The human brain can only take so much noise and distraction before it becomes confused and erratic. If you are consistently trading under chaotic conditions, whether you are discretionary, rule-based or systematic in your approach, there will be times when the little voice on your shoulder will tell you to override your system. It may […]
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We’ve all been there. Each of us started our trading careers as novice. High on expectations and optimism. Low on experience. A raw untested method. A personal psychology likely to get in the way of our success. What we will bring to the table when starting out is relevant. Every traders weakest link? Themselves. So […]
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The 200-day moving average is quite possibly the most watched technical indicator on Wall Street. In its simplest form the 200-day moving average registers a bullish or bearish trend. Some even use it as a stand alone trading signal. Today we’ll take a look at the 200-day moving average from a slightly different angle. If […]
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Are you curious to know Buffett’s message to the crypto kids? Several mainstream brands, such as Eastman Kodak and Long Island Ice Tea, have made the leap into crypto, and in doing so have provided their shareholders with some windfall profits. Eastman Kodak jumped from $2.94 to nearly $14 in two trading sessions on the […]
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It’s about this time of the year we hear about the Santa Rally. It comes on the end of the other seasonal anomaly of ‘sell in May and go away’. Seasonality is a repetitive price movement that occurs at specific points of time. It stems from business cycles, such as high peak and low peak […]
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30-years ago today (20th October 2017) the ASX followed the global markets into the abyss falling 25% on the open. It would go on to lose another 25% in the following weeks before grinding out a base and starting the hard road higher again. Apart from losing twice my annual salary (from which my father […]
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What is your biggest fear? When people first approach us it’s often in a state of fear. Like John R from South Australia who said “When I was 45 I realized that I wouldn’t have enough funds for retirement.” Or Joanne S, Brisbane: “When we got out of the Armed Services we had nothing.” Their […]
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10 simple tips that give me the trading edge A question put to me by a reader made me think long and hard about my trading edge. He wrote, “In trading, what qualities are needed to be your best? In other words, why do you succeed where others failed?” Well, success is in the eye […]
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Can you believe I sat an investment exam and failed miserably? The bastard kicked me under the desk. On live TV. Then at the ad break he leaned across the desk and seethed, “You can’t say that!” The guy was a total fruit loop. Sky Business News would always put me, the technical guy, up […]
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The most effective way to beating the Australian market over the last 26-years? It’s official. At least that’s the conclusion from the flash boys over at Morgan Stanley. Momentum¹. You know: buying stocks that go up. Selling the ones that go down. And it wasn’t a slight aberration. Momentum was a 10 out of 10 […]
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