Posts Tagged ‘stocks’
How the Rubberband Man Improved Automated Trading
Market Orders?! Automated trading functionality introduced by Trade-Ideas only had market orders for initiating and covering positions. Market orders?! The first version of the software was more proof of concept than anything else. That’s why the ones using it were kept to a bare minimum. Much is about to change. After analyzing trader feedback and…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas In Your Town: Vegas 2007
We are headed to Las Vegas this week and weekend for the Traders Expo. Here are the details: Las Vegas, NV: The Traders Expo, Mandalay Bay Resort, November 15-18, 2007 Are you planning to attend? Here’s a snapshot of some last minute fares to Las Vegas. There’s another good travel site to consider called FareCast.…
Read MoreThe Free Top List of Stocks You Can’t Miss
It’s strange how life can work in cycles. Apparently it’s no different with software either. Last year at this very time, we introduced a free, End of Day custom scanning module for Netvibe users. Since we made the tool available, usage of the module hits new highs every month. Welcome the Trade-Ideas Top List We’re…
Read MoreAutomation, OddsMaker, and Expectations: Lessons Learned so Far
We are not only software makers, we are our own Guinea pigs (kinda like those hairclub companies). Fully automated trading recently arrived to the suite of Trade-Ideas tools. We do this by first implementing a strategy created and backtested via The OddsMaker. Then we execute the strategy rolling forward via an API (Application Programming Interface)…
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 MoreI Bet My Personal Trading Volatility Is Higher Than Yours
Volatility says in a sense, that what moves up also moves down. Here’s how we define it technically as it applies to our real-time statistical analysis: Definition of technical volatility A resourceful trader knows his/her prey and can identify a stock’s natural volatility so that a natural wiggle doesn’t automatically hit a stop order (See…
Read More14 Questions and 1 Invite for Automated Trading
More on the Automated Trading Pilot with OptionsXpressTrade-Ideas and OptionsXpress now offer fully automated equities trading to OptionsXpress customers. This offering is part of a pilot program that features the availability of a suite of tools at no cost to participants for the 3-month pilot. Please note: a subscription to Trade-Ideas PRO paid by participants…
Read MoreFind and Adopt Dead Cat and Bow-wow Trading Patterns
If you’re not a regular reader of The Kirk Report, you’re missing market commentary from a trading veteran who’s concise and straightforward about market activity – he’s also got a fun streak of cynicism as it relates to the mainstream financial publications like Barrons et al. I got hooked on Kirk’s site by the lists…
Read MoreAutomation Does Not Equal Profitability – Pt. 1
Automation of the Trade-Ideas set-ups and backtested position management rules within The Odds Maker is in beta now with our key partners. More details like screen shots and how it all works are coming. In a nutshell if you know how to use The Odds Maker, you will know how to use the automation tool…
Read MoreWhat to Do When You’re Suspicious of Low Volume Rises in the Market
TraderMike’s commentary on the markets yesterday included this observation, “I’m always suspicious of low volume rises and this time is no different, especially for the S&P 500 which has been making lower highs and lower lows for the last month or so.” I agree. In fact we’ve created a couple of strategies in Trade-Ideas that…
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