Image via Wikipedia Highlights from Mintzberg ‘s The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Ch 1: planning and strategy. Mintzberg offers definitions in this chapter. He asks “Is strategy making simply a process of planning or is it simply an oxymoron? Should strategy always be planned, never be planned or sometimes be planned? What’s the […]
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1.8T in cash on the sidelines in corporate coffers
Why is this a jobless recovery? a recovery?! ha! Still, Fareed Zakaria offers some damning insights. This really shouldn’t take you by surprise One CEO told me, “Almost every agency we deal with has announced some expansion of its authority, which naturally makes me concerned about what’s in store for us for the future.” Another […]
Estimating reasonable profit targets for swing trades
Describing sector rotation
appreciating intermediate term trends
examining the use of the slope of the 30 day regression line for understanding intermediate term trends in context
Swingtrading indices with pair trading
we know intuitively, anecdotally, that the indices of the world market move in and out of favor with SPY we know definitively that the degree of correlation varies based on market condition, and can change pretty quickly too this study looks at what happens if you had a pair trade between each of the main indices […]
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 […]
Should I have a long or short bias at this moment?
Image via Wikipedia There were two duelling hypotheses at work today in the market, looking at symbol: in SPY, the exchanged traded fund for the US S&P 500 index. Price had gone back and forth between buyers and sellers, bulls and bears.. Was the high of the day seen at 110.8 and /or was the […]
Education advice for new traders
Image via Wikipedia Learning to survive in the world of daytrading and swing trading is no small undertaking. If it were easy, everyone could do it. The ocean of trading is filled with sharks who are looking to gobble up easy marks. You want to make sure that you’re not an easy catch for them. […]
Risk management for new traders
Image via Wikipedia Daytrading seminars, trading books, television commentators and radio advertisements are filled with promises of easy money in the stock market. With just a little bit effort and a fistful of dollars, you too can be enjoying the lifestyle of the rich and famous. We know in our hearts that this is not […]