In Mr. Arthur Koestler's book, The Act of Creation, he discusses the logic of laughter. I have recently written about Mr. John Cleese and his thoughts regarding humor and what is needed in order to be creative. Both men share similar ideas which can be applied to trading models and trading systems. Mr. Koestler states that humor occurs when there is, "the perceiving of an idea…in two self-consistent but habitually...more
I was recently scanning some performance databases of various trading systems and CTAs and noticed that almost all the tracking services have some form of a hot list. These were usually a list of the best performing systems or CTAs over a given period. The typical time frames for measuring performance were usually 30 days, 90 days and a year. These lists are of interest to many viewers because they are consistently reported by all the leading...more
What is the oscillator?An oscillator is a technical indicator that tells at a glance whether a security currently trades in an "overbought" or "oversold" condition.What are the meaning of "overbought" and "oversold"?Overbought means the security is trading at the upper extreme of its current price range and may be vulnerable to a correction.Oversold means the security that scraps the bottom of its current price range and is due for a bounce up.Relative Strength Index (RSI)A load of oscillators is available for study and use in trading, each has its pros and cons. However, the one we will discuss in this article is a basic and most popular one. It is available in every charting software, the Relative Strength Index (RSI).The RSI was introduced by Welles Wilder in his book "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems". It measures a particular security's current relative strength by comparing to its own price history.The features of the RSI are as follows.- The RSI also forms the same chart patterns as price, e.g. head & shoulder, double top, double bottom. - The RSI can be use to indicate support and resistance to confirm price pattern. - Like many indicators, the RSI...more
Swing Trading is known as an approach which consists of the process of day trading. Stock traders currency departments and futures utilize this kind of method to make surplus amounts of revenue.Should you discover day trading quite appropriate for your business and also you want to generate some quick money then you have to subscribe...more
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There is a natural desire, especially by beginning traders, to want to trade excessively. This is not difficult to understand. A day trader cannot make money unless he or she is in a trade; this is the general outlook of most novice day traders. But...more