Archive for December 2006
The Best of Trade-Ideas Blog (According to Time Magazine’s Person of the Year)
That “PoP” sound from the champagne bottle is for you dear reader. As we celebrate what’s been accomplished in 2006, we want to wish all readers and subscribers a very happy and prosperous New Year. Below are links to the posts that received the most views in 2006 – we further edited the list that…
Read MoreWhat else is there to do this weekend? Trade-Ideas Contest
The response to our strategy contest and IPod giveaway is underwhelming. If you thought you’d pass on this contest due to the low odds of actually winning (given the large number of contestant entries), I can assure you this is not the case. Your odds of winning one of these 3 prizes is very high…
Read MoreTop and Bottom Performing Stocks: Year to Date 2006
The lists below highlight the best and worst performing stocks traded on the U.S. exchanges year to date with at an average daily volume of 500,000 shares/day. There is also a list of stocks that follow a “rule of 3”: Stocks that are at least 3% above their 200, 50, and 20 day Moving Average…
Read MoreWhen Subscribers Talk: Listen and Deliver
This month marks the end of the second year of this blog. Our first post was in December of 2004. In recognition of this milestone it’s only appropriate that I share with you the details of several new filters that will be operational early next week. After all, these new features and improvements to Trade-Ideas,…
Read More2006 Prizes: IPods and Ideas: A Trade-Ideas Contest
It’s the holiday season and I’m in a giving and sharing mood. So let’s give away some goodies and share our readers’ favorite Trade-Ideas set-ups. We’ll use The Odds Maker to judge whose strategy is winning the most in this market. Here is the prizebag: The Goodies* 1st prize: 1 IPod Nano (4GB, your choice…
Read MoreDaily Ticks: Footprints, Widgets, and MA Crossovers
A list of what’s got our attention today: FallonD uses the latest Trade-Ideas Custom Scan widget to replicate the Base scan he uses to select stocks Our latest sponsor is SFO magazine which publishes a free daily newsletter on the markets. They do an excellent job of covering larger sector and national themes in play…
Read MoreStrategy Session: Take Your Trading to New Depths
A recent conversation on EliteTrader featured an interesting strategy with which I decide to experiment. It’s based on an analogy that Dr. Brett Steenbarger and I discussed awhile ago and one that wound up in his recent book, Enhancing Trader Performance (Wiley, 2007) pg. 147 “If the sea life at a particular market depth is…
Read MoreStrategy Session: As the Market Changes so do the Odds
We are taking a position on the market and backing it up with The Odds Maker. A couple of customers using The Odds Maker with positive results emailed us separately with interesting observations to share: #1 The market is efficientWhen they find a strategy with a great Odds Maker summary, the market eventually reduces the…
Read MoreTrade Impact Analysis – How Institutions Use The Odds Maker
We received great insight as to how The Odds Maker is used by some of our institutional customers recently. It is always interesting for us to see the new ways that people use Trade-Ideas software. Understanding how this segment implements The Odds Maker can improve how others use the tool as well. Institutions like CIBC,…
Read MoreQuite the Buzz Over at Trader-X
Have a good weekend everyone! I leave with you a great conversation happening over at Trader-X regarding gaps, Trade-Ideas techniques, and access to a 7-day free trial if you sign up from his site. Good lookin’ chap too from his avatar – strong resemblance to that famous actor – what’s his name.
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