Archive for the 'Proprietary Trading' Category

Microsoft + Skype = Netscape Redux?

Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudLet’s look at Skype’s acquisition by Microsoft 10, 20, even 50 years from now. The first thing I noticed was the cancellation of: “Skype Me Now” Moreover, Skype remains downloadable for Android regardless of the acquisition and iPhone is still on the boards as well. No proprietary moves thus [...]

Lightspeed, Anvil and Terra Nova

Free 10GB Photo Storage in the Cloud*IMPORTANT Point of Clarification: Lightspeed has not purchased Assent, but rather has licensed The Anvil platform, which will continue to be available to customers. The press release actually crossed the wire this morning and can be found on multiple news outlets, or you can read it below: Lightspeed Financial [...]

Lakers Embarrass While Bynum Brings Shame

Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudHere’s an excerpt of a Skype conversation with a friend in Russia, clueless as to what I’m even talking about, but perfect oratory for blogging off topic for once, non market chatter, only about the catastrophe that just occurred. I’m upset the LA Lakers were beaten 4 games to [...]

Revisit Old Trading Notes to Learn From

Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudTo become better traders, we look to our historical notes on crucial dates.  This write-up revisits a post from April 20th, 2010 entitled “Global Financial Panic or Major Buying Opportunity in Stocks”. Most trades involved familiar companies and their trading patterns. Others came from scanning IBD’s Top 100 List during [...]

A Trader’s Diary from 2006 to the Present

In 2006, there were those of us who knew, like we did in 2000, that something was wrong. It wasn’t because we were “in the know”, rather because we could recognize and think we know how to read a chart, like we actually did back then. What mattered was nothing but the supply demand equation [...]

Commodities-Emerging-Frontier-Global Macro Markets and Analysis

Did I mention the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which has had one of my laptops in a loop for 10 days? Today, I saw something quite extraordinary yet obvious: the importance of being in the right market at the right time. Regardless of where or what that market is. For example, in the old [...]

CME and US Stocks in General

If you look at a chart of CME from late ’08 to the present, you’ll notice it’s gone into a flat-line, just like much of the US equity market. GOOG ended the year right where it started. BIDU (amazing split on the year) and APPL kicked ass because GOOG would do no evil and APPL [...]