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How Many Days Will You Be Profitable?

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:47:21 +0000

Paul Mulvaney is a trend trader profiled in my book The Little Book of Trading. His insight: Mulvaney's trend trading is profitable on 54 to 55 percent of days, but on only 25 percent of trades. Obviously those 25 percent of trades are more profitable than the 75 percent of trades that are losers. Many [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Classic Trend Following Advice from John W. Henry the Owner of the Boston Red Sox

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:32:25 +0000

If there was a Hall of Fame for trend followers the owner of the Boston Red Sox would be in it. A piece of timeless wisdom from John W. Henry: How are we able to make money by following trends year in and year out? I think it's because markets react to news, but ultimately [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

The Origins of Trend Following

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:35:44 +0000

If you have not yet read the origins of Trend Following, dig in .Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Nell Sloane of Capital Trading Group Offers Insight into Integrating Managed Futures and Traditional Investments

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:01:55 +0000

Nell Sloane of Capital Trading Group offers insight into Integrating Managed Futures and Traditional Investments . Download and take a read. Note: The vast majority of "managed futures" investments are trend following in nature.Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Market Technicians Association 2012 Annual Symposium

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:14:08 +0000

I will be speaking here in NYC in April.Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Nurture Trumps Nature!

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:08:45 +0000

So you think you need to be born with an Asperger's memory gift to win at trading? Wrong! Read: The Talent Code Talent is Overrated The Complete TurtleTrader For example, here are some of the Turtle backgrounds: Collin's Commodities - Commodities Accountant Rosati's Pizza - Kitchen help University of Notre Dame - Philosophy/French Budget Copy [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Sage Counsel from Jim Rohrbach

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:33:21 +0000

Jim writes: Once more we hear that Greece needs more money or it will fail. If you are like me, you are getting tired of hearing that story too. I really do not listen to that stuff when it comes to making my investment decisions. And I really feel sorry for the investors who do make [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Isnâ€™t This Still a â€œModern-Day Depression?â€

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:06:57 +0000

Courtesy of ZH comes David Rosenberg: Q: Isn't this still a "modern-day depression?" Sure it is. And just as we saw in 1933, 1934 and 1935, the economy and the stock market can experience a brief cyclical recovery, especially given all the massive monetary intervention by the central banks, but the fragility and vulnerability never [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »

Larry Hite on â€œBeing Wrongâ€

trendfollowing, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:12:06 +0000

An excerpt from The Little Book of Trading: One final important gem from Larry Hite is that being wrong is okay. He says he was never very good in school and not much of an athlete either. But he turned that to his advantage because he was able to grasp the idea that he could [...]Read More at TraderPlanet.com »