The $SPY chart remains in a neutral limbo. $SPY closed slightly under the 200 day SMA which is a signal of a lack of momentum, and shows the high potential for more downside before a bounce in price. RSI at 47.72 shows a lack of momentum and that there is still room for more downside. […]
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Some of my favorite articles from last week. These are great for weekend reading. Peter Lynch, 25 years later: it’s not just ‘invest in what you know’ How to use supply and demand trading zones to identify high probability setups Exposing the VXX: Understanding Volatility Contango and Time Decay Becoming Your Life’s Author 39% Of
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Twitter has made me more disciplined as a trader. If the set up isn’t worth tweeting,it’s not worth taking. Took my patience to a new level. — Assad Tannous (@AsennaWealth) December 31, 2015 Most traders blow up, save a new stake, come back & trade the exact same way that blew them up in the
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“Don’t be a hero. Don’t have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don’t ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead. My biggest hits have always come after I have had a great period and I started to think that I knew something.” – Paul Tudor Jones
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Guest Post by Holly Burns When Steve and I met in 2014, we quickly realized that we had a shared fascination with what made successful people tick. Admittedly, it has become something of an obsession for us, but since it’s mutual, it’s okay. This is something that Steve has preached to new
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Here are the ten top trading films, movies, and documentaries made based on popularity and entertainment value. “The Trader” Documentary: This documentary gives a rare look inside the world of one of the greatest money managers of our time. Michael Covel’s Trend Following Film, Broke: Covel does a great job showing how the economic system
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The $SPY over the 200 day SMA puts us on the bullish side of the chart, but it hasn’t held all year as support. Last week’s up days were much lower volume than the previous week’s down days. We are entering a seasonally bullish time of year. “Technically, the Santa Claus rally time period
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I went to see the movie the ‘The Big Short” on Christmas Day many years ago and it has become my new favorite trading movie since then. The movie is funny and entertaining, while telling a good story. It details three hedge funds that made the right trade at the right time to capture huge
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Success is a manner of deciding what is most important to you, and then making the right choices to getting to where you want to be. Success has a price, and we have to pay that price upfront before we see the result of our efforts. Don’t let where you start in life define where
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I miss you son @realDonaldTrump — Satan (@s8n) August 18, 2015 technically, the Santa Claus rally time period starts today, as defined by Yale Hirsch – ends Jan 5 — @RevShark @DougKass — Bob Lang (@aztecs99) December 24, 2015 Things traders say around Christmas time: Kid: dad, I want an ipad and Xbox TraderDad: all
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This post is republished with permission from Nikhil Dogra from his site: Mourinho’s simple seven-point plan for winning big games (Applied to trading) Mourinho laid out a simple seven-point plan for winning big games (which can be applied in trading) Football’s 7 point plan can be
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I need to make money on the long and short side so I have both long and short entries. My goal is to be profitable in both bull and bear markets. Options that I trade need to be highly liquid. I do not want to lose money in the bid/ask spread when trading options. I
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Tom got the title of ‘Mr Serenity’ in Jack Schwager’s book ‘The New Market Wizards’. Tom went from trading his own money, to forming TrendStat and managing other peoples money. At the peak of his career, TrendStat managed $600million dollars of capital. Tom is one of my favorite Market Wizards on the psychology of trading.
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The stock market continues to be traded and not accumulated as we lack a trend in either direction as we close out 2015. Last week the market waited one day and then sold the FED interest hike news. This year continues to lack direction as no trend has emerged off the 200 day SMA. Volume
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Let's take a quick look at the stock market's bounce attempts today: pic.twitter.com/X8vk2ACNw9 — Chess (@chessNwine) December 11, 2015 SPOTTED: Post FOMC rate hike party pic.twitter.com/s376iHcdvA — Northy (@NorthmanTrader) December 18, 2015 Im not a full time trader, I'm a full time MOTHER and i take pride in my family and business and so should
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A trading system with big wins and small losses is actually easier to be profitable with than a high winning percentage system. It allows the trader to capture a trend for big wins when the opportunity presents itself. Well positioned stop losses and the use of trailing stops can create an asymmetric trading
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A Guest Post by Andrew Derbyshire: The Twelve Days Of Central Banking Christmas On The Twelve Days of Christmas my Central Banker sent to me.. Twelve Yellen Speeches Eleven Rate Predictions Ten Faulty Volkswagen’s Nine Analyst Upgrades Eight Rounds Of Printing Seven Shorts On Oil Six Longs On Go Pro Fiiive Gold-en Crosses Four
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