Posts Tagged ‘TI-Trading Plan’
Checking In with The Doctor: Memorial Wknd Reading
There’s a couple of good articles over at TraderFeed, Dr. Bret Steenbarger’s widely read and essential blog for the self-improving trader. Both articles compliment each other: one post discusses a checklist of elements to consider when making a transition from one trading style to another (make sure to read the helpful reader comments too). The…
Read MoreIt’s the Pattern, Not the Stock that Makes the Mad Money
Disclaimer: The article mentioned below mentions Trade-Ideas as an ‘industry standard’ and sprinkles a bit more praise on us but was written unsolicited by a former trader, Dave Goodboy, turned writer for TradingMarkets.com and other outlets. “How To Use A Stock Screener” Goodboy’s article addresses the most basic of scanner and screener tools available to…
Read MoreLearn How to Trade the Breaking News on Fed Day
As a result of recently adding new filters and alerts to Trade-Ideas, I learned new tricks on helping others get their ideas from their head and into Trade-Ideas much more easily. Turns out the good folks at DTI and Tom Busby are providing a platform from which to discuss how we are using the new…
Read MoreStockTickr Interview Reveals How We Use Automated Trading
I’m sliding under the table to you some excerpts from a recent interview that our Director of Trader Education, Jamie Hodge, gave to our good friend Dave Mabe of StockTickr. You’ll understand after reading the entire interview how to win against today’s market that’s eliminated many of the information advantages traders used to have and…
Read MoreStrategy Session: You Rob a Bank Cuz That’s Where the Money Is
The same principle applies to the market: Trade where the odds are. Last week I discussed a unique approach to determine where trades with the highest winning percentage exists. Read here to fully understand this approach which relies on the power of The OddsMaker to determine whether going Long or going Short in the market…
Read MoreThe Key to Finding a Winning Strategy in Any Market
Are you tired of being spoon-feed trades without knowing how to come up with the ideas on your own? Many traders fall into the trap of being fed the fish but never really knowing how to go about fishing on their own. This post and next week’s aim to fix that. The Words that Would…
Read MoreImprove Your Trading Plan with this One Visit
I am just back from a great conference in Phoenix sponsored by optionsXpress. I learned alot about Trade-Ideas while interacting with the audience and our Director of Education, Jamie Hodge. We added so many new filters and alerts to Trade-Ideas recently, I fell behind a bit on everything we can do. I also learned new…
Read MoreStrategy Session: Best Ways to Find the Tipping Points
New alerts and filters added recently expand the arsenal of ways in which any trading universe can be modeled in Trade-Ideas. We even created some sample strategies to show you how they are used. Here’s what we did: Added bottoming tail and topping tail alerts. Added new filters to find stocks based on how much…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas in Your Town: What Smaller Events Can Teach You
You have 2 opportunities (one in San Diego and the other in Phoenix) to get some great education and learn not only about how to use Trade-Ideas more effectively with your trading plan, but you’ll also have the opportunity to see how our latest tool, the Automated Trading Bot, automates a trading plan with OptionsXpress.…
Read MoreThe Justin Timberlake-ification of Stocks and Other Feedback We’re Getting
The close of the year is as good as any for some introspection and review – whether it’s a trader’s business plan, P & L for the year, or a company’s dashboard of metrics and goals. On a trip to New York earlier this month, we had amazing conversations with current and potential customers representing…
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