Archive for the 'Topics' Category
October 9th, 2007
The danger of addiction to business success
It annoys me that we focus on drug, alchohol and gambling additions, but there is little focus on addiction to …
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September 19th, 2007
Have we got the big mo - momentum?
Last week I said the market wasn’t showing momentum traits. But it did it’s best yesterday to get some …
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September 13th, 2007
No risk, no reward: trend following’s tough times
Trend followers are being savaged. Does that mean the market’s changed?
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September 12th, 2007
The positives of being a trading drop-out
Not all traders stick with it in the end. But that doesn’t mean it’s been a waste of time.
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September 11th, 2007
A cool equation to help analyse market risk
Conventional wisdom says market timing is impossible. I don’t agree. Here’s another tool I’ve come across to help analyse broader …
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August 28th, 2007
You don’t have to buy fallen stocks to get value
Getting value in the market doesn’t necessarily mean buying plunging stocks
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August 27th, 2007
Note: it’s been a low-volume rally
After a correction I like to see a big-volume up day before buying. It’s usually necessary to give the market …
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May 28th, 2007
Why I missed the recent big rally in the stock market, part II - 5 lessons learnt
In part I of this article I told how I had effectively botched the last seven months and missed the …
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May 28th, 2007
An excellent trading psychology blog
TraderMike linked to an interesting blog TraderPsychology written by physician and trader, Dr Bruce Hong. I have gone through it …
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May 20th, 2007
Inflation is rampant but the stock market isn’t going down
One problem I’m working on is trying not to be too bearish too often. In the past year or so …
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