Other traders see me as random in Tyro’s poll Stewie revisits the Holy Grail for us novices Control your brain by controlling your risk Corey contemplates why stocks fall on good news Motorola to split into two companies ... Go to Full Article

A number of readers have asked me recently about tracking program trading. Program trading refers to trades in which stocks are purchased or sold in baskets either for arbitrage or for placing directional bets on sectors, themes, . ... Go to Full Article

I received an eloquent email from an excellent trader who marveled that he trades very well when he trades moderate (but still significant) size, but then trades quite poorly when he trades his maximum size. His level of risk-taking, ... Go to Full Article

The relationship between the Yen and the S&P and the relevance of the "Yen Carry trade" has been described expertly by the ETF expert From a technical perspective, spikes in the relationship between the Yen and S&P mark bullish ... Go to Full Article

The core indices scrambled above their 50-day MAs (or came close to doing so), but one leader of economic activity, the transports, actually cleared its 200-day MA and broadening wedge resistance. A new bullish trend has yet to ... Go to Full Article

* Strong Market - Monday was a strong day, with my Demand measure (index of stocks closing above the volatility envelopes surrounding their short-term moving averages) hitting 204 and Supply (index of stocks closing below their . ... Go to Full Article

You’ve had it happen to you. You want to buy a stock you’ve been studying for a while, and finally they announce a surprise bit of good news and the price rallies sharply higher and so you jump in, not to be left out. ... Go to Full Article

The most recent intraday price swing on the indexes was amazingly smooth and I had to highlight its recent development:. It’s almost as if someone threw a ball into the air, watched it slow down before its ultimate peak, ... Go to Full Article

I sure am glad I decided to wait for more of a bounce to short ag. Geez. All of the ag stocks are making big moves based on this headline, "Monsanto ups profit view on corn, herbicide strength," and a few other headlines. ... Go to Full Article

Days like this aren’t nearly as fun. But you can’t win them all. Here’s our worst trade of the day, long FMCN stopped out for -1.22R: The stop was pretty tight on this one. Go to Full Article

Symbol, Price, Volume, Avg. Volume, % Vol. Increase. ABPI, 0.97, 3938482, 286924, %1272.65. AYR, 13.32, 3734775, 886688, %321.20. VRSO, 0.142, 2668412, 377202, %607.42. GLDD, 5.11, 958127, 195640, %389.73 ... Go to Full Article

Symbol, Price, Volume, Avg. Volume, % Vol. Increase, High Alpha. CSX, 57.43, 7756231, 6102900, %27.09. TJX, 34.45, 5667367, 6678310, %-15.13. MA, 224.98, 4368733, 4011820, %8.89, *. BNI, 95.34, 3890515, 3517500, %10.60 ... Go to Full Article

A number of readers have asked me recently about tracking program trading. Program trading refers to trades in which stocks are purchased or sold in baskets either for arbitrage or for placing directional bets on sectors, themes, ... Go to Full Article

One step forward, and about 500 steps back. I have been in this cycle for months now. I make a little money (take yesterday for instance) and then lose twice that amount the next day. It’s almost gotten to the point where I am going to ... Go to Full Article

Both charts are of AKS - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I tried going long this morning. In fact before the trade on the chart, I made one attempt to go long before that trade. I followed my play and got out on the fast ... Go to Full Article