Archive for March, 2011

  • Emotions as Numbers
    Posted by on March 29th, 2011 at 7:29 am, Comments: 0

    While commenting on this post from Asymmetricity, I thought “who the heck am I to spew advice on his trade?”.  Then I thought, “this is something [...]

  • Resolving Timeframe Conflict
    Posted by on March 25th, 2011 at 11:14 am, Comments: 0

    “Live in the now, man!” Garth Algar Writing helps me work through the endless supply of information and crystallize it into ideas more likely to [...]

  • Timeframes Colliding
    Posted by on March 22nd, 2011 at 10:41 am, Comments: 0

    After starting last week controlling risk and ending the week embracing it, I’ve been mostly inactive since exiting remaining trading longs Friday morning.  I had [...]

  • Price Clues I’m Watching
    Posted by on March 18th, 2011 at 7:21 am, Comments: 0

    Analyzing price requires more than just knowing the direction and distance traveled; an analysis of how we got there is just as important.  Following are [...]

  • Tactical Adjustments
    Posted by on March 16th, 2011 at 11:23 am, Comments: 0

    Whether one is a bull or bear, it is obvious the market has changed.  Some of these changes are personal(selection and bias), but some are [...]

  • Looking for a Signpost in the Fog
    Posted by on March 14th, 2011 at 7:35 am, Comments: 0

    “Give me a one-handed economist.  All my economists say on the one hand…on the other.” Harry S. Truman I think ol’ Harry would escort me [...]

  • Charting Charlie Sees His Shadow
    Posted by on March 10th, 2011 at 8:18 am, Comments: 0

    So the compression of energy from consecutive inside days results in an overnight gap through yesterday’s lows.  Game over, breakdown ahead right?  In the words [...]

  • Built-In Portfolio Protection
    Posted by on March 8th, 2011 at 8:09 am, Comments: 0

    We continue to experience chop after months of a steady trend higher.  Day to day movement is higher, actual progress lower.  Without relying on prediction, [...]

  • What Asset Allocation Means to Me
    Posted by on March 6th, 2011 at 3:44 pm, Comments: 0

    I’m glad to see some great coverage of asset allocation, as it is a concept offering so much to investors but under assault in recent [...]

  • One Way to Use News Flow
    Posted by on March 4th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

    I’m not an economist or analyst, but am capable of understanding the intersection of news and price behavior.  My best trades come from a mix [...]