They say things like “I have been pounding the table on this trade” or want some kind of brownie or cookie for “calling some market movement” it is about making money not wanting to be pet on the head for being “right”. Foolish traders are focused on predicting the future instead of trading what is […]
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This post is courtesy of Simon Goodchild posted originally in my Facebook trading group. Reprinted here with his permission. THE SUPERMAN THERUM I often hear that one should not trade unless one has sufficient capital to trade, and it’s true most traders are under-capitalized, but there’s absolutely no reason a trader can’t start with
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This market continues to grind higher with tiny pull backs making it difficult for buy the buy the dip traders to even get a good dip to buy. Volatility is very low making it difficult for option sellers to collect enough premium to make it worth their risk while options stay so cheap. Even intra-day
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Every day trader is now a soccer analyst. — 3:30 Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) June 12, 2014 FOMC statement having no impact on my Tinder feed — Greg Harmon, CMT (@harmongreg) June 18, 2014 Sentiment is very bullish right now, but I did see one bear at lunch today…eating by himself 🙁 pic.twitter.com/ElsQu4NIWL — Joseph Fahmy
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Government document that calls #momentuminvesting “magical thinking”? You bet. Eventually make it illegal? All beta, alpha outlawed. — Michael Covel (@Covel) June 18, 2014 “This is a very strong bull market, and betting against it is a bad idea,” said Clenow. http://t.co/n4ZLq52YDX — Andreas Clenow (@clenow) June 18, 2014 Market Update Thursday 19th June 2014
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What is a ‘Zero-Sum Game’? Zero-sum games are the total opposite of win-win situations – such as an agreement that creates value between two counter-parties – or lose-lose situations, like war and mutually destructive relationships for instance. In real life, however, things are not always so clear-cut, and winners and losers are often difficult to
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I see so many traders that seek the “Holy Grail” of trading and search for it for years. They are always students and are very light with their trading of real capital because they are always waiting and trying to ‘figure it all out”. The truth is that there is just a few things to
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There is a high probability that volatility continues to rise next week off recent lows with the perceived and expected headline risk in Iraq and the uncertainty about its future. It would create some better set ups for equity traders if the market uses Iraq as an excuse to take profits and bring the $SPY
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