A continuation pattern requires a “successful” previous trade. Each of the original patterns: WO, TS, 5DD, maxpain: all are probabalistic hypotheses; we ventured into the trade on the possibility it may reward our risk; The success of the first pattern gives us reason to believe (in the form of evidence!) that the target is moving in our […]
Month: June 2010
Diagnosing and alleviating stress in the workplace: theory and practice
Image via Wikipedia Organizations are becoming more aware of the relationship between employee wellness and proactivity, with one estimate suggesting job stress costs US businesses over 300 billion annually. The response has been a rise of OD interventions such as fitness, wellness and stress management programs whose goals include individual well-being or wellness. Health is […]
Major demographic trends and implications for organizational development/design
Image via Wikipedia One trend is a growing recognition that diversity means more than simply cultural or racial differences; there’s recognition of this definition is too narrow. Diversity comes about from people with different resources, perspectives, and needs, preferences, expectations and lifestyles in addition to their cultural and racial makeup. Another trend is the serious […]
The motivational approach to work design.
Image via Wikipedia Work design is concerned with creating jobs and workgroups to generate high levels of employee fulfillment and productivity. It can be a standalone change program or part of a larger program. Three approaches to work design include: the engineering approach which focuses on efficiency and simplification; sociotechnical approach, which balances the social and […]
Traders Roundtable: the fifth P of successful trading is Performance
A lot of beginning traders are under the mistaken assumption that if they have a back tested system, good preparation, and a relaxed state of mind that they have an almost certainty of being successful. If only it were that easy. All the preparation and the world does not guarantee effective performance. We still have […]
Obama and competence
Image via Wikipedia Conservatives are as nutty over Obama as liberals were over Bush I agree with everything #38 posted except for the evil part. He’s evil, as evil as Stalin or Hitler or Pol Pot. as evil as Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot?! really? the greatest mass murderers in history? for one thing, he […]