• Psychological Leverage for Traders
    Posted by on January 14th, 2012 at 8:33 am, Comments: 0

    “Solving the eternal puzzle of markets depends entirely on your ability to fluidly wield the sword of numbers as a language and not as a [...]

  • For Those About to Read
    Posted by on January 8th, 2012 at 9:37 pm, Comments: 0

    I’m a consumer of linkfests, not a producer, as I fully trust Abnormal Returns and The Kirk Report to find anything I possibly need to read [...]

  • Simplest Trading Change Ever
    Posted by on December 31st, 2011 at 9:11 am, Comments: 0

    I did something radical this week. My week was planned for study vs. trading anyway, so why not use the time for a crazy experiment? [...]

  • Ramblings of a Dad and Tape Reader
    Posted by on December 23rd, 2011 at 12:43 pm, Comments: 0

    Every year, I tell myself the final week of the year will be reserved for deep study and methodology cleanup. Then as the days run [...]

  • Can We Bust This Range Already?!
    Posted by on December 14th, 2011 at 3:38 pm, Comments: 0

    So we have an $SPX range of 1215-1265 built on top of a range of 1190-1265 built on top of a range of 1100-1300.  The [...]

  • The Intersection of Patterns and Trends
    Posted by on December 10th, 2011 at 9:24 am, Comments: 0

    “The big profits are made in the runs between accumulation and distribution”   W.D. Gann via Daniel Chesler I have found few indisputable truths about markets. [...]

  • Earnings Day in Brussels
    Posted by on December 9th, 2011 at 8:14 am, Comments: 0

    What’s great about this EU Summit is it’s like an earnings event but on a macro scale.  Earnings come only once a quarter, and the [...]

  • Measuring Regret
    Posted by on December 1st, 2011 at 11:55 am, Comments: 0

    “Winning is going to tap into the avoidance of anticipated regret.”  Denise Shull Before going any further, read this great post on regret by Robert Sinn, citing [...]

  • Action Items for Next Week
    Posted by on November 25th, 2011 at 12:12 pm, Comments: 0

    “If you’re going to panic, panic first”  Some non-bankrupt trader No grand strategy breakthrough here, but I always help myself by writing out the issues [...]