William O’Neil is likely one of the greatest stock traders of our time based on many things. O’Neil made a huge amount of money while he was only in his twenties, enough to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. He runs an amazingly successful investment advisory company to big money firms. He […]
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For the past 10 days short term chart resistance was at $268. Since March 22nd the 100 day SMA has been resistance with support at the 200 day SMA. The 50 day EMA acted as resistance on Friday after the strong rally inside the range. Price remains under the 100 day SMA. The chart
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Nearly 10 years ago, Warren Buffett, issued a challenge to the hedge fund industry — a $1 million bet that they could not put together a portfolio of hedge funds that would outperform an S&P 500 Index fund over a 10-year period. The key Buffett’s bet against hedge funds was the math of the fund
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There are seven things that I have seen in common with the successful traders I have known, studied, and seen in action in real time. Whether it was stock trader Nicolas Darvas in the sixties, commodity trend follower Ed Seykota in the twentieth century, or the ups and downs of Jesse Livermore at the turn
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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared here on ColibriTrader.com. If You Had to Stop Trading Tomorrow How Much Would You Miss It? How easy will it be to replace it? What else would you do? Will you try to replace it with another
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video you’ll learn about black swan theory, which the famous author and quant trader Nassim Taleb made popular. Once you
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This is a guest post by Jason Hartman. Acquiring real estate can be an important and involving act. Whether the goal is to build wealth for retirement or tax-free, here are our tips for a successful real estate investment in 2018. Evaluate its investment capacity Evaluating your acquisition capacity is the first step to making
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This blog post was inspired by the writings of N.N. Taleb. There is more to life than just having money. The real wealth comes from the freedom that money can buy. Time is the most valuable currency and it only depreciates. Health and energy to enjoy life are our greatest wealth. Without or health what
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The $SPY chart remains bullish but has settled into a large consolidating price range. The upper descending trend line is creating resistance as lower highs are made with each rally. The lower ascending support line is the 200 day SMA as price finds support at this line. The middle line at the 50 day EMA
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Let’s talk about this Kanye West blow up, and how, as investors and traders, we can use his example to remind us
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Today we’re going to talk about 3 trading and investing lessons we can all learn from the fictional hedge fund king himself,
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This is a guest post by Jay you can find him on twitter @SmartStockTrend or his website www.intelligenttrendfollower.com. Getting started with trend following was one of the best things that happened to me as a trader. It helped me worry less, feel more confident and (most importantly), start getting consistent trading results! But I’ve got to
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Here are ten things your trading system must do: A trading system must beat buy and hold in your market by returns and/or in less drawdowns to be a viable method. There is no point in actively trading a system that can be beat by simply buying and holding a market. Create a diversified watch
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Here are ten trading truths you have to come to terms with and overcome to trade profitably long term. The markets change, all signals do not work in all markets. What worked in a trending market may not work in a range bound market. Bear markets and corrections will try to take back a lot
This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Today we’re going to talk about the yield curve. Recently the financial media has been raving about the yield curve getting closer
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The current chart pattern has price in the handle of a very short term cup with handle. Price is currently under the 10 day EMA and the 50 day SMA. The past three price peaks have been on lower highs, but the chart did not make lower lows. The down days on Thursday and Friday
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This is a guest post by Troy who is a private trader who blogs at Bull Markets Why the stock market is going higher in the medium term: Here’s what I think based on 3 time frames: Long term: This bull market has 1-2 years (closer to 1 year than 2 years) Medium term: The stock
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. Today we’re going to talk about 3 reasons why your trading account isn’t growing like you want it to. More than half
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This is a guest post by: Andrew Bezen. Why have ETFs become popular over the past few years? Exchange Traded Funds, popularly known as ETFs are quite a range of investments nowadays. ETFs can be regarded as a basket of stocks that track indices, stocks, commodities, bonds, industries, and even currencies. They provide a low-cost,
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In my thousands of hours of study of top traders and what has enabled me to make money in the market I have noticed 10 common habits of billionaires, millionaires. and skills I had to develop in my own years of profitable trading: They think for themselves. They have their own system, methodology, and plan already
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