Psychology
[dc]I[/dc] want to write a few words today on intuition. This is a slightly thorny subject, because it is not easy to say what is right and what is wrong; one person's approach to and experience of intuition may be very different than another person'
Psychology
I'll paraphrase a question I received from a reader on the trance portion of my trading course: When I do the trance recordings I get so relaxed that I sometimes fall asleep and remember nothing after the session. Rather than reclining, I've tried sitting in a
General Comments
...the video blog I posted last night has some good information on subjective pattern recognition and trade management, along with some specific comments on the art aspect of trading. It is a bit long for a video blog (thirteen minutes), but I think it significantly extends the discussion.
General Comments
Continuing from yesterday's post, I thought it might be interesting to review some trade setups I posted here this month (here and here, but also this post on the euro is also relevant). The video blog is about thirteen minutes long, but the point is not to review
General Comments
A good reminder that sometimes more information is not the answer. (MartinKronicle) A little out of date (my fault for missing last week's link update), but a point that must be made. Be careful of simple analyses like this, and be very careful when anyone talks to you
General Comments
[dc]M[/dc]uch of my writing here has focused on quantitative tools and ways to look at data. I have called for higher standards and have questioned many of the established tools of technical analysis. I will continue to do that; we're actually going to dive deeper
Market Math
[dc]S[/dc]ometimes, the obvious does need to be said. The S&P 500 cash index touched the big round number 2,000 yesterday. Here we are, in late summer, with very little happening in the world and few economic reports this week, so, of course, the media
General Comments
[dc]I[/dc] distinctly remember my first trades: the months of fevered study and preparation, the excitement of filling out those first brokerage forms, getting the first statements in the mail, and then the overwhelming rush of picking up the phone to put on those first trades. Though I had
Chart of the Day
[dc]R[/dc]elative strength is an important trading concept, and there are a lot of ways to define, monitor, and trade these relationships. Looking at the sector relative strength within the US stock market gives a deeper understanding of money flows and psychological support for a bigger rally. One
General Comments
[dc]I[/dc] have written a lot this week, much of what I wrote calling for critical attention to traditional technical analysis. I thought it might make sense to end the week by stepping back, putting things together, and showing some tools and ideas on charts that do work. So,
General Comments
[dc]M[/dc]y blogging this week turned into a bit more of a stream of consciousness exercise than I'd expected; I needed more words to make fewer points than I'd hoped, and I thank you, faithful reader, for sticking with me for the journey. If
Chart of the Day
Here are a few trading ideas. Some may be immediately executable; some may need to go on a watchlist. In most cases, these are consolidation plays and could be entered on short term breakouts (e.g., breakout of previous day's high, if looking to buy). There's