by Greg Capra | Oct 27, 2025 | Greg's Blog Posts
Quit Your Job and Be a Prop Trader? The Truth Behind the DreamProp trading — short for “proprietary trading” — was once a professional path reserved for trained traders operating with firm capital and institutional-grade technology. These were true prop desks:...
by Greg Capra | Oct 23, 2025 | Greg's Blog Posts, Mastertrader Market Results
The Discomfort Edge — Why Comfort Destroys TradersRead below, it's about all of us.Comfort is the enemy of growth — in life, in business, and especially in trading.Every trader wants consistency. Yet, few are willing to endure the discomfort that consistency...
by Greg Capra | Sep 21, 2025 | Chart of the Week Past, Greg's Blog Posts
Video - Market Internals, the Magnificent 7, and Stocks of InterestThe broader markets continue to push higher, but internals show it’s really a handful of stocks driving the move. Breadth measures like the McClellan Oscillator and percentage of stocks above key...
by Greg Capra | Sep 14, 2025 | Chart of the Week Past, Greg's Blog Posts
Volume-Weighted Average Price (VWAP) and Anchored VWAP are tools that help traders determine the average” price of a stock, factoring in both price and volume. VWAP reflects where the majority of trading activity has occurred, giving traders a picture of institutional...
by Greg Capra | Sep 7, 2025 | Chart of the Week Past, Greg's Blog Posts
Many traders today talk about liquidity hunts as if they are some brand-new phenomenon created by algorithms. The truth is, this is nothing new. Decades before algos dominated trading floors, market makers and specialists were already doing the same thing. The only...
by Greg Capra | Aug 9, 2025 | Greg's Blog Posts
Stacked Moving Averages: A Simple Guide to Gauging Trend StrengthWhen traders look for ways to identify a strong trend, one of the simplest and most visual tools is the concept of stacked moving averages. This occurs when the shorter-term moving average is above the...
