Archive for the 'Proprietary Trading' Category
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 [...]
June 25th, 2011 | Posted in Behavioral Finance, global macro, Google, Microsoft, Politics, Proprietary Trading, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Tech Stocks, Technology, Telecommunications, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline, Web 3.0, Yahoo! | Comments Off
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 [...]
June 24th, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Discretionary Traders, Proprietary Trading, Technology | Comments Off
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 [...]
May 9th, 2011 | Posted in Ethanol, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, Geo-Political Danger, global macro, Google, Hedge Funds, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
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 [...]
March 6th, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Behavioral Finance, China Stocks, Discretionary Traders, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Hedge Funds, Journal Entry, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
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 [...]
January 17th, 2011 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, China Stocks, CLEAN Tech, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Home Builders, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
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 [...]
January 4th, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Hedge Funds, Market Neutral, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Social Media Marketing, Technical Analysis, Technology, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
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 [...]
January 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, global macro, Google, Home Builders, Microsoft, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas | Comments Off