Archive for the 'Technical Analysis' Category
Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudI am always a student of market theory which is dynamic and highly behavioral due to present micro-structure of US markets and the behavior of algorithms, some of which are predatory, others passive, and others just gathering intelligence by searching for natural size. When volatility and correlations spike, you [...]
January 13th, 2011 | Posted in Behavioral Finance, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, global macro, Google, Hedge Funds, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Politics, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | Comments Off
Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudDid 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 [...]
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
Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudIf 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 [...]
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
Free 10GB Photo Storage in the CloudA bunch of friends whined about my posts being infrequent lately (because there’s nothing to talk about, nor observations to insult your intelligence with other than how the weather in NY and frigid markets in 2011 are somehow linked, as some “live” retail research shops have written). Or my [...]
January 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, China Stocks, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, global macro, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis | Comments Off
There is a noticeable positive seasonal bias surrounding the Christmas holiday and this will keep stocks elevated and maybe even convince some end of year bonuses to go into the market via the mainstream mutual funds. So expect the Nas 100 to move higher in anticipation of a hard and fast sell-off on the 2nd [...]
December 27th, 2010 | Posted in Bearish Looks, China Stocks, Commodities, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas | Comments Off
It’s not free running a free blog, much less something like a Proprietary Trading site based on Global Macro financial research. Every reader knows that they get something out of the site and for each reader it’s unique. Some like the geo-political twists, some purview based on Quantitative Global financial research. While most of you [...]
November 20th, 2010 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Art, Bearish Looks, Behavioral Finance, Biotech, China Stocks, Commodities, Contribute, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Ethanol, Financial Sector, Geo Political Re-posts, global macro, Google, Hedge Funds, Home Builders, Journal Entry, Market Neutral, Metals & Mining, Microsoft, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Semiconductors, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Tech Stocks, Technical Analysis, Technology, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Yahoo! | Comments Off
A couple months ago, I wrote about this one trading magazine written and printed in Australia which sends a “this is your last issue warning” with every delivery, but the magazine continues to come regardless. I mentioned I was curiously attracted to articles about the late WD Gann for “reasons I can’t get into” and my [...]
November 8th, 2010 | Posted in Algorithm Development, Behavioral Finance, Commodities, Discretionary Traders, Economy, Hedge Funds, Politics, Proprietary Trading, Technical Analysis | Comments Off