Even if you are a cold efficient machine-like trader, a veritable Doctor Spock, the other players in the market are not. If you don't have a...
If the exchange is still up, then a good broker should be able to call Eurex directly and pull orders resting at the exchange. My clearing firm...
Since I'm currently flat in that market, my prediction is the current price, 1890.
That seems to be a good description of the US (and world) stockmarket at the moment, yes. I am not going to try and be a market pundit, but rather...
My initial task is to judge which markets are in major up or down trends. I do this by looking at a multi-year chart, then assessing the interplay...
I am going to start a journal where I attempt to profit from long-term moves in the markets. My basic technique is going to be very simple: 1...
I took one at school when I was young and scored 87, and I have done quite well since then, so anyone with a bad score should not be put off.
I see now that the original post was unclear. What I meant by "good exit signal" was something that tells you the market has most likely just put...
So when you get an entry signal on the short side, and you are long, you stay long.
Are saying that an entry signal in the opposite direction to your position is NOT a good exit signal?
A good exit signal is an entry signal in the other direction.
First of all, I choose my stops based on current or previous market action, and not on my entry price. My reasoning is that the market doesn't...
0.50-1 limit poker games in Casinos have an extremely high rake as a percentage of your expected win (sometimes over 100%). It is like trading...
All very true, but since this is perfectly legal under the laws passed by the democratically elected US Congress and/or Senate, I don't understand...
Actually he made a large part of his fortune in currencies, commodities, and foreign stocks & bonds, and he was trading with funds given him by...
My assumption is not that volatility extremes lead to price reversals. Rather, it is that identifying a top or bottom allows you to anticipate...
International investors tend to repatriate to their home currency in times of crisis. If the dollar really went to hell in a handbasket, then the...
I'm not that keen on long calendars at tops, due to the risk of a large downmove.
50% of futures contracts show a loss at expiry, but that doesn't put me off trading the S&P.
I'm trying to get some ideas for the best market strategies for some common market scenarios. For example, in the stock indices, tops almost...
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