Missed Opportunity.
Red arrow was the end of a swing trade. Missed opportunity was in between dashed lines. Even without reading the news, Friday’s price action was predicted 2 days earlier. Fluroescent Green Line has me...
View ArticleMemo To Lloyd, the Morts Need Your Attention
$GS Trader (Michael Lewis) sends an email to the C.E.O., sharing 3 big ideas. HILARIOUS. LOL! Copy + Paste from Bloomberg: To: Lloyd Blankfein Re: Winning the Public Relations War Six months ago, with...
View ArticleSwing Trade + 27.8% – Woohoo!
What a month! With all of the current chatter on (unlikely) financial regulation, (likely) Greek bailout, and potential economic recovery in 2010, FAS is a great ticker to exploit. It’s basically a...
View ArticleIn need of mental stimulation
I’m currently reading a few books… Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell A High Wind in Jamaica by...
View ArticleInteresting Level on the S&P 500
Depending upon how you like to draw your lines, you could be inclined to buy, sell, short, cover, or just watch. More than anything, stock trading is a study in human psychology.
View ArticleBet Against The American Dream (Broadway Song)
Amusing song about Magnetar Hedge Fund, which made a lot of money by betting against their own investments. If interested, can read about how they did it in one of the links below. Or just enjoy the...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs is charged with fraud, and Fibonacci Retracement Lines amuse me.
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud, and the stock tumbled almost 13% ($24). $12 billion in market value wiped away with that one headline. Incredible! Interesting...
View ArticleRejected Fortune Magazine Cover by Chris Ware – Funny
Chris Ware, American artist, was commissioned to do the cover for the Fortune 500 issue. Sadly, it was rejected. Copy + Paste from Indiepulp: He accepted the job because it would be like doing the 1929...
View ArticleBeneath the Oil Slick
Last year, I did pretty well trading the stock of Transocean ($RIG); they were the operators of the oil rig that blew up recently in the Gulf. The actual oil well is leased by British Petroleum ($BP),...
View ArticleLooking for an Island Reversal or to Fill the Gap
Today, I started a position in Transocean ($RIG), the operators of the oil rig that recently blew up in the Gulf Coast and currently pissing off environmentalists. I’ve been stalking its movement ever...
View ArticleMay 6, 2010 – Historic Day for the Dow
Stocks plunge; Dow has record drop, then recovers NEW YORK (AP) – The stock market had one of its most turbulent days in history as the Dow Jones industrials fell to a loss of almost 1,000 points in...
View ArticleGreed and Fear by Carl Richards
Copy + Paste: Most of us make the same mistake with our money over and over again: We buy high out of greed and sell low out of fear, despite knowing on an intellectual level that it is a very bad...
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