Good Morning Traders, And Happy New Year! Some interesting things happening this morning: First of all, realize that volatility cratered in the last weeks of 2010, but this is nothing out of the ordinary. The circled area above shows our indicator that looks at each day’s price change as a standard deviation of the last 20 days. As you can … Read More
My List: Some Ideas for Finding Tradable Edges
A wrap up to the series on randomness in markets, with some practical trading advice.
Randomness revisited: random levels?
Another look at randomness in markets… this time looking at random S/R levels drawn on real price charts.
Traders ask: VWAP?
A brief look at VWAP: what it is, how to calculate it, and some ideas for how you might use it in your trading.
Morning Thoughts 12/28
Good morning traders, The bullet point format is a lot easier for me to write. Since you guys don’t seem to mind (or maybe even prefer?) it, I’ll continue with that format again. Also, I am once again writing this the night before, so I will update and note on Twitter if anything changes. I am not trading these last … Read More
Morning Thoughts 12/27/10
Good morning traders, I am still on semi-vacation (and not in the city for the big blizzard!) but wanted to share a few thoughts with you this morning. I’m writing this again at 2AM… if something changes before the open I’ll update. Key thing to remember is that we are still in post holiday mode. Don’t expect much followthrough… in … Read More
The Transition
Here is a great guest blog post from young Sammy who just finished his fourth live month of trading with SMB. Transitioning: The State of Change How a few changes are leading me to the path of success as a trader: Early on in my trading career, I was struggling and making many mistakes. I had all the right ideas … Read More
Morning Thoughts 12/22/10
Good morning traders, I am on semi-vacation this week so I will keep these comments very short and to the point. In fact, I’m writing this at 2AM, so I am just going to publish bullet points and will revise if anything significantly changes before the open. Some of these thoughts maybe be from a macro perspective and may be … Read More