My Top 24 for 2004
I thought I’d join in on APennyFor’s Best of 2004 Bandwagon Project. These aren’t necessarily my best posts of the year, but just ones that stood out to me as I went through my archives. This list may be especially useful for those of you who are relatively new to this site. So here they are in almost chronological order (ok, I cheated and put 26 on the list but who’s counting?):
- IDSA is of the Chain… and I Missed It - This IDSA run is what got me to take a hard look at MaoXian’s Trading for Dummies lessons.
- What’s a Stock Worth? - Mark Cuban talks about a stock’s true value.
- Another Look at Multiple Moving Averages - One of my favorite indicators.
- Let’s Review - A walk-through of how I read and traded the May bottom. This should give you a good feel for what I do and how I do it.
- Trading 101: Expectancy - One of my favorite topics.
- Trading 101 - Trading for Dummies - The title says it all.
- Trading 101: Moving Averages - A primer on moving averages.
- The Dangers of Thinly Traded Stocks - I hate thinly traded stocks!!!!
- Success Leaves Clues - Wisdom from some great traders.
- Free Positions! - A portion of my money management techniques.
- My Virtual Trading Room - A chat transcript which gives some insight into what I do all day. Exciting stuff!

- Tips on Reading Weblogs and More Efficient Web Surfing - Some tools to use to enhance your web surfing.
- Try Mozilla FireFox - One of my continuing attempt to get the world to switch to FireFox and/or away from Internet Explorer.
- Increasing Your Blog’s Readership - For the bloggers out there.
- Trading 101: Recommended Reading - ‘Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques’ - Love those candles!
- Short Selling is American - My diatribe on short selling.
- Expect the Unexpected - I’ve still got to pick up Nassim Taleb’s book.
- What To Do When a Stock You Own Gaps Up - Gaps are the bane of my existence.

- This is Why I Don’t Hold Stocks Through Earnings Reports - Seemingly every quarter PLMO is a great example of post-earnings madness.
- I Can Find the Stocks, I Just Can’t Hold the Stocks - Sometimes you can be right there and still not make money!
- Mr. Swing on Money Management - Some good money management articles.
- Ninety Percent of Trading is Half Mental - A reading list to help get your mind right.
- The ChartMan Unleashed - Some essential reading from Gary B. Smith, aka The Chartman.
- The (Very) Basics of Short Selling - A primer on shorting.
- A Question About Indicators - A bit about the indicators I use.
- Why I Don’t Hedge - This surprised me by quickly becoming my most commented post.
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This post has 3 comments
December 29th, 2004
Mike
This list includes posts that I found very helpful
this year and I am busy following links to the rest.
Overall an impressive collection which I am sure to
follow up on before it disappears.
Thanks again
Monte’
December 30th, 2004
Mike,
Thanks for compiling this list of your most notable blog entries. I spent a good deal of time reading through them and talked a little about about my favorite two on my trading blog here: http://fickletrader.blogspot.com/2004/12/some-good-reading.html.
-Jon
December 30th, 2004
Thanks guys. I’m glad you found it useful. And thanks for the link Jon.