Old Archive for "June, 2008"

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Here you can find links to old content I had on the blog, prior to switching to our group pages. Have fun looking around... some of it is pretty good! If you are looking for the best of the best posts from both the old and new eras, then go to the Articles Page. If you want the newest material, browse the public group (and the google waves associated with it).

Full of Bull: Review

Posted on June 30th, 2008
Written by Richard

A couple weeks ago, I was given a review copy of the new book by Stephen T. McClellan: Full of Bull: Do What Wall Street Does, Not What It Says, To Make Money in the Market. Here is my review:
Much of the text is autobiographical anecdotes about what it’s like to be an analyst. [...]

Monday’s Trading

Posted on June 30th, 2008
Written by Richard

I was investigating ninja coding issues this morning, so I didn’t make any trades. But, I did go back and take a snapshot of another example scalp from what is becoming my favorite hit-and-run setup:

Nice, clean, and (relatively) easy.
Not only am I still working on getting the main eotpro functionality moved over to ninja, [...]

Friday Trading

Posted on June 27th, 2008
Written by Richard

Since I’ve been trading abbreviated days this week, I’ve mainly been using my scalping technique. It’s a simple setup I’ve gone over in the eotpro live room most days lately. I’ve described an early version of the setup in the forums and old blog posts. The only real difference is that I’ve [...]

non-blogger

Posted on June 26th, 2008
Written by Richard

Wow, has it really been 4 days since my last blog entry? Sorry… new gf has the majority of my attention right now. I haven’t stopped trading, by any means… but something has to give and this time it is blogging. I have been in the eotpro live room most [...]

Why I Don’t Trade Stocks Anymore

Posted on June 22nd, 2008
Written by Richard

At least, this is one reason I have always felt more relaxed when trading liquid futures…

This is an extreme example, but you see less drastic versions of it all the time on the volatile stocks. That’s why I say stocks have a bit of a ‘wild west’ feel compared to @ES.
But, I [...]

First Hour’s Signals Thursday

Posted on June 19th, 2008
Written by Richard

Oh yeah! I’m showing my 3/4 pt range bar chart today. Nice clean signals in that first subgraph. Clearly outperforming my “classic” Patty-B-based signals in the second subgraph. The new volume indicator is in the third subgraph.

Nice Blog

Posted on June 18th, 2008
Written by Richard

The author of the S&P 500 Futures Journal blog wrote a comment here a while back, and I’ve been following his blog ever since. I think it’s pretty good. Nice concise review of the day in 15-minute candles, and often an opinion on the likely direction for the next day.
It doesn’t appear [...]

Wednesday Morning Signals

Posted on June 18th, 2008
Written by Richard

Oh yeah, baby… Here’s the first 2 hours of the market, or so, in 2584 share bars. My cool new experimental entry signals were awesome yet again.

That doesn’t mean that they are actually awesome. But I would say every day that passes makes them look more and more promising.
They looked [...]

Happy Monday Morning

Posted on June 16th, 2008
Written by Richard

Am I happy with this morning’s experimental entry signal performance?

Yes. Yes I am :-) Two trades in the first 1.5 hours, and they were pretty darn clean wins.
Hopefully the rest of the day will hold up. I like how it avoided the choppy section in the middle of the chart, [...]

Experimental

Posted on June 14th, 2008
Written by Richard

As I’ve been mentioning… Bill’s Arrows are awesome. But, they are also conservative. And, even if it’s not in their best interests, some people want more action than that. I swear, many beginners would rather lose money trading fast than make money trading slow. Sad but true.
So, I’ve been working [...]

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