Posts Tagged ‘trade ideas’
Add 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 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…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas In Your Town: San Diego, Annual Partners Meeting
I am headed to San Diego Friday away from some miserable weather all along the East coast for our annual Partners Meeting. The other partners and our staff don’t have far to travel as they live in the coastal towns just north of the city. I have to hike it from Atlanta, GA. As a result…
Read MoreStrategy-Session: 2 Patterns You Want to See As They Happen
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that a bunch of traders gathered online to see and hear my present how Trade-Ideas PRO can model any pattern. They let me have it. I took almost 20 descriptions 30 minutes before the presentation began and picked 3 to model and walk everyone through the process of modeling…
Read More5 Modeling Techniques of Any Decision Support Tool
TodayI gave about 250+ traders from VCM (Velez Capital Management) a chance to get personal questions answered and see first hand how the platform performs in the hands of its custodians (me). I want to share with you the essentials of what I presented to them; namely, what challenges Trade-Ideas resolves for traders and what…
Read MoreComing Back? Returning Traders Guide to Trade-Ideas
“Yeah we tease him alot cuz we got him on the spot, welcome back. Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.” Welcome Back Kotter Theme Song Often Trade-Ideas and our subscribers resemble the local neighborhood bar. The locals there everyday collecting their mail. The casual drifters. The frequent regulars. Many start as one type of customer and…
Read MoreRecap of Last 4 Articles Appearing in Tech. Analysis of Stocks & Commodities
The latest issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities arrived the other day. Trade-Ideas contributes an article to their widely read section, “Traders’ Tips“, which showcases a particluar article that month and allows various vendors to be inspired how they might model such a strategy in their application. One of the reasons I like…
Read MoreAuto-Trading Doesn’t Listen When You Whine
The best athletes use coaches who don’t give up when their performer wants to quit. They carve out the negativity and bad habits of the athlete and leave nothing but the will and the means to win. As our coach, the Auto Trading Bot, makes us a better trader. The latest videos from Monday, December…
Read MoreDirections to Automated Trading Success Same as Those to Carnegie Hall
Heard this one? [Tourist and New Yorker approach each other at the street corner] Tourist: “What’s the best way to get to Carnegie Hall?“ New Yorker: “Practice! Practice! Practice!“ The videos of Trade-Ideas’ automation on our YouTube Channel offer views of our practice sessions in the market using real capital and real market situations. Viewers…
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