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My view of the markets is that they are reasonably effiecient [most of the time] and that they move on news. News will change the preceived risk,...
Sorry guys the post was tongue in cheek.
1. Jobs sucked 2. Retail sales down 3. Oil up 4. Salle Mae under admin [maybe] 5. AIG missed the mark by a mile. If we close up today I'm...
Corey Works for me, why did you chose 10 periods? Cheers
Futures "usually" over react to news and usually "revert" once the market starts trading. However,, tomorrow we have job numbers out as the...
Coolweb Nice thread. Are you advocating using the indicies to protect against market risk while you are long or short in individual stocks?...
I agree try trading the futures out of hours and it is even easier. If you don't get too greedy. I've made 18.5pts over the last 8 days [didnt...
Supply and demand is a hard one for stocks as it doesn't follow normal supply and demand curves. Usually as the price goods and services...
Currencies trade in pairs, USD won't drop if the ROW is stuffed as well.
My 2c Man you guys are great, I'm up a pitiful 20% since April, but I know a few traders who are way down or have been wiped out. I only...
Sorry Beaker I meant trading will get back to normal. Bear raids, markets going both up and down in the same day. I don't really have a bias...
Beaker You're a bit harsh, the SEC are trying to prevent bear raids on vulnerable financial stocks to allow them to recapitalise. This is...
Good post OP. Very thought provoking. I think I am starting to get it. 1. The only difference I can see between investing and trading is...
By blending investing and trading I guess the OP means that if the trade goes in your direction its a trade and if it goes the other way you've...
Please correct me if I am wrong but my understanding of technical levels are: 1. A level that with the benefit of hindsight accurately...
Price action was pretty bearish today, it looked like a bit of profit taking with no bounce. Without the shorts I expect the next decline for...
I've been using a similar strategy ie scaling in to a position. I close out if i gets to my maximum acceptable risk level ie loss level. I...
Thanks for the info Port. Don't stress over the ET politics. I agree that what we do is just another form of gambling. You just need to...
Port Nice trade with a good result. Did you have a plan B or exit strategy if it all turned sour? IF so what was it if not why not....
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