Would you like a simple, easy to implement trading strategy that has recently returned a 96% win rate, and it doesn’t require indicators at all – in fact, it doesn’t even require watching the market intraday or watching any news reports. Sounds too good to be true? Of course, but recent research and a simple…
It’s time to look at the top and bottom 10 stocks in the S&P 500 Index in terms of percentage above or below its 20 day simple moving average, which attempts to measure stock strength and weakness, and introduce possible trading opportunities. What we’re looking at is the percentage that price is extended above the…
Various sites have popped up which track daily polls and update in real time the current and projected winner of the US Election via the Electoral College vote, and I wanted to share some of those sites with you if you’re interested in keeping up with who’s ahead or behind, and learning more. Whether Americans…
I just came across a massive resource blog/website with information pertaining to those interested in many aspects of hedge funds that I wanted to share with you. Hedge Fund Blogger describes its site as “Hedge Funds – 500+ educational articles on Hedge Fund and Fund of Hedge Fund managers, jobs, strategies and investments,” and I…
In something that may have escaped your attention, the Russell 2000 Index is mere points from making a new price high for 2008 – which may be a little hard to believe until you actually see it… so let’s look! Russell 2000 Weekly: The chart I have was taken from data from Monday’s close, but…
I’m adding a new feature to the research side of the blog, which asks the question, “Would it have been more profitable to trade exclusively intraday or to hold overnight exclusively or some mixture?” Essentially, the question asks ‘what might you be giving up if anything by not holding a trade overnight’? To run these…
Today, the NewsFlashr website – an all in one news search engine – launched a new tool that allows you to search keywords across all headlines. Right now on their homepage (www.newsflashr.com), they show the top eight “hot topics” for world, business, politics, entertainment, sports, in a quick, simple tabular format which allows ease of…
It’s time to see how many gaps were formed and filled through the month of July! July recorded the best performance so far for the ‘gap fill’ strategy – let’s look at the numbers. For these studies, I use the DIA (Dow Jones ETF) and consider a ‘gap’ as being any opening price that is…
The Fed decision and declining oil prices gave us yet another major trend day in the indexes that was more in-line with textbook definitions. What do I mean? Let’s look at the charts. August 5th – DIA 5-minute chart: Generally, two events precede a trend day: 1. Range contraction or some sort of narrow candle…
August’s edition of SFO Magazine (Stocks, Futures, and Options) is entitled, “Battered and Bruised – Systems Trading School of Hard Knocks” and is available for your online or at home viewing. If you’ve ever thought about systems trading, or are currently developing an automated or mechanical trading system, this episode was specifically designed for you. …