Recent content by dafugginman

no volatility, and a one way market driven by a few large, arguably overvalued tech names. hedged positions, shorts, backing away from junk debt at near record low spreads, and concerns over debt build up will lead to underperformance.

well said.

One of the partners is going to move on it appears and the broker dealer will be dissolved. They will be refunding deposits to traders this week. Andrew, Chris, and the rest of the team were a great group of people and provided their traders with excellent service. Meanwhile, the fact...

matlab is great for modeling, poor for execution since it's not event based.

oh boy. another one from the left admiring a communist system where government has the power to missallocate capital on a massive scale and do it quicker than here. Soon my friend, you will see that the system you admire is poised to come to an abrupt end, and will be revealed to be the...

would a bullish version of this OTM directional butterfly work equally as well as this? One bearish player positioning for further weakness in the EWJ initiated a put butterfly spread today. It looks like the trader purchased 13,600 puts at the April $9.0 strike for a premium of $0.28 each...

say you thought things would at least stabilize and potentially reverse sharply and be up say 0-4% 1 week out, and maybe at a new high 3-6 months out. What structure would you use that would get a very favorable risk:reward of 1:5 or maybe even better? A bull put spread would take advantage...

tradelink - could one use your software to trade a large basket of equities from tradestation's radar screen?

http://www.marketcetera.com

backtesting exits on your discretionary trades is just one of many features. trades are overlayed on charts, and there are a myriad of helpful stats - time of day, by volume, MAE/MFE, etc. $50/mo. Manual uploding is not necessary as IB and many others supported for uploading trades. (no...

if i'm interpreting rogoff and reinhart correctly, if the debt is external, debt default is more likely, if the debt is domestic - the high/hyper inflation route is often chosen

take a break and review all your trades, see what works, what doesn't. score future trades based on setup, trigger, exit. trade small. confidence is a byproduct of success, not a precursor.

take a break and go back and review all your trades, overlaying them a chart. use a service like stocktickr.com if necessary. reviewing trades has changed the fortunes of many traders. often one thinks they know what they are doing wrong, but it's often biased by a few trades. research...