SPX continues in a range with resistance holding at 2200 and support at 2120. SPX new all time highs stays within striking distance and is still possible in coming weeks. The SPX 100 day SMA held as key support during the last plunge. The SPX MACD finally had its first bullish crossover since June. Slow Stochastics maintains a […]
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Everybody loves indexing. “Be careful when everyone finally agrees that one way works best.” Making money by trading less – 10 situations when not to trade The Stock Market Is a Mood Ring 7 Forex Trading Lessons Rayner Teo Learned from 7 Years of Trading How much money can you make with a profitable trading
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The time when the market is closed is when 99% of my work is done. Review the data & prep for next session. Open markets are for executing! — Micah Yo (@micahhyo) September 17, 2016 show me on the chart where the algo touched you — StockCats (@StockCats) September 22, 2016 rumors of a $TWTR
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Survivorship bias, or survival bias, is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that “survived” some process and inadvertently overlooking those that did not because of their lack of visibility. This can lead to false conclusions in several different ways. – Wikipedia There is survivor bias in looking at trading and investing
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My trading consists of signals for trading existing trends. A stock or ETF breaking out to all time highs or breaking down to all time lows after being range bound is one trend trading entry signal to go in the direction of the break out. I also use signals to buy off key supports levels in longer term
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Who is Dan Zanger? His mother Elaine loved the stock market and Dan would often watch the business channel with her. One day in 1978 Dan saw a stock explode across the ticker tape at the bottom of the screen hitting $1. He made his first purchase and sold the stock a few weeks later
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Jack Schwager’s interview with Scott Ramsey from Hedge Fund Market Wizards was very clear and to the point. Mr. Ramsey trades futures in an approach that reminded me of the Darvas techno-fundamentalist method. He looks for fundamental reasons for a trade, and then makes his entries and exits based 0n confirmation in the technical price action. “I made
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I am using the $SPX chart this week due to the skew of the quarterly dividend payout Friday on the adjusted price. It is also possible to see the unadjusted $SPY price by using the ticker _SPY on stockcharts.com. $SPX is trading in a price range of 2120 support and 2150 resistance. The 10 day
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“Fear grips Wall Street as the Fed threatens to raise interest rates for the eight-hundred and sixty-fifth time” — StockCats (@StockCats) September 9, 2016 Two questions I always ask myself before placing a trade: ⏺Do I have an edge? ⏺How much can I lose? — Micah Yo (@micahhyo) September 9, 2016 “Day Traders Sleep Better”
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted at Lessons from a Trading Great: Bruce Kovner. Bruce Kovner retired in 2011 from Caxton Associates, the hedge fund he founded and ran for 28 years. Over that time the fund returned an average of 21 percent a year since its inception. In comparison,
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Regardless of whether you are a trend follower, day trader, swing trader, value investor, or growth investor, profitable trading requires one thing to make any trading process work long term. Successful stock market operations require studying the principles that lead to making money, you have to do the work. When you understand the principles of
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While the generally accepted definition of a bear market is a 20% decline over a two month period. I am referring to just being bearish, believing the market will go down, seeing signs of a down trend before you are sitting with a 20% decline in your accounts or more while holding what were market
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The following is a guest post by Kim Klaiman @SteadyOptions_ Is Options Trading Really Risky? There is a general misconception in the trading community that an option trading is very risky. Options can be risky, but they don’t have to be. Options can be less risky or more risky, depending on your risk tolerance. They can
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com Bulls decided to exit the market Friday in mass on the highest volume since the two day Brexit move. There was no bounce, it was a gap down morning that never looked back. This move Friday was unprecedented for its speed and duration from what looked like a strong market. “Friday was the
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I did not make $$ today ok but Have A Great Weekend!! There is always another trade pic.twitter.com/jObNOK0v4C — DK1 (@canuck2usa) September 9, 2016 Funny joke guys. Just realized someone switched my buy and sell buttons on my keyboard. Classic prank. Was it you Rosengren? — 3:30 Ramp Capital™♿️ (@RampCapitalLLC) September 9, 2016 Market closed
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In Star Trek, Captain Kirk believed that his leadership abilities helped him make good decisions in difficult situations. In contrast, Mr. Spock applied logic and reason, along with his perceived probabilities of success, to make his decisions. These contrasting styles are similar to two opposing trading strategies; discretionary traders and systematic traders. Discretionary traders try to get by on their past experience and
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There is a big difference between trading in an up trending market, a down trending market, and a range bound market. Money can be made in different kinds of markets but you have to be trading the right way to capture those profits. Here are the ten best signs that a market is range bound: The major
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Trend Followers make money during market trends not because they predict anything but because they buy what is going up and they sell what is going down. They discover ways to measure and react to trends based on historical price patterns . Trend traders identify a trend and enter a trade with the predefined risk of
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