Archive for February 2009
Try This Swing Strategy: Reversed MACD Crossover System
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS March Issue “I measure what’s going on, and I adopt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.”…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas in Your Town: NYC
Fresh from the West Coast and a great ski trip in Vail CO, it’s time to head east and get to NYC for the annual Traders Expo at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Last year’s event featured a great presentation by one of our customers-turned-evangelists, Dave Mabe of StockTickr fame. Here is Dave himself talking…
Read MoreAdd a Service: Who to Bring into the Fold
At the San Diego meetings I pitched that Trade-Ideas could add a partner’s service that would appear as an additional alert offering within Trade-Ideas PRO. This got a positive reception and now it’s something I want to pursue. However as partnerships go, some partners start and stop themselves, so in an effort to keep the…
Read MoreHow to Short $BAC All Over Again. Watch History Repeat.
The headlines sound an omnious alarm: “Bank of America tumbles on nationalization worries” (Reuters, February 4, 2009) BAC continues to take it on the chin: teetering on bankruptcy, government bail out yada yada yada. If you shorted this ride – congratulations. But is the ride over? Maybe there is more opportunity yet to find in…
Read MoreTrade Your Ideas on the Changes We’re Making to Website and Blog
Why? One of the themes from our Annual Partners’ Meeting in San Diego focused on the need to get out of our customer’s way in their pursuit to find, subscribe, and download their way to better trading decisions. This is especially true of the customers who aren’t “touched” by any of us physically or verbally…
Read MoreTry the Market’s Lunch Special: SHORT – Lunch Time Fade Strategy
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS February Issue “There is always plenty of capital for those who can create practical plans for using it.” Napoleon Hill (Author, Think and Grow Rich, 1883 – 1970) For this month’s Traders’ Tips,…
Read More2 Key Tactics to Know When Making Any Trading Transition
Avoid Getting Lost in Translation It is very easy to get excited about systems test results. We have fallen victim to that problem ourselves as we spend more time working with traders who have gone to automation. What happens and more importantly what do you do when your system is not performing as well as…
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