Archive for December, 2010

  • 2011 Goals
    Posted by on December 31st, 2010 at 8:22 am, Comments: 0

    Besides the usual “eat better”, “make more time for family”, “get more organized” resolutions that we all promise each year,  I have but 2 goals. [...]

  • 3 Questions to Ask in Finding Your Timeframe
    Posted by on December 29th, 2010 at 8:30 am, Comments: 0

    After sharing my thoughts for the past year, the parallels between writing and trading have become clear.  I do this to provoke thought in myself [...]

  • Not Time to "Prevent" Opportunity
    Posted by on December 23rd, 2010 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

    This week, in particular, it feels like that last 30 seconds before halftime of a football game.  One team(the bulls, in this case) has established [...]

  • Avoiding Dead Money
    Posted by on December 17th, 2010 at 8:34 am, Comments: 0

    “You can’t start a fire without a spark.” Bruce Springsteen Surely one could dig through the archives of The Boss and find other lines that [...]

  • Accepting Market Changes
    Posted by on December 15th, 2010 at 8:24 am, Comments: 0

    I see 6 higher opens and higher closes, and my default reaction is that it makes no sense and it needs to be faded.  Does [...]

  • Bizarro Market
    Posted by on December 10th, 2010 at 8:18 am, Comments: 0

    My list of 21 day highs includes banks of all shapes and sizes, while 21 day lows includes BRIC faves like $BBD, $MBT, $IBN, even [...]

  • Options for Managing Risk
    Posted by on December 3rd, 2010 at 8:16 am, Comments: 0

    “If I sold that stock now, I’d lose my position; and then where would I be?” Old Man Partridge Fans of Jesse Livermore probably have [...]

  • When Macro Trumps Micro
    Posted by on December 1st, 2010 at 11:46 am, Comments: 0

    Today is a perfect example of why I split my daily prep into 2 distinct periods.  I review individual stocks and my breadth numbers at [...]