Archive for April 2009
Here’s How to Trade Long on % Down Stocks: Traders’ Tips
TRADERS’ TIPS: TAS&C May Issue “He was utterly fearless but never reckless. He could, and did, turn on a twinkling if he found he was wrong.” — Jessie Livermore, American author, investor In this month’s issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities in the Traders’ Tips section, Sylvain Vervoort offers an analysis of trailing stop…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas: Why Won’t You Make Me Rich?
We receive on a regular basis from individuals the comments, demands, requests, supplications, and sometimes the pleas for the keys to making them great wealth. A recent message seemed breathless in its desire, “Basically What i need is a collaboration…and a system trading platform based on historical data……What time to trade….how many….what amount per trade…and…
Read MoreBe in 2 Places at Once to Nail Your Next Gap Trade
The market is expected to open lower this morning for several reasons (all from my Twitter feed this AM): SmallCapInvestOil: prices languished near $46 a barrel Tuesday after renewed doubts about the health of U.S. banks sent crude and stock markets tumbling. alansmurray: Caterpillar and DuPont earnings raise fresh concerns about economic weakness. http://bit.ly/IjQ7S SmallCapInvest:…
Read MoreHow to Evaluate Backtesting Programs
I came across this request for information on my Twitter tube: “Evaluating backtesting programs: MetaStock, Traders Studio, Ami Broker, Strata Searc, Ninja Trader, Trade Ideas. Any thoughts?”, @milktrader Source: http://twitter.com/milktrader/status/1456777201 Each of these applications and even others not on this list, like WealthLab Pro or DIY Excel, will have advantages over the other. Some major, some…
Read MoreDisinfect Your Connectivity Virus with This Fix
This morning we received a couple of calls and IMs about a lack of connectivity to our site and through Trade-Ideas PRO. This was the first time something like this has happened in over 3 years, so it got our attention. It turns out it has nothing to do with Trade-Ideas, thankfully. A Plot Right…
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