Important Notice: Change In The Blog Publishing Schedule
Dear Readers,Starting Tuesday, I will be traveling to Europe and South Africa for much of the next two weeks. As a result, the publishing schedule to TraderFeed, as well as Twitter updates, will be affected. Specifically, I won't be trading the marke...
Finding Successful Teamwork in Your Trading
In response to the posts on teamwork and performance and creativity and teamwork, several readers have asked how they might connect with others and enjoy the potential fruits of collaboration.In her comment to the performance post, Michelle B. makes an...
More on Gnarls Barkley, Teamwork, and Trading
A trader contacted me this weekend. He blew out at the end of the day Friday, playing for an upside breakout with big size. Many, many days of profit were lost with one hail mary trade at the end of the week.How would our trading performance change i...
Sector Update for August 1st
The prior sector update found that the market uptrend was healthy, with sectors showing positive Technical Strength and indicators in bullish unison: "It would not be surprising for traders and investors to use pullbacks in Technical Strength as buyin...
Archived Trading Lessons: Resources for Developing Traders
With over 2500 blog posts on TraderFeed alone and nearing 8000 (!) market tweets, it's a bit daunting for new readers to jump into the site.That is why I'm using a separate blog, Become Your Own Trading Coach, to archive posts specific to topics of hig...
The Challenging Economics of Trading for a Living
A reader sent in this heartfelt personal story as a comment to an earlier blog post. I thought I would post it separately as a possible learning experience for those who aspire to trade for their livings:This is the one advice I would have for anyone ...
Readings for Week’s End
* Thanks to a perceptive reader for this article on overconfidence and its relationship to reading skill; very pertinent to trading;* Excellent article on reflation and its implications;* The need for a level playing field for traders is getting att...
Teamwork and Trading Success
When producer Danger Mouse (right above) and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green (left) created the Gnarls Barkley collaboration, the result was music that was qualitatively different than either artist had achieved previously. That music, nominated for four...
Three Ways You Know Economic Numbers Are Game Changers
This morning we found out that GDP contracted less than expected and consumer spending contracted more than expected. Stocks veered higher and lower upon the release before moving steadily lower. How can we tell when economic numbers are game changer...
Morning Briefing for July 31st: Sustaining the Breakout
Above, we see the S&P 500 e-mini (ES) futures over the past several days, highlighting yesterday's break to the upside, as well as the late pullback. Overnight we've consolidated above the late afternoon lows; now I'm watching to see if we can sta...
Countries and People: Reflections on Getting Old
When does a person become "old"? If you ask my teenage kids, 40 seems ancient.Ask a 40-year old and middle age doesn't hit until the mid 50s.Maybe getting old is more a matter of mindset than chronological age: People become old when they decide that...
Evening Briefing for July 30th
* MARKET THEMES FROM THURSDAY - On the heels of Wednesday's range bound performance, in which stocks stayed above their overnight lows despite overall selling of risk assets, Thursday started strong out of the gate, reaching the R2 level before the op...
