Are you a “home-office trader” whose “trader friends” are limited to those user names in online trading rooms? Are you lonely? Would you benefit from the face-to-face meeting of other real live humanoid traders in your local community? If yes, then read on…….. I am a female “home-office trader” residing in Scottsdale Arizona, who, 7 years ago, was so desperate … Read More
A question for the trading community: what do you really want?
Adam asks a question of the trading community.
SMB Morning Rundown – March 16, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Follow the Trend?
Stock day traders who act in sync — no matter the stock, or whether they are buying or selling — makemore money at the end of the day than their out-of-sync peers, reports an analysis to appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Making its rounds on the trading twitter circuit was an interesting article about how intraday … Read More
Extraordinary Situation; Ordinary Trade.
In yesterday’s post, I made a case for a bounce play in the Japanese stock market. Last night’s extreme move makes this call look kind of silly in retrospect, but I want to highlight some important points and lessons here. First of all, this really highlights the difference between “armchair quarterbacking” or “time machine trading” (as we like to call … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – March 15, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Traders Ask: How do I “repair” my deep in the money covered call option?
A reader asked us for help in the following situation: “I have a question and wonder if you will help. I would appreciate very much any advice that you can offer. I have 100 shares of GMCR stock and I have written a covered call– June ‘ 11/ strike 43– against it . The stock gapped up from 41 to … Read More