Posts Tagged ‘trading’
It Feels Like Animal Farm
George Orwell writes how the animals rose up against their human oppressors and took over the farm. However it was soon evident that once they were in power, not all animals were created equal. Some animals were more privileged than others. It seems that Wall Street and Main Street have a case of Animal Farm-itis.…
Read MoreYour Brain’s the Grail. How to Make It Holy
Ok. Let’s do something really crazy. I’ve something big to confess. I’ve been hiding it for months because I don’t want the headlines, I don’t want our servers to crash, I don’t even want the private island and the jet to take me there. But now, I can’t hold it in any longer, so here…
Read MoreThe Zig-Zag Method for Trading Profitably and Maintaining an Edge Forever
I’ve never seen such an avalanche of ad campaigning for a single week of TV programming: it’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. If you’ve been to New York anytime over the last 4 weeks, you’ve been flooded with all forms of print ads everywhere. It’s so saturated that all the shows that tape in…
Read MoreTwo Different Make-overs on the Virtual Trading Floor Will Impact Your Trading
Quick AssessmentAre you taking advantage of internet communications to speak/talk/converse with other traders of significantly more experience on a regular basis? If you are not a “Jedi” master trader, where are you getting additional, one-on-one help? Who is enabling you to achieve better insight into your trading?How does ongoing training and/or lessons learned in trading…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas Going Mobile?
It seems that since the introduction of the iPhone SDK, many innovative companies are racing to develop tools for the next iPhone in 3G coming out next month. E*TRADE also just released mobile trading capabilities exclusively for the Blackberry. Combine these events with Trade-Ideas’ new trading automation (with selected brokers), and we may be heralding…
Read MoreOne Trader’s Transition to Automated Trading: Insights for You
Dave Mabe is a trader first and entrepreneur addicted to trading second – my kind of fellow. Following his slow transformation from entirely discretionary trading to one that relies increasingly on automated trading fascinates anyone reading his posts on the subject. He describes a path whose benefits include, among others, less time behind the computer,…
Read MorePartners Know Powerful Tools When They See It
Hopefully you like Trade-Ideas. You, dear reader, are either a subscriber or you’re in the research and investigation process – trying to decide if you should pull the trigger. Let’s help you with the due diligence and your decision. If you are already a subscriber, I’ve got some ways you can benefit too. A Receipe…
Read MoreStrategy Session: Find the Move During the Pause that Refreshes
I received a good question from our support forum that I want to repeat here. It’s a simple request about how to model a pattern that this customer wants to see in the market. Question: Stocks Taking a Breather What filters or alerts can I use to finds stocks that are, “taking a breather“?I.e. it…
Read MoreDark Pools Looking More Like the Kiddie Pool: Shallow and Smelly
2 interesting articles this week from WSJ and Reuters on the untamed and unaccountable dark pools in the market. What are dark pools? The WSJ defines them as “the secretive electronic trading networks that match buyers and sellers anonymously.” These trades are done outside of the traditional stock markets like the NYSE and NASDAQ. The…
Read MoreInterview with J. Hodge, Director of Education, Trade-Ideas
I am back from some good times in Chicago that included events for TD AMERITRADE and optionsXpress. There’s plenty new strategies and insights to tell you, but I want to bring to your attention this interview of Jamie Hodge, our Director of Trader Education and long-time trading veteran, by Dave Mabe of StockTickr.com. Interview with…
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