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  1. Global Macro Trading Journal

    Things will look different than 1932 even if we get a replay because the dollar had a gold peg back then. What "value stocks" are you looking...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 11, 2011 in forum: Journals

  2. Trading the platinum-gold price spread

    I wouldn't use options for this. You're better off buying the physical coins for such a strategy. The ratio has stayed below 1 for a really long...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 10, 2011 in forum: Journals

  3. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for the day: -2.14% (S&P 500: -4.42%) At this point I have to assume the real possibility of somebody big going under over...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 10, 2011 in forum: Journals

  4. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for today: +0.92% (S&P 500: +4.74%) Today reminds me of when TARP was announced and the markets gapped up almost 10%. The...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 9, 2011 in forum: Journals

  5. fickletrader journal

    Closed out the LQD leg of the LQD/KIE pair trade and replaced it with PBT to make PBT/KIE. Entry price for PBT was $20.00 at the open today. The...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 9, 2011 in forum: Journals

  6. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for today: -1.8% (S&P 500: -6.66%) I implemented the LQD/KIE pair trade at the open today with $2.5k for each leg. I'm...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 8, 2011 in forum: Journals

  7. fickletrader journal

    Here's my pair trade idea for next week: LQD/KIE The idea is that we want to have short exposure in the insurance companies who have large...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 7, 2011 in forum: Journals

  8. fickletrader journal

    The world's top professional gamer, Johnathan "fatal1ty" Wendel, identified 5 catagories as important areas that the pros master. Here's a quote...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 7, 2011 in forum: Journals

  9. fickletrader journal

    I was going back through some old notes this morning and found a relevant passage for next week's trading: Obviously that is advise I wrote...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 7, 2011 in forum: Journals

  10. fickletrader journal

    I do a lot of ratio charts, so here is a quick "how to" for anyone who wants to follow along and doesn't know how to make them. Go to...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 6, 2011 in forum: Journals

  11. fickletrader journal

    Here is an assessment of the market that will be the basis of my discretionary trading decisions for next week. Note that the trading bot operates...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 6, 2011 in forum: Journals

  12. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results (for Friday 8-5-2011): +0.7% (S&P 500: -0.06%)
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 6, 2011 in forum: Journals

  13. fickletrader journal

    Closed out the EUR/AUD short at 1.3574. Call it capitulation if you want, but it a winner was about to turn into a loser for me, and volatility...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 5, 2011 in forum: Journals

  14. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for today: -1.91% (S&P 500: -4.78%) My concern has been validated today, a huge down day for the markets. The trading bot...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 4, 2011 in forum: Journals

  15. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for today: +0.71% (S&P 500: +0.5%)
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 3, 2011 in forum: Journals

  16. fickletrader journal

    And just for completeness, here is the SPY/GLD ratio chart going back to GLD's birth in 2004. From this view, it is plain that the "recovery"...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Journals

  17. fickletrader journal

    Trading bot results for today: -0.7% (S&P 500: -2.56%) The S&P has been down on all but the first two days since I started this journal almost...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Journals

  18. Global Macro Trading Journal

    There's a huge difference between 6 and 3. At 3 you can buy twice as much DOW as at 6. The difference between 3, 2, and 1 is HUGE :D You are...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Journals

  19. fickletrader journal

    I mentioned earlier in the journal that it was my expectation that the yield curve would blow out in the long end. I was very wrong, it has...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Journals

  20. Stress damage to traders

    Marty Schwartz mentioned in his book "Pit Bull" that stress from trading was a huge factor for him, to the point that he became physically ill at...
    Post by: fickletrader, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Psychology
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