I prefer to use videos I can embed here, but I came across two non-embeddable videos that I enjoyed this week. Even worse than not having an embed option, is having to register at their sites, and put up with their spiel trying to sell you additional services. For things like this, I personally love the spam.la service. Whenever you have to give a site an email address, just pick any name you want ‘@spam.la’. Then, go to the spam.la site and look for the email. All mail that is sent to any spam.la address is readable right there. No logging in. Very simple!
On to the videos….
First, a a talk by Linda Raschke about technical analysis that I really enjoyed. It veers off quite a bit into random trading wisdom and stories. The site seems to say they will only offer the video for another 71 hours, but who knows… It’s kinda like when oscar says there are only a few VIP seats available at his service, but he doesn’t say how many that is, or how many are actually left… sounds like marketing BS to me. (and while I’m at it, doesn’t it turn anyone off that there are no screenshots of their platform, or mention of things like commissions and fees, and whenever anyone asks about it they say to call oscar on the phone?)
She looks quite a bit better in the video than she does in the photo on the registration page. If I were her I would seriously update that pic.
Second, (via picture windows) I found a set of flash videos on tape reading. It’s really not the same thing I think of when I say I’m “tape reading.” They seem to mainly watch for larger prints, and note whether they are on the bid or ask. I think there are bid/ask volume indicators that would sum up this information for them rather nicely, unless I am missing something. But, they also pay attention to the trade rate a bit, which I also consider very important. They also happen to be selling into a breakout, which is something I’m trying to get into more (and, honestly, getting myself slaughtered one loss at a time so far… I’m like 1 for 5 trying that… but I am sure I will get the hang of it!)
