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Ecosystems, definitely. In my earlier days, I used to perceive the markets as a battlefield - Sun Tzu´s "The Art Of War" left a lasting impression. But one day, after reading an interesing trading-related article, I understood that sitting in front of my screens and unconsciously having the...

Did anyone here already take a look at EE from a technical traders point of view? Looks pretty intriguing to me... Evolutionary economics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Conventional economic reasoning begins with the definition of scarcity, then assumes the existence of a...

Good Point! Too many forget that trading is not just a zero sum game, but rather a negative zero sum game (costs of information, commission, opportunity costs...). Like in nature, there is no place for underdeveloped or inefficient species. The really dirty laundry might still come on Wall...

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Great thread, indeed. Thank you momo for emphasizing axe´s reply; helped me understand a few more things previously buried in my mind. Let me explain: Why do most mechanical systems fail in the trading environment? In my opinion, this question can easily be answered from an...

For me, every successful trader who made it and who does not brag with his/her success is the greatest. But maybe exactly that´s the prerequisite for great success...:D

Can someone please sue this guy? I mean, Enron wasn´t fair at all, but this stuff sets new standards. This is a clear misuse of time-travelling in my opinion... ==================================== http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20030319/104808600007.html 'TIME-TRAVELER' BUSTED FOR...

I wrote my disertation about "Applications Of Game Theory To Electronic Trading" last year (unfortunately, not in English), and what I learned from it was a hell of a lot for day trading! If you´re interested in GT, buy "Thinking Strategically" or get straight to the point with "Games and...

Weekly IXIC didn´t finish above it´s SMA 50, fürthermore it finished friday with a lovely doji; and the SPX didn´t succeed in breaking out above it´s downtrend. Bonds also started a rebound. Gold, Oil and $ will show the way to go, but nonetheless, I´m short biased for monday.

Buffet gets funnier from year to year, similar to Reagan before the Doctors confirmed the rumours. Buffet´s role as a Guru is completely overestimated; his strategy is basically to buy firms that have huge cash-reserves and then to use the reserves for further investments. Call it a...

Here´s a lovely online tutorial I´ve found about signalling: "An Introduction to the Theory of Honest Signalling" http://octavia.zoology.washington.edu/handicap/ It´s written on a rather philosophical than mathematical level - signalling theory is a subtopic of game theory.

Here´s a brilliant mechanical trading set-up an italian scientist has discovered and disclosed; it´s adaptible to market conditions and you can let it trade for you while you´re on the beach and playing with the girls. Finally, someone did find the holy grail, I still can´t believe it...

Here are some interesting ressources for everyone interested in this topic: <b>"Technical Trading creates a prisoner´s dilemma"</b> http://econpapers.hhs.se/paper/wopsafire/98-12-115e.htm <b>"John Maynard Smith: The Evolutionary Stable Strategy"</b>...

This is a genuine psychological test. It is a story about a girl. While at the funeral of her own mother, she met this guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much her dream guy she believed him to be, that she fell in love with him there but never asked for his...

Here´s a great link to a recent analysis from John Murphy, he compares the current situation with the last pre-war market from the first gulf war: http://www.trading-ideas.com/MarketCommentary/mc122202-1.asp

I´m not quite sure yet, but I think this book could prove extremely valuable, not just for trading from what I´ve read and heard about it so far - despite it´s sensatious title. It´s from a former Navy-Seal: "Unleashing the Warrior Within: Using the 7 Principles of Combat to Achieve Your...

Here´s a great text dealing with the reasons behind the slide: <url>http://www.theonion.com/onion3901/mcdonalds_stock_slides.html</url> :D

Here´s my two cents to it, organized in thematic blocks (as trading doesn´t consist of just one area) - Psychology: Read something about Behavioral Finance. BF is the smallest common denominator in the field of trading. All books from Ari Kiev - IMO one of the best authors dealing with...

BRILLIANT!!!

These ones are from Humphrey B. Neill´s "Tape Reading and Market Tactics", first published in 1931 (BTW, a very, very little book filled with insightful little gems) 1. Put your trust in board-room gossip 2. Believe everything you hear, especially tips. 3. If you don´t know - guess 4...