Choppy, mixed signals all morning. No trades yet. Hopefully the market will pick a direction in the afternoon. If not, I am happy with my profits this week, and I’ll do research on my charts this weekend.
[afternoon edit: I never made any trades... there was quite a drop at [...]
I cleaned up my charts a little.
[update 1:30 EST I did finally take one small trade. Another choppy broadening wedge kinda day. Will be very careful about trading again]
I thought today was pretty hard trading, especially with Bernanke talking for what seemed like an eternity. But, I ended the day slightly in the green, so I won’t complain.
It’s been great to contribute to Move the Markets over the last year or so. I appreciate Richard allowing me to contribute. Without that, nobody ever would have read anything I had to say. Richard’s built-in readership base was just what I needed. I hope that I have brought something good [...]
I only traded the first hour today. Made one trade for one win. The rest of my day will be fun and relaxing. I hope yours is, as well.
A number of things about the blog have been bugging me lately. When I do something for free, it’s not allowed to bug me. So, changes. Get ready!
The biggest annoyances are:
About 1/2 of the non-spam comments are “you suck” comments. Not even “here’s why you suck,” but just your simple [...]
Well, not apart from these:
In this corner, we have S&P (”Sluts and Pimps”) reaffirming the AAA ratings on the monolines:
S&P Affirms MBIA, Ambac
Since the beleaguered bond insurance industry was thrust to the foreground of the credit crisis, MBIA has sold $1.6 billion of stock and $1 billion in bonds, fortifying a $17 billion cushion the [...]
Today’s video. Enjoy! I hope it doesn’t hypnotize you…
I was… I don’t know. In this life, it turns out I am hard to hypnotize. Or, at least I think I am. Actually, I am not sure…
(recall that on Friday I announced I would be hypnotized over the weekend and taken through past-life regression)
The Pre-Show
So, I get there early so I [...]
Dinosaur Trader: Study Your Trades
I went through each of my trades on Friday. Here’s what I learned.
(tags: trading)