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Look at HST's inferior postition the last month compared to its superior position the first two months. It has lots of room today to recover at least some of its superior position The pair closed the session today with its widest spread for a gain since its Aug 1 inception of the trade...

In three years of pairs trading, this is one of the greatest charts of note as I posted on Aug 1. Notable was the exceptional high probability of a gain and high probability for an excellent gain. I halved the position some days ago booking a gain at that time that would ordinarily be a...

Aug 23, 2012 "Bullard and Evans chime in" Peter Boockvar writes: "After seeing the thoughts of FOMC members 3 weeks ago in the minutes released yesterday and comments from Rosengren, Fisher, Williams and Lockhart since, Evans and Bullard are now chiming in to the debate. Evans...

Well SOMEONE must believe in this Head & Shoulders (reference my recent post asking if a Head & Shoulders formation on a 10-Yr chart has significance). A report today states a very bearish trader just put on an extraordinary heavy PUT position on HOT (Starwood)....which is a holding co. for...

Well SOMEONE must believe in this Head & Shoulders (reference my post yesterday on the TRADING forum / Charts of Note thread 08-14-12 at 02:48 PM asking if a Head & Shoulders formation on a 10-Yr chart has significance). A report today states a very bearish trader just put on an extraordinary...

Well SOMEONE must believe in this Head & Shoulders (reference my post yesterday 08-14-12 at 02:48 PM asking if a Head & Shoulders formation on a 10-Yr chart has significance). A report today states a very bearish trader just put on an extraordinary heavy PUT position on HOT...

Well someone must believe in the Head & Shoulders. A report today that a very bearish trader put on an extraordinary heavy put position on HOT (Starwood) .... a hotel chain http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bearish-trader-checks-starwood-160736212.html

Well, maybe SOMEONE is influenced by the Head & Shoulders. Short article says an extraordinary large PUT position was just acquired by a bearish trader on HOT (Starwood) which is a holding co for hotels. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bearish-trader-checks-starwood-160736212.html

A fair question. I have never checked for any trade I have made. I probably should.

This is why I scraped off half the gains mid-session today by cutting half the stock positions. The trade from Aug 1 appeared to have reached its max potential looking at the 6 month chart. However, all other charts of varying time periods indicated only half the potential was realized. Some...

Sorry, DH. I must be the offender. I know what you are referring to when a thread page becomes unwieldy due to a chart illustration posted. I always have to downsize the file I use to prevent this. It ends up working fine for my monitor. I thought the charts posted were ok. I'm glad...

Thank you Bone. I am dollar neutral comparing the Short leg with the Long leg. I suspect with the following, you are just using other terms for the name of the stocks: (1) "products that comprise the pair;" (2) "tracking each component name individually" Although I have...

I don't have any other charts to show now, caveman, because I am doing hardly any trades. I am not even searching for ones now. Even though this is not what you are looking for, WRI short and KIM long has been a nice rolling spread for some weeks. It DID fit the description of your...

The gross gain before commission on the half position I closed for the 14 days held was 2.3% (56% annualized). In other terms, it would be equivalent to a $ 45 stock gaining $ 1.03 for a two week hold with a high probability at the opening of the trade it would realize a decent gain...

The above quote was from Aug 1, 2012. I closed half my position of HOT Short and HST Long: At this point, every chart term (chart lengths) but one said 40% to 50% of the potential NOW has been realized. The 6 month chart suggested a higher probability that much more had been realized.

I'm shopping this inquiry around, especially to the T.A. types and those leaning toward T.A. I have never used it in my swing pairs trades. But I am open minded. This question however is very much a tiny niche in T.A. : What value does long term charts have ? Without using any software...

Well here is one that may provoke discussion: Long term charts. What is their value ? Please use this one to start the discussion around. It is simple enough. I'm shopping this inquiry around anyway.. Without using any software or metrics and just eye balling........... does a 10 year...

I'm shopping this inquiry around. Without using any software or metrics and just eye balling........... does a 10 year chart for a long term pairs trader willing to stay in the trade for many weeks to a few months have any usefulness at all. In other words, momentarily, disregard more...

I'm shopping this inquiry around. The name of this thread caught my attention because no one pair trades as simply as me (reasonably successfully). It's too bad except for last two posts there has only been a two month dry period for posts here. Without using any software or metrics and...

My apologies may be in order because I have not read this thread. If this post is more appropriate elsewhere, please kindly advise. Without using any software or metrics and just eye balling........... does a 10 year chart for a long term pairs trader willing to stay in the trade for many...