Assessing Your Personal Strengths: What They Mean for Trading Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D. A common perspective is that traders run into problems because of personal (or personality) flaws. My experience with successful traders in professional settings, however, finds that the successful...

links for 2008-01-26 DealBreaker.com - The (Face Of The) $7.14 Billion Man. (tags: trading stocks). Ho John Lee?s Weblog » Jerome Kerviel?s not-so-excellent adventure in the futures market. At $7.2 billion, this loss is larger than than the estimated 2006 ... Go to Full Article

A Quick Look at Markets from Around the World With the market turmoil not contained to the US Market, I thought it would be productive to highlight the weekly charts of some of the major countries of the world. I will be using the MSCI iShares from StockCharts.com for the quick ... Go to...

Love and Sex with robots via dinosaurtrader. Go to Full Article

56 stocks closed at all-time lows Symbol, Price, Volume, Avg. Volume, % Vol. Increase. WJCI, 0.53, 4596397, 171601, %2578.53. NSTR, 1.35, 3069059, 853065, %259.76. BKD, 20.87, 1459750, 673124, %116.86. VSE, 9.73, 1395508, 1338900, %4.22 ... Go to Full Article

Coal Stocks Rip To New Highs I woke up this morning a little late and rushed through my research. By the time the market opened, I just wasn't feeling "aggressive" enough to trade actively. The office jumped on the long in the coal stocks, which was amazing but I ... Go to Full Article

Just A Click Away Was the Fed snookered into cutting rates? How low should the Fed go next week? Inside a Fed meeting. The darker side of interest rate cuts. The latest rate cut odds. Are the wizards at Davos overreacting? Lies and government statistics ... Go to Full Article

25 stocks closed at all-time highs Symbol, Price, Volume, Avg. Volume, % Vol. Increase, High Alpha. ABX, 52.17, 12757837, 9675000, %31.86, *. GLD, 90.3, 9557721, 9039160, %5.73. HET, 89.45, 4489084, 3119130, %43.92. FDG, 44.21, 4431836, 818442, %441.49 ... Go to Full Article

'Still Kicking' If you have a Dow Jones News Service feed, I recommend looking up this interesting piece: "TALES OF THE TAPE: Back Against Wall, LaBranche Still Kicking." Sorry I can't provide a link for those of you who don't. Dow Jones doesn't appear ... Go to Full Article

Virtual Office, $4196. Dow, -171.44, 12207.17. Dehtrader, $1372 on 3100 shares traded. Evolution, $1122 on 82800 shares traded. Me, $817 on 14000 shares traded. Sanglucci, $538 on 11800 shares traded. OBAT, $187 on 8700 shares traded. Denarii, $90 on 1800 shares traded. ... Go to Full...

Uh, Oh... HPT Blows Up AGAIN! Wow. It's a good thing he's not a 56 year old fat guy. His heart would've given out there at the end... Stock Trading disaster - Watch more free videos. Go to Full Article

Of Montreal, "Dustin Hoffman Gets Indignant And Wets Himself" I haven't posted a song in awhile. This one fits my relaxed mood today. Go to Full Article

Today's Hot Sector: Agriculture Yesterday it was the financials and real estate, and today the hot sector was agriculture. Great move if you caught it. Now the million dollar question is whether this move was due to short covering or the start of a reversal that will ... Go to Full Article

Dolby (DLB), Under Armor (UA) and Varian Medical (VAR)--"Trading ... Hello Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog, Stock Picks Bob's Advice! As always, please remember that I am an amateur investor, so please remember to consult with your professional investment...

Friday links: rogue trading More questions than answers behind the huge SocGen trading fiasco. (DealBook). Did the ?rogue trader? induce the Fed to panic? (Big Picture, Jeff Matthews). Bailout or buyout for the monoline bond insurers? (naked capitalism, ibid) ... Go to Full Article