"trading" Posts
The Mid-Autumn Festival vs. Full Moon
By Lawrence
Chinese people were celebrating their Mid-Autumn Festival on Thursday worldwide while the astronomy enthusiasts are going to observe the full moon tonight. But isn’t Mid-Autumn Festival supposed to happen on the day of full moon? Since many traders believe in the effect of the moon cycle on various financial markets. It is a good idea […]
Post Brexit World
By Lawrence
As of this time on Friday, S&P500 has repaired all its losses after Brexit. Yet, British Pound is trading near the post Brexit low which is some 12% lower while Euro has repaired half of its losses. The volatility index (VIX) has its steepest decline within a week over the past 20 years. What is […]
Long Term Investing Is a Sucker’s Game
By Lawrence
A friend introduced me to his long time buddy who is considering retirement now. We have an interesting talk over the evening and I have learned some very disturbing development in the financial industry. This is not a good sign for people who consider themselves conservative investors. A Lifetime Saver This new friend of mine […]
Catch Up, Orderly Mess and Alternative Investments
By Lawrence
Trying to catch up with emails, projects and everyday task over the past few days. Learned a few things from the experience. They are quite funny. First, failing to clean up inbox for more than a week means many hours of work. Just identifying and deleting the spams already took hours. I did not know […]
Volatility Is Back and Question About Home Run
By Lawrence
As I explained weeks ago, volatility would be back. And here we are, the volatility index (VIX) has printed a new high for the year today. People were laughing back then questioning my sanity. It does not prove me right and that they are wrong. Instead, it simply shows human ignorance is everywhere. As a […]
The Lack of Good 2-in-1 Laptops for Trading, Research and Note-Taking
By Lawrence
I have been waiting for a good 2-in-1 laptop for a long time now. My primary requirements are simple – high resolution for charts and order entry, can work well as a tablet for note-taking, and most important of all, long battery life. It turns out such thing does not exist yet. For most people, […]
Weekend Humour: Trading Artefacts From Early 1990s
By Lawrence
I have made it a routine lately to spend one day every week on organizing and purging stuff I stored away in lateral boxes. I cannot believe what I found today from one of the boxes. It’s like a time capsule! Profile Pictures of These Men and Women Can you recognize any of them? […]
How To Bootstrap Your Way To Day Trade Emini S&P
By Lawrence
Everyone wants to know how to day trade Emini S&P with short stack (i.e. next to no money) but no one really offers any proper answer to the question. There are claims that you can do it but not everyone can hit a lucky streak in the beginning nor being a good trader right from […]
The Last Stock Market Option Expiration Week of 2014
By Lawrence
Last week, everyone yelling year end rally yet S&P 500 keep dropping. This week, everyone turned bearish yet S&P 500 held the ground like a fortress. Last week is expected to drop into this Monday and find a bottom this week to finish the option expiration week at the sweet spot. Not bragging here but […]
Signs of Trouble by Brexit on June 23, 2016
My members shared with me notices they’ve received from their brokerages regarding increase in margin requirements going into Brexit on June 23rd. I have received several notices myself too with similar message. This will further cut down the liquidity in all the major markets and induces even higher volatility post Brexit vote. Check with your […]