Posts Tagged ‘trade ideas’
Morning Prep and Trades Show How I Got Ready Today
I get ready for the day, trying to figure out a market theme that will bias my trading direction for the session and thanks to Twitter/StockTwits, I get an insightful nugget from Brian Shannon of Alphatrends: “When 200 DMAs are DECLINING, rallies typically DO NOT hold, especially when they are advertised so strongly in media,…
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…
Read MoreGet Experimental. Trade-Ideas Releases Beta of its Latest Version
“It’s the book to end all books. Until I write another one” – Stephen Colbert on the publication of his book , I Am America, And So Can You. We’d say it alternatively, “It’s the upgrade to end all upgrades. Until we release another one“. Exactly. Announcing v2.3.5 in beta release. Here is the link to…
Read MoreHelp Us Choose the New Makeover Design for Trade-Ideas.com
Some exciting changes are coming to Trade-Ideas – specifically this blog and our entire site. It’s a makeover that promises to: Easily allow people to navigate to information they need on the site Explain what we do with more clarity to new visitors I’ve already shown the set of 4 makeover designs from which we…
Read MoreFollowing This Bear Swing Set-Up Netted a 84% Win Rate
Improved OddsMaker Models Swing Trades Noticed anything? We changed The OddsMaker by expanding the range of the backtest and introducing longer hold times with which to model trading rules. The details of the enhancements are in the User’s Guide. This post demonstrates via an example strategy how the changes improve the universe of possible trading…
Read MoreScans that Feed the Bulls & Bears on FOX Biz
This post is for @TALENTED BLONDE who posted on Twitter this morning, http://twitter.com/TALENTEDBLONDE/status/1300271000 I decided to feed her a possible storyline for this afternoon, developed by interacting with the StockTwits crowd the last couple of days. It goes like this version of a Harper’s Index: (Data as of 1:50pm EST, Mar. 9, 2009) Number of…
Read MoreFollow This to Find the Bounces in the Market Ahead of Everyone Else
Across the Twitter comes all sorts of traders trying to guess where this beast is going. Of course the goods ones just size up the chart and let it tell them what’s going on – using their risk management skills to live and see another day. QuantBot @day54 oh, now crammer is calling bottoms since hes…
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