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The In And Out Of Stock Trading

November 7, 2011

“Know your out before you get in”

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When In Doubt, Go Out!

October 27, 2011

Following my charts today reminded me of a “Rule of THUMB!” (said with much thunder, echo, and deep voice). The gist of it is “When in doubt, go out.” It means the same as “Go to the balcony” but refers to the time-frames that we’re trading.

I tend to stick with a 15 to 30 min. timeframe but sometimes find myself looking at a 1 minute or 5 minute wondering if this time or that would make a good entry or exist point.

If those things aren’t clear in the shorter time periods then we need to move out to longer time period to gain a longer perspective. In fact, the longer time periods are where the real money is.

Sometimes it’s profitable to drop to a smaller time-frame but when in doubt, go out.

A Different Kind of Financial Widget – Defeating Doubt

October 20, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kae6WvGmmyY”

Even if you aren’t interested in becoming a stock trader or trading better this video is still a “must watch”.

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What The Stock Market Is Going To Do

October 19, 2011

Breaking to the upside?

I get a broad view of the news everyday just to gauge the mood of the market. This is what I noted today.

We have lots of doom and gloom. No surprise there. But I also note that the tone of the news went from “there are some negatives” to “there are some positives”.

If I had to speculate I’d say that from this point we have a shift in market mood. That jives with the way the stock markets have been trading over the last week.

We’re at a pivot point in the markets and that point may be up. I’ll try to not let my perpetual bear feelings influence my objectivity and let my charts tell me which way things go from here.

Hint?: While I’m on the subject of the markets… Didn’t the last hour of yesterday’s trading seem like a blow-off top?

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Echos In The Stock Market

September 11, 2011

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”–Mark Twain

It’s just an echo – echo – echo…

Noting the trading patterns emerging from the last month or so I just have to point out that they are still on track to repeat 2008. Not the precise picture or words but certainly the rhyme and reasons.

In Dead Cat Bounce or Everything OK Now?, I speculated that the market had another bounce in it that would soon come to an end. I’d just like to state another related observation: NFL scores should have as much consistency. It’d make running a fantasy sports leagues a lot easier.

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Sharp decline or collapse. BEARISH.

August 26, 2011

Remembering that education is where you find it I present this chart. found.

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When Bad News = Good News

August 23, 2011

that is, bad news = good news because it means…

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Something Tells Me The Smart Money Says…

August 22, 2011

Something tells me the smart money says…

… that short is the way to go.

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Find A Problem And Solve It!

June 28, 2011

I’ve always been some kind of an inventor. Today they call them “Makers” as in Makezine.com, material hackers, and other names but still the saying, “Find a problem and solve it” is as relevant as always. The name may change but the process doesn’t. Just as when we are stock trading we must always think a little outside the “box”. He he!

Today I was introduced to a video that displays a brilliant new type of pizza box. The problems it solves seemed so obvious and yet we consumers have had to put up with the old pizza boxes for decades. Check out what I’m talking about in the video below. (video after the jump)

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