Two things that many new traders and even experienced traders waste their time on is regret and hindsight. They look at charts and see the past so clearly on them, they should have bought here, they should have sold there. Why didn’t they? The charts look so obvious in hindsight. We really should not waste […]
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This is not a prediction it is just a list of things to look for as possible signs before a market rolls over. Alone these are just possibilities but the probabilities increase as more of the signs are in place. These signs do not mean that the market could crash just that it can pullback to
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted here: Lessons From A Trading Great: Stanley Druckenmiller The “greatest money making machine in history”, a man with “Jim Roger’s analytical ability, George Soros’ trading ability, and the stomach of a riverboat gambler” is how fund manager Scott Bessent describes Stanley Druckenmiller. That’s
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The first support for $SPY on any small pullback would be the 10 day EMA. $SPY is over two ATRs from the 10 day EMA and a pullback there would be a normal pullback inside a parabolic uptrend. We should see this next week. Over the next few weeks the next key level for support
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25 Places To Find Quantitative Trading Strategies https://t.co/n9Tda0iUIi via @marwoodjoe — JBMarwood (@MarwoodJB) November 29, 2016 The only way to correct our own behavior is to create systems. Willpower alone won’t do it. https://t.co/uqHsh0skdf via @awealthofcs — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 9, 2016 8 metrics every trader must know about his trading system to
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The President of the United States communicates with the world – universally, directly and nearly exclusively – on $TWTR. Please make money. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 7, 2016 Macro trading is like hockey – all the great ones are foreigners and whenever someone scores it’s like 80% luck. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker)
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Here are ten steps to growing your personal wealth through good financial habits. Be long stocks during bull markets. Exit stocks and go to cash during bear markets. Buy your home in an area that is growing in population, business, and opportunities. Create cash flowing assets. Buy bonds only when interest rates are high +6%.
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Analyze yourself: How much risk can you handle? What goals for returns do you have? What timeframe can you trade most comfortable with the lifestyle you want and your current circumstances? Choose your Method: Will you be a day trader, trend follower, swing trader, value investor, growth investor, scalper, or option trader? What school of
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$SPY is in a long term uptrend. Pushing against all time highs is the most bullish signal. $SPY has been range bound for the past seven trading days. The 10 day ema has acted as end of day support for the past 19 trading days. The 10 day ema is the first line of support. The $218.50
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The Permanent Portfolio How to be a Profitable Trend Follower, Trading Less Than an Hour a Day, Without Quitting Your Full Time Job Animal Spirits Can’t Be Modeled 10 pro tips to manage your emotional capital and trade better
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Total disaster US economy enters its 90th straight month of expansion. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 2, 2016 I’m hearing disturbing rumors that people who told you to load up on bonds and gold pre-election are deleting their posts. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) November 30, 2016 Unemployment is at its lowest level since
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Declutter definition: “To remove unnecessary items from (an untidy or overcrowded place).” There is only one reason to trade: to make money. You only need to incorporate things into your trading that makes you money. If you do not have a good filter on what matters and what does not matter trading can become a
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Most the investing establishment considers buy and hold investing the Holy Grail that always works out in the long term. For long term buy and hold investing your entry time frame matters, whether you got in at good prices and if you have time after bear markets to get back to even. NASDAQ buy and holders waited
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In trading focus is crucial. You have to know who you are as a trader and exactly what your method and trading plan is, and you must follow it. In trading discipline makes money, focus makes money, stocks in up trends make money, while risk management allows you to keep the money that you have made. You
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted HERE. It probably didn’t take long after becoming a trader to stumble upon options. Brokerages and websites all over the internet are constantly pitching these complex financial derivatives, claiming things like “defined risk” and “100% returns a month”. But these advertisements only end
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This markets lagging sectors are $XLU, $XLP, and $XLV. These have held $SPY back from performing at the same pace as the DJIA and small caps. $XLF $IWM and $DIA have lead this run up. $SPY has benefitted from financials and big cap strength. Bond yields are rising as bond prices fall which has been
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Zero To Hero: 5 Steps For Financial Trading Success Trading is gambling. But so is going to a 9-5 or marrying your spouse – Our whole life is a gamble Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other Know where to look… a few simple tools to help your chart reading
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buy the election – sell the inauguration™ — StockCats (@StockCats) November 25, 2016 so far I’ve seen like 4 “retail analysts” that are all bullish on the retail sector, imagine that — StockCats (@StockCats) November 25, 2016 even the financial media seems confused over its own narratives pic.twitter.com/9XMglLGSTq — StockCats (@StockCats) November 23, 2016 it’s
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On this Thanksgiving day there are many things traders and investors have to be thankful for in 2016. Let us stop for a second and count or blessings trading and investing in the 21st century under conditions that would have made stock market operators of the past jealous. Incredibly low discount broker commissions. You can
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