Yearly(?) Highs and Lows
Scanning for yearly highs and lows seems to be more complicated than I thought. I’m cross checking 3 sources: QCharts, Trade-Ideas and StockFetcher and I’m getting some different stocks in each of these lists. At first I thought it was my average daily volume settings which is getting calculated differently, but I removed that and […]
LEA Short
The dummy style applied to an NYSE stock which hit the 52 week Low today. There were a few low risk entry points here but as you can see I had to dial it down to 10min instead of 15.
On the short side
Market tone is obviously very bearish today so I’ve taken a couple of shorts. NYSE stocks for a change. I usually trade NASDAQ stocks du jour so focusing on listed issues today seems like moving from jets to turbo prop. Everything is in slow motion from prints to execution but trends and risk control are […]
Woohooo
Just when everyone thought the winter this year was way too short and actually over we got MORE fresh snow! on Mt Ruapehu. Time to plan for another weekend with that white stuff.
Surviving Through Free Fall
Some wacko came up with this “guide” to surviving a free fall if your plane breaks up in mid air. Hilarious.
Much will depend on your attitude. Don’t let negative thinking ruin your descent. If you find yourself dwelling morbidly on your discouraging starting point of seven miles up, think of this: Thirty feet is […]
Tape Reading Techniques
TXTrader found this link to the blog of an ex institutional trader. The blog is not active and just had a couple of posts but the material there is almost priceless. As a newbie to tape reading it was a real eye opener and a glimpse into how institutional traders operate and think and how […]
Active break
I’m on a mini “active break” at the moment. I find that taking a week or so off actual pulling the trigger helps me consolidate what I’ve learned, gives me a new perspective and also more sleeping time. It doesn’t mean I forget about trading and do other stuff, on the contrary. I spend a […]
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