Market in Bull Normal; Market is Oversold on a short term basis Equities sold off this week, with volatility increasing slightly Blended monthly rebalancing, current holdings: 26 ETF portfolio: FXF, IYR, IEV 13 ETF portfolio: IYR, DIA, EFA next re-evaluation on/about 1 Aug ETF2 notes: no change, adjust stops Theoretical exposure is recommended at 50%; […]
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Weekend report review, exec summary for Jul 09, 2011
Market in Bull Normal; Market is Overbought on a short term basis Equities maintained the gains this week, with volatility declining slightly inspite of weak employment numbers Blended monthly rebalancing, current holdings: 26 ETF portfolio: FXF, IYR, IEV 13 ETF portfolio: IYR, DIA, EFA next re-evaluation on/about 1 Aug ETF2 notes: no change, adjust stops […]
Tradestation system bundles ready to go
The TradeStation Bundle2 is just about finished; I was proofing the code and appearance today and in the words of Bill Brower, Tradestation programming wizard: “This is very cool” The “Alphastat” which uses linear regression lines and statistics to define trends, can be applied to any number of symbols in order to find those symbols, […]
Reflective learning in the markets
daily reports attached and some case studies that continue our development of the WMB entry technique (Williams%R, MACD-H, Breakout on candles) (Will Make Bank) Silver rewarded us by holding overnight on a large gap up, and we squeezed another 4-6R out of it, depending on how exits were managed. We saw the relative strength in the […]
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 […]
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 […]