Recent JeffQuinto's Commentaries
Watch this and, then, watch how much...
When you watch this video, you are likely to be amazed that this guy actually jumps off a cliff and flies through the air. But, that is just part of the story. Watch the entire video and see all of the planning that goes into it and look at the after analysis. He does not "just" jump off a cliff...
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Tags: options
My name is Bond, Jeff Bond
Can you picture yourself as James Bond in a tuxedo sitting at the Baccarat table at the casino in Monte Carlo with a beautiful girl by your side? I can. The first time I was ever in a casino, I wanted to be just like James Bond.
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Tags: risk-management-in-futures-and-options-markets | risk-management
Best wishes for a wonderful Holiday
I hope that you and your family enjoy a wonderful holiday season together. My thanks to all of you who have made 2011 another successful year as we have grown together. For me, the best part of my mentoring is that I get to help serious traders advance in their trading and along to way they beco...
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Tags: greetings
The market has the memory of a dog!
Everyone I know who owns a dog thinks that their dog is the smartest dog that ever lived. They think their dog remembers everything that happens. Take my neighbor's dog Fritz as an example. Fritz is smart, but his short term memory is hazy at best and his long term memory is almost nonexistent. ...
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Tags: success-in-futures-and-options-markets | prices-in-futures-and-options-trading
What to learn from the giant tree looming...
I asked Andre what could be learned from the recent lightening and wind damage to a giant walnut tree next to my house. Truth be told, I wanted to have an excuse to use the photo-shopped picture at the left. Thanks Andre. “The market is like the weather, unpredictable and sometimes very volatil...
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Tags: comments-from-futures-traders | futures
Over-reliance on accuracy in trading can be...
Accuracy would seem to be a good thing. In many professions, it is the most important thing. (see picture at left) However, in trading, over-reliance on accuracy can actually be destructive. A new mentoring trader started with me this week and he showed me a strategy he had learned that generated...
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Tags: risk-management-in-futures-and-options-markets | risk-reward
Making the best of the worst of times
I was the favorite grandchild of my larger-than-life grandfather.
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Tags: personal | success-in-trading-and-in-life
Finding your own path from the foothills of...
At yesterday’s $aturday $trategy $ession, two traders talked about their path from the foothills of trading to Base Camp One. The Mount Everest analogy is meant to describe the journey from getting serious about trading, the foothills, to the start of professional trading, Base Camp One. The fir...
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Tags: professional-trader-mentoring-mentoring-program | professional-trader-mentoring-program-traders
Simon’s Eureka Moment
“The hidden power of writing – don’t underestimate it”By Simon Townshend After my “Evolve or Die” webinar in March with Linda Raschke, Linda mentioned something really interesting. She said that she often finds a real benefit of running such events is that it forces you (the speaker) to gather yo...
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Tags: simon-townshend-says | simon-townshend
ElectronicFuturesTrader.com becomes...
We are completing preparations to convert ElectronicFuturesTrader.com to ProfessionalTraderMentoring.com. It has a new look and better reflects the Mentoring business that I originally started to help floor traders move from the exchange floor upstairs to the new Electronic Trading world. Today,...
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Tags: electronic-futures-trader-mentoring-program
May you live in interesting times
The Chinese have a blessing, that some would say is also a curse, that wishes, “May you live in interesting times”. For traders like you and me, the last two weeks would have to count as interesting times. I would say that yesterday’s $10 drop in crude was something I will tell my grandchildren a...
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Tags: uncategorized | success-in-futures-and-options-markets | trading-strategy-in-futures-and-options-markets | futures-markets | futures-trading
Combining Disparate Timeframes – Simon shows how
A popular topic in trading circles is the use of multiple timeframes. Lots of traders like to use more than one timeframe to support their hypotheses and used properly such techniques can have considerable benefits. However most proponents use relatively similar timeframes and in my opinion in do...
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Tags: simon-townshend-says | simon-townshend
Mr. Top Step himself, Danny Riley at March’s...
My longtime friend Danny Riley talked about his experiences taking orders from some of the largest S&P traders in the world during March’s $aturday $trategy $ession. You can watch the entire session at http://quinto.omnovia.com/archives/74679
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Tags: uncategorized | e-mini-s-amp-ps
My days as a big trader – or consistency is...
Early in my career on the floor, I wanted to be a big trader. The big traders on the floor were respected and all of the new traders, like me, wanted to be like them. In fact, there were sound reasons for wanting to be a big trader. If a broker came into the pit to sell a hundred contracts, he w...
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Tags: size-in-futures-trading | floor-trading | size-of-trades | success-in-futures-and-options-markets
The King’s Speech – overcoming adversity and...
Last weekend, I saw the most powerful movie I have seen in years -The King’s Speech. It is a masterfully told story of overcoming adversity. The parallels between the story told in the movie, overcoming stammering in order to speak in public, and overcoming fear in trading are close to my heart. ...
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Tags: success-in-trading-futures-and-options-markets | fear-in-trading
