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Nasdaq 100 Down 2% Trading Setup 
On a day when Nasdaq 100 is down 2% from its previous day close, something very interesting is likely to happen within a day or two.
Following is a table of Nasdaq 100 emini from September 2003 to March 2011 showing the statistics related to the 2% drop phenomenon.
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Misunderstanding of Trading System Designs
Most retail traders misunderstand that trading systems are created by ad hoc grinding in trying out all kinds of rules to see if a system is profitable (or whatever metric you like to use as the performance yardstick). Here is a short summary of the ...
Most retail traders misunderstand that trading systems are created by ad hoc grinding in trying out all kinds of rules to see if a system is profitable (or whatever metric you like to use as the performance yardstick). Here is a short summary of the ...
Some Thoughts on "Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans"
First it is a good read - Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans Several interesting parallels on Nassim's take on the current situation in the financial system to individual traders or trading models - Traders who never experienced significan ...
First it is a good read - Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans Several interesting parallels on Nassim's take on the current situation in the financial system to individual traders or trading models - Traders who never experienced significan ...
Choosing the Right Laptop for Trading
It can be confusing when we go out there looking for the right laptop that is suitable for daytrading. I am going to point out several features that are more important for daytrading purpose. Update: For those of you interested in buying a new Deskt ...
It can be confusing when we go out there looking for the right laptop that is suitable for daytrading. I am going to point out several features that are more important for daytrading purpose. Update: For those of you interested in buying a new Deskt ...
Gold in Yearly STOPD Perspective
Here is a spot gold weekly chart with yearly STOPD Levels. I draw those levels by hand as I do not have access to my auto indicators on this laptop. Observations, 1. The orange levels are 1st quarter of 2010 and 2011 projections. Gold reached 400% ex ...
Here is a spot gold weekly chart with yearly STOPD Levels. I draw those levels by hand as I do not have access to my auto indicators on this laptop. Observations, 1. The orange levels are 1st quarter of 2010 and 2011 projections. Gold reached 400% ex ...
Laptop Woes from nVidia 8600M Chipset
This week when I take my LG P300 laptop with me instead of my usual touch screen ones, it died on me with some odd symptoms. The LCD output was mixed with messed up output, etc. When I get the chance to test it with a LCD monitor, vertical strips sh ...
This week when I take my LG P300 laptop with me instead of my usual touch screen ones, it died on me with some odd symptoms. The LCD output was mixed with messed up output, etc. When I get the chance to test it with a LCD monitor, vertical strips sh ...
Measured Move (a.k.a. 1-to-1 Swing, ABCD Move) 
Part of Art of Chart Reading Summary Measured move is a name given to a highly structured price movement that consists of 2 swings in the same direction with a pause in-between. The 2 swings are supposed to be very similar to each other, meaning ...
Part of Art of Chart Reading Summary Measured move is a name given to a highly structured price movement that consists of 2 swings in the same direction with a pause in-between. The 2 swings are supposed to be very similar to each other, meaning ...
Three Pushes
Part of Art of Chart Reading Summary Three Pushes is one of the more reliable chart patterns that work very well across almost all financial instruments. The pattern is easily recognizable and many of its formations can be computerized, making it ...
Part of Art of Chart Reading Summary Three Pushes is one of the more reliable chart patterns that work very well across almost all financial instruments. The pattern is easily recognizable and many of its formations can be computerized, making it ...
Emini S&P Day Close to Range Distribution
To answer a question from our member, here is the distribution plot of Emini S&P close of the day relative to the range of the day. By representing the price as a percentage of the RTH range, centered at the midpoint, we get a distribution gra ...
To answer a question from our member, here is the distribution plot of Emini S&P close of the day relative to the range of the day. By representing the price as a percentage of the RTH range, centered at the midpoint, we get a distribution gra ...
Weekly Homework
Not sure if you guys do this, but I learned from my mentors early in my trading career that weekly review of the charts is an important routine for discretionary traders. First, it is not a review of the charts that we use for our daytrading mic ...
Not sure if you guys do this, but I learned from my mentors early in my trading career that weekly review of the charts is an important routine for discretionary traders. First, it is not a review of the charts that we use for our daytrading mic ...
