It is during times of uncertainty where you must be the most prepared mentally. Trading markets can be thrilling but most of the time oh so boring. No-limit holdem is similar to trading, as WSOP champ Robert Varkonyi was quoted as saying ‘no-limit is hours and hours of boredom and moments of sheer terror’. …
DetailsToday Bob talked about the markets and some recent trades, and then introduced a great futures trader/teacher Mike Vacchi. Mike talked about recognizing patterns and trading them accordingly. They both took questions and gave a preview of the coming action.
In this business, everyone wants to be remembered for making ‘THE call’. It is what legends are made of. Make one good market call and you can be remembered for months if not years. However, in this world of quick information, changes and decisions, ‘what have you done for me lately’ is the theme followed…
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Third quarter earnings season is underway and a huge amount of names will divulge their results this coming week. I love the start of earnings, so much uncertainty (and usually some negativity) that at least I get some sort of leg up analyzing the chart and technical picture. This is an important earnings season, we’ll…
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During the session, Bob talked markets, charts and recent plays. He introduced his special guest Steven Place, who gave a sensational talk on volatility, options and trading.
Today, Bob talked about different charts, the current market and various plays – and where we may be going. He introduced Steven Place from investingwithoptions.com. Steven gave a great presentation about trading, volatility and options.
Volatility is considered a trader’s friend, yet the trend has been pointed down for months. What’s a trader to do? Does this mean all is fine in the world, nary a worry? Hardly so, but the short term unknowns have been revealed and the market is saying ‘rock on’. All we need to see is…
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Tom Carter of Trade Comparison is a good friend of mine. He is very knowledgeable, friendly and has an enormous grasp of the trading business. Tom has a great product to offer. It’s simple and basic and will save you time and money. I don’t know of any other site that is such a benefit…
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The market is a tough battle. Each day there are chances and opportunities to make money though, it is the greatest form of free market capitalism known to man. It’s a vast ocean with treasures; we just have to be able to unearth them at the right moment. We have the ability to navigate carefully…
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Remember last summer and fall when the market action dictated which direction most stocks would go? Those days where breadth was miserable one day but shining the next. Correlation was high, nearly reaching 90%. Confusion was at its peak as the markets were jolted daily by news, innuendo, rumors and conflicting viewpoints. It seemed…
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