony. As soon as another pony comes along with two tricks, the one-trick pony can’t compete.... More »
Inside the Mind of an XLT Trader
Understand a simple truth, most retail traders and investors are not very successful when speculating in markets. Short term traders especially tend to lose money over all. ... More »
Think and Trade Like an Institution
Over the past 10 ñ 12 years, the stock market has been in a big sideways range. The average retail investor who has parked his or her money in the stock market has not seen long term capital appreciation over that... More »
The Art Of The Bet
Most people don’t like to mix the words "trading" and "gambling."... More »
The Profit Zone
You have two choices during these challenging times. One is to give into fear and take no action or worse yet, take ill-informed action. Your other choice is to rise above the fear, rise above the risk, observe the... More »
Trading With the Trend
Once in a while, I will get an email from someone saying, "I like your supply and demand strategy but what strategy should I use in trending markets?"... More »
Profit Margin
So often in the trading world, I hear people talk about where price is likely to turn next, where is the next key supply or demand level, where is the next big market move going to originate from, and so on.... More »
Long Term Levels
When using supply and demand to identify turning points in a market, a question that comes up often is, "How far back should I look for a supply and demand level?"... More »
Putting the Puzzle Together
I want to go over a trade we identified in our live All Asset Mastery XLT (all asset class trading room) and walk you through all the deciding factors that led to a quality trading opportunity. ... More »
The Two Hour Trader
During my time on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, I noticed many things that helped shape my thought process and strategy that I still employ today.... More »
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