way too many people shorted or bought puts yesterday if you look at put/call ratios and volatility index. Those are going to be squeezed real hard...
there was some bad programming/trading in the system, but not sure how much we can blame that on the Dow 546 points drop. We need to find out the...
I think the breakout is suspect as it comes with upgrades of semis when we know just last month there were all sorts of issues with AMD and...
Isn't this just contrarian thinking? Seems to me you are simply taking the other side... http://lauristonletter.blogspot.com/
if you have a trading system that works, then you have nothing to worry about. But if you are hoping to work out a system as you go along, then...
Trading without a stop is suicide. Of course the stop should be a reasonable distance from ATR otherwise you are inviting the greedy market makers...
We may eventually get there, but I think we need a little cooling off or time-out here for the bulls to rest and get some energy for the next run....
I say Amen to that! Excellent comments, I can relate to that completely. That is what swing trading is all about. Patience patience patience!...
Bernanke had to deliver positive news. Worldwide markets are very bullish, it is not just a US phenomenon. Too much money lying about with no home...
this momentum since July 2006 will take a big event to derail. I have tried playing the short side recently and it has not worked very well. I am...
I follow the VIX too and at the moment it is really stretched downside from it's 10day moving average which implies a pullback in the markets...
i wish they would have better rules. being able to trade anything under the stock sun is insane. Penny stocks can move like a yoyo, not fair to...
if this market is under distribution, then it is pretty low volume so far and nothing to worry about. We have not even had a "Dow down 100pts"...
T. Boone Pickens, who else? Made more than any other trader/investor/manager etc. last year on crude oil trades. Cool cat...
futures great if you obey your stops with great discipline. lower capital requirements. Stocks great especially if you are using margin and...
I replied to you privately by email, so you can delete your post here if you want. I personally have never had a problem shorting but that is...
Just make sure the uptick was on the bid and not the ask. Is it a very liquid stock? Just name it, it won't matter if people know what it was! A...
i hope the liquidity has/is drying up. even overseas markets are going crazy from China to Brazil and Mexico.
I hope we get a drop here, I've been waiting for 3-4 days for this since last week, been warning about VIX on my blog...
oh yeah, it's becoming a joke now. AMD warns, now NSM, but the semis remain analysts' favorite! Somewhere down the line they'll have to face...
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