A look at my new book: Quantitative Analysis of Market Data: a Primer
I want to take a few moments and share some information on the new little book I have released. First, it is exactly what the title says: it is a…
I want to take a few moments and share some information on the new little book I have released. First, it is exactly what the title says: it is a…
In this episode: Tony C asks: How to tune out negativity and fear from the media? Understand the nature of media-driven information: It's constant and emotionally charged. The media has…
Group-think is a problem in markets; so many smart people look at the same (pretty limited) set of information, so it's easy to understand why many people come to similar…
To trade or invest successfully, we have to think one step ahead of the market, but we have to discipline ourselves not to act early. We also must strike a…
Sometimes, the thing you're afraid of turns out to be not so bad. Slippage is one of those things: as system developers, we know it will eat into our backtested…
Most people think about where to get into and out of positions. Most traders know how important it is to follow their rules, and most traders are always working toward…
I thought it might be useful to step back and take a look at gold from a much longer-term perspective. First, the monthly chart (difference back-adjusted continuous futures): The first…
The second part of a two-part miniseries on what to expect when you're learning how to trade. Highlights from this episode include: What do you need to give yourself the…
One of the age-old questions is "why should any pattern work?" In this case, we're not simply talking about patterns on charts, but we could ask the same question of…
Just a quick followup to this post, in which I suggested the US Dollar might be set for a fakeout rally (that has happened) that might fail into a sharp…
Just a short note here as we head into the holiday weekend. I want to share a few updates and tell you about about some exciting new things that are…
So you're a trader, huh? (Or investor... if you think of yourself as an investor, just read "invest" instead of "trade"; this message is for you too!) If you are…
Markets move in alternating waves of with-trend strength (or weakness) interspersed with moves against the trend. We call these moves pullbacks or consolidations, and they create some of the most…
If you are an individual self-directed trader, expect setbacks and failures, especially in the first two years. Expect that your triumphs may be promptly followed by dramatic failures, that you…
This episode of MarketLife answers a reader question: I have extracted the following from chapter 3 of Napoleon Hill's Think and grow rich. It is part 5 of the Self…
So the stock market sold off hard yesterday. If you were living under a big enough rock you might have missed it, but now the doom and gloomers, the technicians…