Archive for April, 2011

  • More Than One Outcome from a Divergence
    Posted by on April 29th, 2011 at 8:09 am, Comments: 0

    I’ve mentioned this week how wide the performance gap has been between what I call Leaders vs. the S&P 500.  In most cases, this results [...]

  • Today Means Everything, Today Means Nothing
    Posted by on April 27th, 2011 at 8:52 am, Comments: 0

    A trap in which I’ve fallen over the years is placing too much emphasis on every day of stock action, every hour, every minute.  Where [...]

  • Break Out the Weekly Charts!
    Posted by on April 22nd, 2011 at 8:20 am, Comments: 0

    After 8 weeks of chop and halfway through earnings season, we’re nearing the point where weekly charts make more sense than daily.  It hasn’t felt [...]

  • Trading Lesson From the Links
    Posted by on April 17th, 2011 at 5:14 pm, Comments: 0

    I realize the blogosphere has no need for another “trading as a sport” post.  But fresh off my annual Myrtle Beach golf trip, I’m writing [...]

  • A New Picture Emerging
    Posted by on April 13th, 2011 at 3:47 pm, Comments: 0

    We’re in the same price range as yesterday, with the same disappointment towards the inability for $SPY to hold a bounce.  But my stats show [...]

  • Can I Lose On Purpose?
    Posted by on April 9th, 2011 at 3:37 pm, Comments: 0

    In responding to a great piece from Ivanhoff on using intuition, I went looking for an article by Michael Mauboussin discussing the role of intuition. [...]

  • Leaders Want a Break
    Posted by on April 6th, 2011 at 10:34 am, Comments: 0

    No alarm bell to sound, but prudent risk management says watch the leaders.  If they stop leading, it is a sign of change.  Well, in [...]

  • Arbing Our Time Away
    Posted by on April 6th, 2011 at 7:32 am, Comments: 0

    We know each transaction matches a buyer and seller.  Do each of these parties really view the current price so much differently that they’re willing [...]

  • Seven P’s From a Day of Education
    Posted by on April 2nd, 2011 at 7:23 am, Comments: 0

    Wow, February and March got away from me…two months later and I’m finally writing a summary from the awesome day of education hosted by the [...]