Who Believes in You as a Trader?

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There is lots of talk about Coach Ryan the coach before tonight’s J…E…T…S Patriots battle.  Coach Ryan is a believer in making sure his players believe.  In a Bloomberg.com column the importance of belief found another sport: Speaking of winning, Duke basketball’s Mike Krzyzewski, one of the most respected and successful coaches in team sports, likes to use the same four … Read More

Morning Thoughts for December 6, 2010

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Good morning traders. Market trading down premarket near support levels from Thursday and Friday. As long as the SPY is able to hold over 122 we should expect a serious attempt for a breakout of this trading range within the next few sessions. I will be watching FCX BIDU and AAPL as market tells. These stocks are all setup to … Read More

Traders Ask: What Was Your Thought Process In LVS?

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Hi Steve, I am interested in learning your thought process behind trading LVS on 12/02.  Do you mind writing a post on it? Thanks, AZ Here you go: Before I break down the various trades that I thought offered good risk/reward on December 2nd for LVS I would like to discuss December 1st.  LVS gapped higher on 12/1 with the … Read More

Improve Your Performance by Watching Yourself

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One of our traders read our blog post last night on improving your performance by watching and shared some interesting additional data. This comes from the book  One Second Thought: Outsmarting your Mind’s Hard-wired Habits by Wray Herbert. Psychologists used to think that perception and movement were two completely separate process, lodged in different regions of the brain. The common … Read More