var digesttext = "New Highs For The Year But Market Breadth Stinks (Nov 18, 2009 13:34)
Right now however, the 20 day average of Nasdaq’s daily advancing and declining issues is acting the way it would at intermediate lows - even though we’ve well into an uptrend
The 40-30-30 Rule: Why Risk Is Worth It (Nov 18, 2009 13:19)
Framing the Day: Observations on Stock Market Behavior (Nov 18, 2009 13:17)
This blog is intended to share information on various characteristics of the stock market, in particular trying the frame the day – general likelihood of achieving certain price points.
What A Strong Early Tick Has Meant In The Past | Quantifiable Edges (Nov 18, 2009 13:16)
Nearly 2/3 of the time the market has managed to follow through with more gains from 10am until the close.
Managing Your Energy as a Trader | TraderFeed (Nov 18, 2009 13:14)
Psychologically, we can be like the drafty house with cracks in the windows. We leak energy and lose efficiency.
Intelligence Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth | The Psy-Fi Blog (Nov 18, 2009 13:08)
Bernanke’s Economic Forecasting Record | YouTube (Nov 18, 2009 13:01)
Bernanke: Why are we still listening to this guy?
When Is There No Opportunity for Your Trading? (Nov 12, 2009 20:08)
Find Turning Points With Single-Day Patterns (Nov 12, 2009 19:21)
On their own, single-day patterns can be unreliable, but that doesn't mean they can't be used effectively.
The Difference Between Logarithmic and Arithmetic Trendlines | Afraid to Trade.com Blog (Nov 9, 2009 00:53)
Volume Trends Reverse; H&S Patterns Emerge | StockCharts Blogs - ChartWatchers (Nov 9, 2009 00:52)
Market is Strong, but Correction Should Continue | StockCharts Blogs - ChartWatchers (Nov 9, 2009 00:51)
Based solely upon the rising trend line violation, I am assuming that the market is in a corrective phase that will last for several weeks; however, a declining trend has not yet been established, and..
Going Off Tilt: How to Manage Trading Frustration | Video by Dr. Brett Steenbarger (11/01/09) (Nov 9, 2009 00:18)
A Look at Weakness Among New 20-Day Highs and Lows | TraderFeed (Nov 8, 2009 23:54)
I will be watching closely early this week to see if the market bounce from recent lows can broaden. If not, I will be viewing that bounce as part of an longer-term topping process that goes back to m..
Reading the Tape: Trading the Open (Video) | Wall St. Cheat Sheet (Nov 8, 2009 23:52)
This week Gilbert “Gman” Mendez — Head Trader at SMB Capital — offers instruction on trading the open
Eliminating Bias in Trading | TraderFeed (Nov 8, 2009 23:51)
No one--myself most included!--can eliminate bias altogether. The key is staying as grounded in markets as possible: listening to them, rather than talking at them.
Who Needs Workers Anyhow? | EconomPic (Nov 8, 2009 23:49)
The huge increase in productivity explains why the U.S. economy could grow at a 3.5% annual rate in the third quarter even as jobs were being lost at a rapid pace.
Wilbur Ross Sees ‘Huge’ Commercial Real Estate Crash - Bloomberg.com (Nov 1, 2009 22:47)
All of the components of real estate value are going in the wrong direction simultaneously
Understanding Market Volatility | A Dash of Insight (Nov 1, 2009 22:30)
Investors and traders alike need to understand market volatility. Many market observers use volatility as a euphemism for price declines. This is completely wrong...
Extreme Weakness Never Before Seen by the McClellan Oscillator (Oct 30, 2009 18:50)
If You\'re Fighting a Trend, You\'re Defending Your View | TraderFeed (Oct 30, 2009 18:48)
One of the most common problems I see among intraday traders is that they end the day flat in their positioning, but not flat mentally. That is, they have no overnight risk, but they have a strong dir..
Ten Characteristics I See Among Successful Traders | TraderFeed (Oct 28, 2009 19:19)
There's no one formula for trading success, but there are a few common denominators that I've tracked in my years of working with traders:
Keeping Grounded as a Trader: How to Avoid Going on Tilt | TraderFeed (Oct 28, 2009 19:15)
For a successful trader, a trade is like a single pitch to a hitter. It is one part of one at bat, which is part of one inning, which is part of one game.
How The iPhone Is Blowing Everyone Else Away (In Charts) (Oct 22, 2009 14:28)
some interesting stats
What Are The Odds Of Scoring A Winning Trade? (Oct 12, 2009 14:52)
Just because you're on a winning streak, doesn't mean you're a skilled trader. Find out why.
TraderFeed: Habitual Contrarian Traders: Being Right vs. Being Profitable (Oct 8, 2009 13:15)
Instead of identifying what the market *is* doing and following that, habitual contrarians try to anticipate the *next* move. Interestingly, that next move is generally something different than the ma..
A Few Notes on Intraday Stock Screening | TraderFeed (Oct 1, 2009 12:03)
The Limitations of Mechanical Trading Systems| TraderFeed (Sep 28, 2009 12:41)
Getting Rewarded for Doing the Wrong Stuff | SMB Capital (Sep 23, 2009 12:41)
Good discussion of risk/reward ratios, scalping, position sizing and counter-trend trading
Buchheit on Google, Friendfeed, and Start-ups | EconTalk (Sep 22, 2009 18:57)
An interesting and wide-ranging (very little economics) discussion with the creator of GMail and FriendFeed (which just got acquired by Facebook)
In Search of Consistency | SMB Capital (Sep 22, 2009 14:54)
Here is a list of things that young traders should do daily to ensure they hit that 80% profitability threshold on a monthly basis:
Your Job is Not to Make Money | SMB Capital (Sep 22, 2009 14:50)
Your goal for the trading day should be to learn while improving and expanding your trading playbook and contemporaneously trading in the zone for at least 5 1/2 hours.
The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine (Aug 31, 2009 01:34)
We now favor flexibility over high fidelity, convenience over features, quick and dirty over slow and polished. Having it here and now is more important than having it perfect.
After a 30-Year Run, Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Wall - NYTimes.com (Aug 21, 2009 12:23)
Google\'s Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash (Jul 14, 2009 14:04)
This is the point when the difference between their internal conception of the company starts to diverge just a bit too far from the public perception of the company, and even starts to diverge from r..
True unemployment rate already at 20% - Top Stocks Blog - MSN Money (Jul 8, 2009 14:03)
The Blogosphere 2.0 (Jul 6, 2009 01:20)
Bloggers have undermined the blogosphere. Bloggers do not link to each other as much as they used to. (So very true!)
Another wave of foreclosures is poised to strike - Los Angeles Times (Jul 6, 2009 00:24)
Mortgage defaults have surged to record levels amid rising unemployment and falling home prices. Lenders are expected to move quickly to clear up backlogs as moratoriums on foreclosures expire.
The recession tracks the Great Depression | FT.com (Jun 19, 2009 13:38)
Green shoots are bursting out. Or so we are told. But before concluding that the recession will soon be over, we must ask what history tells us.
Median home prices drop below 1989 levels in some parts of Southland - Los Angeles Times (Jun 10, 2009 11:31)
In April, a home sold for $66,500. That's just over half the $130,000 it went for new in 1992. In 2005, that house sold for $330,000.
When the Thrill of Blogging Is Gone ... - NYTimes.com (Jun 9, 2009 13:56)
I'm sure that just about every blogger can relate to this
Are Banks Getting Ready To Flood The Market With Houses? (Jun 6, 2009 13:10)
Unemployment Data - Exhaustion Rate (Jun 6, 2009 13:02)
Don't be fooled if and when continuing claims numbers begin to ebb - it's likely a numerical manifestation of exhaustion of unemployment benefits
Boom Times Are Back -- Just not here in the United States (Jun 1, 2009 15:13)
there is a new world out there—China, India, Indonesia, Brazil—in which economic growth continues to power ahead, in which governments are not buried under a mountain of debt and in which citizens rem..
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