Summertime and the Living is Easy
I have the worst case of spring fever ever known to man both physically in all of its manifestations and mentally and spiritually. Consequently it is taking just about every ounce of effort I can...
View ArticleWednesday Wraps
I think I'll just burn it from now on - absolutely nothing takes - I get on board and it goes up 20 cents and then bang - crash - smash - gone to hell. It's part of the general malaise of the season -...
View ArticleA New Way to Look at RSI(2) and ATR(10)
This was the lead paragraph of today’s economic blockbuster - Home building posted a small gain in April, but permits for future construction plunged by the largest amount in 17 years, a sign the...
View ArticleA Good Day Trade Method
I've always liked the counter trade where the stock opens and then begins dropping and then reverses. For years I played this based on tweezer bottoms, 15-minute BOB's and other indicators - many of...
View ArticleATR Testing
We've covered some of this before but I like to revisit favorite themes every now and again to ensure that new readers have a chance to understand what we do here.Today I'll discuss the advantage of...
View ArticleWrapping Thursday
Played golf again today and am planning to play again tomorrow. Can't shake the spring fever and sitting behind a computer screen all day is not the cure.And then there were two - I'm down to GGB and...
View ArticleEasy Swing Trading
The best way to select stocks for a swing trade that will last a couple of weeks is to use the weekly charts and watch for cross overs. Here is an example - NTRIYou can see that there were two on this...
View ArticleEasy Swing Trading - The Filter
I wrote a filter that will help find weekly cross overs. It is pretty simple and seems to work - at least to the point of getting candidates. After that you are pretty much on your own - the weekly...
View ArticleEasy Swing Trading - The ETFs
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are yet another way in which you can swing trade - either by trading the funds themselves or, by going into the funds and trading the components after a weekly cross...
View ArticleWrapping Friday
A little late but it is the weekend and no blood no foul. I didn't observe the market yesterday on my usual, up-to-the-minute basis but I can say this - it wasn't pretty. Only the small caps showed any...
View ArticleComparing Data Streams
I don't know whether you like ratio charts like this - I don't. That's because I'm kind of a dull boy and I can never understand them as well as I should at first glance - in other words - I have to...
View ArticleHere Come The Homies
The other day we had the economic report regarding the lowest number of building permits being issued in 17 years. I said - that's the bottom - apparently a lot of hedge funds read me because -XHB...
View ArticleTo Each His Own
TradingMarkets is a source of a lot of trading ideas. Here's one that was published this morning in Yahoo Finance. The premise of the article is that you should wait at least 15 minutes after the...
View ArticleIs Technical Analysis Worthwhile?
As we've already noted in this BLog the global answer to that question is - oh hell no - but, and there is always a "but" - any trader who is making a living at trading who can't look at three...
View ArticleTesting - Composite Cross Over
Many times I like to add some complexity to my simpler filters to see what would happen if...Today I was looking at the cross over filter v6. That looks like this -show stocks where close is between 15...
View ArticleTesting - Composite Cross Over II
In the previous post I combined linear regression slope with the cross over filter to see what would happen. Recently stockfetcher added fundamental analysis features to their filtering capabilities...
View ArticleThat's Strange
I just noticed that comments are not turned on for the post "Is Technical Analysis Worthwhile?" - I don't know why that is or how to correct it - so if you want to comment to that post - comment here
View ArticleNR 7
The NR 7 is a very potent candlestick - what NR 7 means is narrowest bar in last 7. And that means that the trading community will probably change directions on the next bar.Here is SAI from Friday...
View ArticleThe Last Wrap
As they say - all good things must come to an end and most bad ones too. I've been putting this off for a few days and I can no longer delay the inevitable. When I retired I never stopped working I...
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