RJ: the asker of great questions, asked: Hi Ken, Do you have anything written on a weekend review process for a trading journal and trade chart markups? Double loop learning requires review of work but I don’t have a well-defined process for weekend reviews. I searched the chatroom and your essays but either didn’t use […]
Category: design
the engineering approach to problem solving
The hybrid approach you referred to I think reflects the sense of the sociotechnical process. I can’t imagine why people and organizations would not intentionally adopt that as the default position when considering organizational issues, and yet I see people polarizing around either or approach all time in my organization. It seems to me that […]
MG Fuller: over/under was 1
I won the office pool on when MG Fuller would lose his job. The over under was 1 day. I picked under. He knew precisely what the consequences would be. Such are the consequences of telling the unvarnished truth in public
The 4 part learning journal
My dissertation research involving planning and managing a network of related Participatory Action Research projects. For most of these I was doing theoretical, methodological and practitioner literature reviews and background readings to supplement the group actions. At the same time I was maintaining an individual learning journal to record my reflections on the research processes […]
Forced cuts and Congressional politics
Given the political climate in DC and the cynical, self-serving behavior of both parties which is the predictable downside of an entrenched 2 party system, the following scenario really concerns me: I dont think the Republicans in Congress want to win the Presidential election in 2012, since they know the economy isnt going to heal […]
Tiny little motors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14763223 some real cutting edge nanotech application here: electric motors in a single molecule. The potential for health care is extraordinary
Daily trading plan review June 19, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5XCpDAc72kemphasis on defensive sectors; introduces the concept of “Frog” trading targets
weekend strategy report, June 04, n2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is neutral on a short term basis Equities remained sideways all week, with volatility increasingly slightly Rebalancingproject: Monthly rebalancing : next re-evaluation on/about 1 June 331 is holding IYR, EEM, TLT 631 is holding IYR, MDY, IWM Quarterly rebalancing: next re-evaluation on/about 1 July. 333 is holding DIA, MDY, IWM; […]
Important insights from one of our workshop participants this week: a ton of good learning inside these ideas Our initial stop placement reflects the information available when our trade is initiated. Any price action after the trade provides additional information and can be used to update the stop placement. An example is the use of […]
1st hour statistics for high of the day & low of the day
some analysis in our chatroom today examined hundreds of symbols (ETFs and large cap stocks) that make their high of the day or low of the day in the first hour of trading. To our surprise there are a considerable number who’s probability of an early high or low of the day is greater than […]