Trend Followers make money in the market not becasue they predict anything but becasue they buy what is going up and they sell what is going down. They discover ways to measure and react to trends based on history. Trend traders identify a trend and enter a trade with predefined risk for the trade and […]
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This is the final part of a three-part interview series in which trader John Ward sat down with Dr. Christian Kacher, former portfolio manager for William O’Neil + Co., managing director of VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com, and chief investment strategist for MoKa Investors, LLC. Ward: What were some of the stocks you played in the 90’s when you
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This is the second part of a three-part interview series in which trader John Ward sat down with Dr. Christian Kacher, former portfolio manager for William O’Neil + Co., managing director of VirtueOfSelfishInvesting.com, and chief investment strategist for MoKa Investors, LLC. Ward: Going from being a trader who was using O’Neil’s system on his
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This interview is brought to you courtesy of trader John Ward, he can be found on twitter at @JWard_73. John is an excellent trader and I truly appreciate him giving me permission to post this interview that he did with these market wizards who learned from the legend himself, William J. O ‘Neil. In
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In my reading of over 200 books on trading and my endless web surfing I have come across many quotes from rich traders that I have truly liked. Here are my favorite ten that I not only love but have made huge impacts on my trading plan and profits. Some of these capture principles in
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As I sit here waiting for the Super Bowl rematch I can’t help but think of another big game that is about to begin. What so many momentum traders have been waiting for a chance to do: buy Facebook stock on the open market. If current trends are correct this will be this decades monster
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Before William O’Neil and Nicolas Darvas there was Jesse Livermore. Livermore was considered to be one of the greatest traders to ever live. He is said to have made over $100 million shorting the 1929 crash, an unthinkable amount in his time. He made and lost millions on several occasions, he was a master of
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Finally what we have been waiting for a chance to buy this decades Google. Facebook has filed to go public under the ticker symbol $FB. This could kick off a whole new mania, Web 2.0. The expectations for this companies earnings could not be greater due to the dominance of
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Contrary to popular belief by the majority of the general population and even investors and traders stocks are not tied to their fundamental values or even the companies that sold the shares to raise capital. Stock prices are tied to simply what the current buyer and seller in the market is willing to exchange ownership
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While trading is a game of math, probabilities, charts, and earnings it is also a mind game. Many times a trader’s beliefs will determine their success more than anything else. All traders start out believing it is possible to make money in the markets. Many want to earn their living one day by trading.
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