Monthly Archives: March 2012

Preventing yourself from taking bad risks.

There is hardly a day that goes by that I do not see someone sprint out into traffic to save 30 seconds.   They risk being hit to save that time.  What are they thinking?  What lead them to think the risk was worth it?  I can not blame for the risk as much asContinue Reading

When participants change, reaction does too.

I realize this post is about three years too late or at least two years but I see some people making the same mistakes and it is good thing to think about any way. As a general rule, I do not talk about current market conditions because if you want to know our thoughts you canContinue Reading

Money is an imperfect feedback mechanism.

My first day of trading, I made about $670 gross. $450 net.  I had been placing trades through my mentor and making some money.  When I finally had the opportunity to place a trade for myself, I went crazy.  I somehow made $450.  I did not think about how I made the money.  I knewContinue Reading

Fake headlines.

We occasionally need some comic relief, especially mid day recently. Groupon rallies after deal announcing that Kate Upton will teach YOU how to Dougie. $GRPN Apple rallies after announcing it will pay its workers enough to be able to afford their products, if all their bunk mates pool their money together. $AAPL GM rallies after it agreesContinue Reading

End of month bull market tendencies.

In bull markets there is a tendency to sell the end of the month and buy the first of the month. This is also a time when there is rotation among markets. We look at markets on a relationship basis. By looking at these relationships we can adjust our execution, be bigger or smaller orContinue Reading

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