The IBD Index blog recently posted a wealth of data on system testing and permutations of percentage stop and percentage profit target in relation to the IBD 100 list, S&P 500, NASDAQ, in a recent post entitled “A Closer Look at Profit Targets.” The blog also has a large collection of posts on other aspects…
Not long ago, I discovered Andrew Horowitz’s website The Disciplined Investor which probably has become most known for its Podcasts. So far, Andrew has hosted 54 episodes and has addressed a wide variety of topics, including many interviews with fellow bloggers and financial minds in the industry. Most impressive to me, he recently interviewed former…
Andrew Horowitz at the Disciplined Investor blogsite recently posted a Podcast Interview he conducted with Robert Reich, a current professor of public policy (UC Berkeley) who has served in three presidential administrations, including Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. I’m a follower of politics and so I was captured by the headline and had…
Rob Hanna at Quantifiable Edges conducted a study dedicated to mid-size index gaps that I wanted to share. Rob defined a mid-sized gap as 0.25% to 0.75% in the SPY (S&P 500 ETF), and tested the results going back to 1993. Of the 3,626 trading days, Rob found 613 “mid-sized gaps” to the upside which…
Adam Hewison of Market Club fame recently released the trading profit results from their “Trade Triangle” technology service. In one of his classic Trader’s Whiteboard brief videos, Hewison released their performance for the first quarter and how members were able to benefit from their signals from the markets they follow. Hewison writes: 2008 has already…
INO.com President Adam Hewison launched a new series of educational videos he calls the “Trader’s Whiteboard” videos, in which he briefly discusses a trading topic and annotates a chart in real time for you, describing the concept and showing examples. The new page entitled “Complete Trader’s Whiteboard” series compiles all seven of Hewison’s free educational…
I had to show you this humerus but thought-provoking post by Adam at Daily Options Report entitled “Stop Trading! Umbrellas Cause Rain!“. I’ve always loved how Adam refers to Jim Cramer as “Lord Voldemort,” and this post is no exception. In this brief analysis which contains plenty of “Cramer Quotes,” Adam discusses how Cramer responded…
Adam Hewison’s latest Trader’s Whiteboard Video is entitled “Chart Patterns that Produce Profits” which specifically discusses a few continuation patterns for your education. Hewison discusses the recent action in gold prices and discusses how to determine types of retracements and continuation (including the symmetrical triangle) patterns. He even discusses one of my favorite patterns, the…
INO.com released a recent video in their Trader’s Whiteboard Education Series that puts simple trading ‘theory’ into practice. The video is entitled “Keep it Simple and Straight” and discusses specific examples of how to apply trendlines and turn trendline analysis into actual trades with high reward to low risk (stops are placed just beneath the…
Dave Mabe at StockTickr recently interviewed me and posted the interview at his StockTickr Trader Interviews site, and I wanted to share the link with you! I was very excited and honored to participate, and I really had to do some soul-searching on some of the questions. As a teaser, he writes: For the next…