“Nobody makes money in a true bear market, not even the bears“ | The action this week got me thinking that I need to write a Duru-like missive on shorting. But since I don’t have a Ph.D you’ll just have to suffer through the following rant which I’ll try to keep relatively short. Yesterday Howard [...]
Posted by 6 September 2006
R (R-Multiples) Defined
Posted by 29 October 2005
My Trading Objectives
I was asked the following via an email: I was just curious if you could share with us your trading objectives. Do you just let your winners run and protect your losses or do you consistently make small gains? I basically try to perform a balancing act between several trading rules/axioms. I’ve listed four axioms [...]
Posted by 29 August 2005
On Trading Journals
Last week the following question was asked of me about trading journals: This expectancy stuff is very intriguing. I plan to take advantage of that concept immediately. I have been keeping a log of every trade I have done, but I have not kept track of what I now wish I had (overall market sentiment, [...]
Posted by 20 August 2005
Thoughts on Day Trading
2011 Update: You may also be interested in my article, Tools of the Trade, detailing how I trade as well as my hardware and software setup. 2010 Update – I (Mike) now trade exclusively with MB Trading. I suggest using stock brokers comparison site StockBrokers.com to compare the best day trading brokers. I’ve been exclusively [...]