Strategy Session: As the Market Changes so do the Odds

We are taking a position on the market and backing it up with The Odds Maker. A couple of customers using The Odds Maker with positive results emailed us separately with interesting observations to share: #1 The market is efficientWhen they find a strategy with a great Odds Maker summary, the market eventually reduces the…

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Trade Impact Analysis – How Institutions Use The Odds Maker

We received great insight as to how The Odds Maker is used by some of our institutional customers recently. It is always interesting for us to see the new ways that people use Trade-Ideas software. Understanding how this segment implements The Odds Maker can improve how others use the tool as well. Institutions like CIBC,…

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Quite the Buzz Over at Trader-X

Have a good weekend everyone! I leave with you a great conversation happening over at Trader-X regarding gaps, Trade-Ideas techniques, and access to a 7-day free trial if you sign up from his site. Good lookin’ chap too from his avatar – strong resemblance to that famous actor – what’s his name.

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Get Your Motor Runnin’: Custom EOD Scan

Anyone can use our Stock Research area of Trade-Ideas.com that uses End-of-Day data. Did I mention freely? This large toolbox features: Pre-configured scans like 200-Day Winners by % Individual stock research reports like SIGM (featured today on WallStrip!) A tool for designing your own custom scans and 4. recent scans created by visitors to the…

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Happy Birthday TraderFeed

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Many of our Strategy Sessions and the ways in which we think about training and educating our subscribers come from the questions TraderFeed raises and its insightful observations. All of us at Trade-Ideas give a big thanks and offer best wishes for many more years into adolescence and beyond to TraderFeed.

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Rise of the Educators: Vegas Expo Thoughts

Last week’s Traders Expo in Las Vegas left us physically spent with no time to regroup before following up on opportunities and celebrating Thanksgiving. The Expo revealed surprising and encouraging trends that we are now tuned into and will watch to see develop. Let’s hear from you whether you agree or not: Existing tools among…

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Good Enough for Seconds and Thirds: The Next Trade-Ideas Widget

It’s a meal in itself or great with leftovers. We introduce the embeddable Stock Screener for your blog or web page to add your property’s content value. How does it improve your content’s value? The customizable screener can generate a list of stocks according to whatever view of the market you are taking that day.…

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Trade-Ideas In Your Town: Vegas Update

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 16-19, 2006 – maybe we’ll have another episode of “the Tao of Dan” 😉 Are you planning to attend? Here’s a snapshot of some last minute fares…

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Strategy Session: Price, MA Crossovers on Strong Volume

Let’s pull a question out of our support forum that sparked a pretty good strategy in Trade-Ideas with a positive expectancy as reported by The Odds Maker. Here was the pitch: “A trading strategy I am trying to implement in Trade-Ideas is to use moving averages over 15, 30 and 60 minute periods along with…

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If You Don’t Know Your Hand’s Expectancy, the Odds Are Against You

Chris Perruna explains the basis of position sizing, expectancy and how poker has made him a better trader. In writing this article he produces one of the strongest cases for using Trade-Ideas’ Odds Maker as a crucial risk management tool. “How the Poker Craze Can Help You Trade“, (.pdf), November, 2006; Chris Perruna, founder and…

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