Archive for October 2005

While recently reading The Kirk Report I came across Dr. Brett Steenbarger’s latest article on TradingMarkets.com, “Here’s a way to predict strong closes… “. I dedicated the rest of the day to modeling the strategy described in the article and liked the results enough to share them – but judge for yourself. Background:Brett Steenbarger Ph.D.,…

DefinitionTape reading is the technique used by “seasoned” professional traders to get a feel for the market. The idea is simple, as you watch the “ticker tape” you get a sense of what is happening – whether buyers or sellers are in the control at the moment. Tape reading skills can be applied against the…

The Block Trading services like POSIT and Liquidnet seek to minimize the market impact of their clients’ (i.e., portfolio managers’) large, institutional orders. Successful matches get printed on the tape as they happen but no one sees the activity leading up to the trade on a Level 2 market depth screen. These services only send…

Since we just announced the addition of 4 new filters (Ed.: see yesterday’s blog entry), it is appropriate to create two new sample strategies utilizing them. As usual remember that these set-ups are sketches meant to give you an idea of how to model your own trading plan. Use this ‘as is’ or modify it…

New Service Innovation Announcement Today we added 4 new filters suggested by several user groups. They come in 2 pairs. These new filters are called (sounds of trumpets): Min and Max Consolidation Filter Min and Max Position in Consolidation Filter Quite simply these filters look for a consolidation pattern on a daily stock chart that…

We have all been there on some days. Days where no matter what you try to do, everything seems to go the wrong way. George Costanza the under achieving “Cult Hero” from Seinfeld figured out how to use this power in one of my favorite episodes. We harness that power to create “Fade the Up…

Is “Reaching Liquidity” causing you to ‘get wet’?For Institutional Traders and Hedge Funds Often people get very excited about the “New New” thing. On Wall Street the “New New” thing is Algorithmic trading. This practice allows a trader to let the computer do the leg work in executing orders. The purpose is often to reduce…

Find the stocks that are in “Play” right now!We’ve got another set-up not found in our Proven Strategies or Samples section that we’ve designed ourselves! Remember that these set-ups are sketches meant to give you an idea how to model your own trading plan. Use this ‘as is’ or modify it to your own liking…

We’ve got another set-up not found in our Proven Strategies or Samples section that comes to us from a strong advocate and subscriber of Trade-Ideas. Remember that these set-ups are sketches meant to give you an idea how to model your own trading plan. Use this ‘as is’ or modify it to your own liking…

There’s a revealing article written by a British magazine covering the worldwide buy-side community called, “The Trade“. http://www.thetrade.ltd.uk We’ve found alot of their articles great reads on the pulse of innovation and rebalancing of informational power between the buyside and sellside. Unfortunately sometimes the really great stories don’t make it to their website – like…