RIMM reported after the close today. It traded up over 20% from its closing price. You are going to read a lot of articles about how they “blew away” expectations and gave great guidance. The articles will assign these as the reasons for RIMM’s explosive up move after the market closed. Really? I don’t think so. Do you believe that … Read More
Learning to Grind it Out
Last Thursday after the close I was reading through our newswire service and saw that their in-house traders posted comments about their trading and saw something that caught my attention. Most of them said that they had traded lightly this week given the current market conditions. Further, I have heard from traders on the street that they have found the … Read More
Trading Multiple Asset Classes
From time to time I get asked during interviews if I trade other asset classes during the trading day. My answer is always yes and no. I do longer term swing trades in the FX market but no, I do not trade both FX and equities intraday very frequently. When I do I tend to lose my focus and do … Read More