Forgot to finish the fish story: the fish died. I'm not kidding, this is a real experiment. Moral: don't let this happen to you, there are many...
I realized that some of you may have thought all this talk of beliefs have gotten us off track. Not to worry, heres more on hypnosis and beliefs....
I think the most destructive beliefs are those you don't even realize you have, so you've got to be honest and open with yourself in investigating...
It seems to me that intuition is the common link among truly great traders (or for that matter any skill). I think there are two kinds of...
I wonder what "bag holders" Barrons was speaking of. If you were long, you wouldn't be left holding the bag, and if you weren't, you might be...
If (and that's a big if in this environment) SSF's take off, you can bet your bootie that the uptick rule will go away. The stock market boys will...
Race car driver and jazz club owner, and oh yeah, prime minister of some 3rd world country
Appreciate the response. That's great as far as it goes. But when I'm trading an opening gap on a 30 sec. low looking at 1 and 5 minutes charts,...
In this case, the daily is correct (I compared to some website quotes and to Realtick), it's the intraday chart that was off. I looked at SPY,...
nkhoi, no challenge taken, just wasn't sure what you meant. Yes, besides my own changes I personally know several people who have applied this...
I feel extraordinarily foolish, after having said good things about qcharts, and then noticed something very disturbing today. I was discussing...
nkhoi, not sure if I understand your question. If your asking whether or not there is any, shall we say, scientific evidence to support this:...
Oh oh, AAA caught me again with a potential semantic problem, :) Example:ESRX and naz futures on 5 minute chart from 10am until 11am on...
I've always thought of a pivot high as a bar with at least two lower highs to each side, reverse for a pivot low. Am I missing something? Is there...
ramuk, thanks for the kind comments, just trying to give something back now that I'm on my way. chicago, couldn't agree more. I don't think...
AAA, I'd say you hit it on the nose. Two people with seemingly identical beliefs can produce wildly different results due to interpretation,...
Andy, the golf analogy as well as your other observations are right on. AAA, I would respectfully dispute that trading is about p&l. I believe...
ramut, as far as I know there is only one generally followed pc ratio put out by CBOE. I believe they also have one base on dollars instead of...
AAA, let me try and give you an example based on the idea about no such thing as a bad outcome. More specifically, what is meant is that in...
I use TICK, TRIN, p/c ratio and of course watch the futures. For end of day, I look at VIX, VXN, a moving average of p/c ration and a moving...
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