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Oh I see, your doing something with moving averages - never mind than. May the force be with you.

The problem I see with averaging down for most traders is getting run over in break outs where you are strapped into the roller coaster. Granted a rare few traders may have learned how to make averaging down work for them, but most will get clobbered. NQ short - Euro open

Mens razor sales across all brands has been declining sharply, beards & scruff have become popular. Many men are aware that surveys show that women are more attracted to men with facial hair those that are clean shaven. The bad guys in the commercial have scruff - the good guys are clean...

Just to clarify the 90/10% rule. This does not imply 90% of the trades are losers or the traders have a unusually low win rate, in his studies the win rates were not a factor. The 10% are the very large winners that really move the equity curve. When done well, the 90% pile is a big scratch...

Right on! Most retail traders major in minors, taking symmetrical or upside down reward-to-risk that does not produce alpha. I trade for the totis porcis ( the whole hog or fat pitches), which is simply capital preservation & riding winners with asymmetrical reward-to-risk like a complete...

Once traders understand that only a small % of their trades make the lions shares of their ROR, they will want to ride the crap out of their winners. I want to be a complete hog with my winners, leaning in with size & bailing only when price action sours. I want to be sheep with my loses...

Trump is a cry baby trust fund clown with a stellar track record of driving every business he has been at the helm of into bankruptcy, this is why he was called the P.T. Barnum of business long before he became president. (P.T. Barnum was a circus barker). Just before he became president he...

I like Anthony Bourdains's view on Tokyo, I think he nailed it.

I trust in following in my T.A. on price action to capture some of these Tweet shock events. Today for example, the old bread & butter fade the gap fill did the job today. The Tweets seem to sharply amplify the underlying price action. the

Systematic trading has taken a big nose dive. The space got real crowded, algos are battling each other, the big fish eat the little ones. There is still a place for systematic - like using algos to get better equity order fills, finding mis-pricing rapidly, & offloading some of the tasks that...

Trump is such an idiot - got to love it since he causes a lot of volatility. Never before in the modern markets has such a moron been at the helm as president, hell bent on resetting the U.S. back to 1952. He sure loves his letter from Kim Jong Un, his idol.

Here's a nice little trade from Friday with a reward-to-risk of nearly 10:1, at no time was it in the red. It really does not matter what entry signal you choose, the real trick is cutting losses and leaning into your winners - riding them as far as possible. Here is a sample below from...

You think large market participants pay no attention to major long term trend lines - what planet are your from? Here is an example of Deutsche bank using trend lines on the 10-year, trying to forecast future yields and another for corporate bonds.

Does trendlines work? Trend lines are just a tool to help pin points the path of least resistance & can at times help identify areas where price is more inclined to make large breakouts. Its a skill that you build on, you are always learning. There are trend lines spanning from years to...

A coral snake - where do you live Overnight? I was out windsurfing a big storm at an outer reef on Oahu and saw a coral snake go slithering buy when I was broken down and had to swim in - that got my attention! They are very rare in Hawaii, but can get blown in with the larger storms. Trading...

I typically run 3 or 4 different broker platforms from Maui, and rarely ever have any problems. In fact I am impressed at how stable the connections are - some are running around the clock & accessing foreign exchanges. Point being, no way is that your average broker performance. From looking...

Robert - I clearly stated trading options outright, not as a hedge. I provided evidence of the published study on options traders, you have not provided a lick of proof over your claims - instead your now totally twisting this around to using options as a hedge. This is what I wrote on my...

GE is now down only 2.6% from when that article was released - worse than Enron? That would be a real hoot. Looks like Druckenmiller still has the Midas touch. He also got into treasuries at the right time, just before they became the new FANG.

It's a real good idea to place every order as a bracket, with at least the stop loss. I bracket both the stop loss & profit target, this way you don't have a care in the world if you lose connectivity to your broker.

Robert - learn how to use Google man! https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/business/growth-in-options-trading-helps-brokers-but-not-small-investors.html I thought you were in sales Robert? I am very encouraging to new traders - but not in playing with derivatives as newbies. TDA is the much...