FIGURE 6.6
ART Profile “E”
Experience
MASTER
ART
Signals
Frequency
POSITION
Style
TREND
1)
2)
3)
4)
Primary Pyramid
Trading Point
Minor Pyramid
Trading Point
ART One-Bar
Reversal
ART Two-Bar
Reversal
FIGURE 6.7
ART Profile “F”
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The ART signals you would use are the primary Pyramid Trading
Point to determine the primary trend with entries and exits and the ART
One-Bar and Two-Bar Reversals for scaling in and scaling out of trends.
The minor Pyramid Trading Point could also be used to identify correc-
tions in dominant trends and in some cases catch a new trend in its early
stages.
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P A R T II
Art
Chapter 7
Design Your Business Plan
Chapter 8
Selecting a Financial Market
Chapter 9
Selecting a Time Frame
Chapter 10
Selecting an ART Platform, Broker, and
Data Feed
Chapter 11
Psychology and the Trader’s Mind-Set
Chapter 12
Artistic Simplicity
Chapter 13
The Art of Paper-Trading
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C H A P T E R 7
Design Your
Business Plan
RUNNING YOUR TRADING AND INVESTING
AS A REAL BUSINESS
Trading and investing is a real business—run it that way! Just like a restau-
rateur has accounting to do, food that spoils, overhead to pay, and needs
sufficient capital, you will face similar business challenges. Food that
spoils is like being stopped out of trades, money gone. Overhead to pay
is like having to buy computers, Internet access, trading software, educa-
tional books like this one, quotes services, maybe an office, capital require-
ments, and so on.
Also, when you approach this as a business, your psychology will
change to that of a professional—meaning that it is easier to be success-
ful if you approach your trading and investing as a business rather than a
hobby. To start, you may consider this venture a part-time business. You
will feel better about yourself and will do the things you need to be doing
to improve your performance.
YES, TRADERS AND INVESTORS
ARE ARTISTS
Great musicians do not just start creating exceptional music. They learn
about the science of music. They practice, practice, and practice more.
They love what they do. They love the journey. It takes time, discipline,
and persistence. Usually, their goal is to perform well, not to make a lot
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ART
of money. Money is always the by-product of skill. It takes time to master
music. Great musicians become artists by adding a part of themselves to
the science of music.
(Now reread this paragraph and replace the word
music
with the
words
trading and investing,
and replace the word
musicians
with the
words
financial traders and investors
.)
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