Archive for September 2007
Never Too Late to Praise Accomplishments
You might think you’re alone on the battlefield engaging the market. It’s not true. There are many who work to support your efforts either indirectly (like your broker, your technology – including Trade-Ideas for example) or directly (like a mentor, spouse, or fellow trader). The people closest to you especially deserve your appreciation – not…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas and Market Exchange Entitlements: Cross T’s and Dot I’s
Trade-Ideas, at the behest of the market exchanges, requires its customers to electronically sign a simple agreement form. This explains why our customers recently received the following email from our own Brad Williams: Dear David, Thank you for subscribing to Trade-Ideas. Our records indicate you have not yet completed the NYSE and AMEX Exchange Agreement…
Read MorePoker Odds and Professional Trading
There is no doubt in my mind that the skills to succeed in poker are the same skills to succeed in trading. Unfortunately most people approach trading differently and in a way that opens them up to losses and eventual failure. Is your hand worth playing? In poker understanding the odds of your hand determines…
Read MoreHow Trade-Ideas Displays Time: Time & Sales Comparisons
Occasionally a customer pushes the Trade-Ideas tools in a new way and/or reveals another small piece of functionality. The other day we received an email about how we display time in Trade-Ideas PRO. This is a feature that has existed for a while, but it’s hard to use. We plan to add this to the…
Read MorePR Pitfalls to Avoid from a Hedge Fund Manager
Trader Monthly’s contribution to my regular diet of news and information comes not via the magazine but its daily email of articles – often from other sources but with a concise summary and witty tilt all their own. Occasionally their own articles make the cut – especially last Friday’s article about a hedge fund manager’s…
Read MoreFrom Trade-Ideas to Vacation Ideas
Some traders, like Trader Mike, are sharing amazing photos of their recent trips to exotic ports of call. This inspired me to do the same. We recently celebrated the birth of our second child so we stayed local this summer. However we did a trip to Morocco last year and the photos from that trip…
Read MoreUsing Scans to Test Market Activity
We still have Dan in Hawaii running a half marathon (we’ll need some proof!) and hanging out, but it’s been too long a break and the markets decided to do something this week. Let’s look at the market activity through a Trade-Ideas lens that features many of our free customizable scans and develop some different…
Read MoreOne More Drink on the Underhill’s Tab Please!
Yes, we’ve been on vacation lately from the blog as we take some rest ourselves. This might go without saying, but we receive several emails a-day with inquiries as to our whereabouts on the blog. I’ve also noted some others taking the time to relax, breathe deeply, and take stock of things. The response is…
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