Holly Morning Huddle: Shorts Outnumber Longs in 7 Algos

Good morning. As of today, Friday, July 1, 2016, we’re halfway through the year and the return from my trading performance since January 1 stands at +34.5 accumulated points vs the benchmark SPY’s performance of +4.0 points over the same period. On Thursday my performance gained +1.4 from Wednesday on 40 trades while the SPY…

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Holly Morning Huddle: Short Strategy ‘2 Much 2 Soon’ Leads 9 Algos

Good morning. As of today, Thursday, June 30, 2016, the return from my trading performance since January 1 stands at +33.1 accumulated points vs the benchmark SPY’s performance of +1.1 points over the same period. On Wednesday my performance gained +1.9 from Tuesday on 10 trades while the SPY jumped +3.5.   Today’s a new…

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Holly Morning Huddle: Long Strategy ‘Tailwind’ Leads 6 Algos

Good morning. As of today, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, the return from my trading performance since January 1 stands at +31.2 accumulated points vs the benchmark SPY’s performance of -2.3 points over the same period. On Tuesday, just four days after the volatility of Brexit, I had my best performance to date. Of the 18…

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The Advantage of Artificial Intelligence in Brexit Trading

On June 24th the market had to handle the Brexit. The Brexit was a type of Black Swan event. Black Swans are unusual events that are by definition very difficult to anticipate. What is even more difficult is interpreting how to react to those events in the markets. This is where Holly, Trade Ideas’ Artificial…

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Holiday Reflection

Celebrating Thanksgiving at Trade Ideas means reflecting on many things – like our loyal customers. Over 50K in over 75 countries around the world. Wow. With us since 2002. In what seems like a blink of an eye nine years has come and gone. I recall our first Trader’s Expo in 2003 in Las Vegas…

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