Archive for the 'Topics' Category
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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May 13th, 2007
A simple scan for stock breakout candidates
I’ve been using a simple scan to look for stocks forming nice bases and about to hit new highs.
The method might …
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April 23rd, 2007
Contrarian indicator: When journos become brokers
Having been a journalist for almost a decade, mostly as a finance reporter, I’ve had plenty of lunches with former …
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April 22nd, 2007
Trend trading versus swing trading
I’m always debating the merits of ‘swing’ trading versus ‘trend’ trading. Here is a short list of pros and cons …
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