What are the intraday trading opportunities from MON on the Open? First we have to indentify the patterns that are worth our attention. And then we can hammer down on how best to execute. From the chart below what trades makes sense to you. Be back later with some thoughts of my own. Hint: during our AM meeting we identified … Read More
Trading lesson from the NYC bus system (ANF)
What the heck does the NYC bus system have to do with intraday trading? Think about it…. is the best way to start your day waiting on the corner for the bus or running down the sidewalk trying to catch the bus? I choose patiently waiting for the bus. If you want to make it as a intraday trader you … Read More
KISS – GD Trade
My KISS job description of day trading: “Figure out what they are buying or selling and then find an entry”. I come to the screen everyday with that thought firmly implanted and visualized. Find something they are buying and get long; find something being sold and get short.. simple. I mean even Forrest Gump could understand that. I don’t allow … Read More
If you love the level you have to reshort
Before the open we identified 55.80 as an important level in RIMM. I will let you decide how important this level was to you. But I will make an important trading point. If you love a level then you have to be willing to trade off of this level a few times. RIMM is an excellent example from today. Many … Read More
Traders Ask: When Do We Switch From Momentum to a Position Trade?
Bella, I have attached a couple plays from this week. I don’t have the the tape for them but I explain it with the arrows. I also had a quick question. Today i my worst day trading NYX. There was so much volume done in a tight range that I expected an explosive move up once the stock showed its … Read More
Find the Least Competitive Stocks (Part II)
“Least Competitive?” At first blush it sounds almost like admitting defeat. Come on, I’m a trader. In order to make it in this profession and derive a good living I have to be able to bang with the big boys right? Let me give you one of the analogies that I use when mentoring that may coax you to think in … Read More
Turning Anger into Trading Performance
@Zmoose12 wrote an honest and excellent post about his negative March that left him sick to his stomach. I sat in my office yesterday listening to an underperforming trader share how miserable his past losses have made him feel. We have learned from The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin that we can use this anger as fuel to trigger … Read More
Loss Aversion and Irrational Focus
A passage from The Economist that may help our trading- The referee’s an anchor: A new book looks at the behavioral economics of sport “Loss aversion”, the tendency for people to care more about avoiding a loss than about making a similar-sized gain, is rife even among the greatest champions. Evidence from a huge database of near-identical putts shows that, along with … Read More