Recent trendfollowing's Commentaries
It Could Kill Ya!
I tell people all the time, "Don't trust me, verify me." Source: behaviorgap.com.
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Tags: psychology
How Many Days Will You Be Profitable?
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...
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Classic Trend Following Advice from John W....
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 [...]
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Too Many Trend Followers? Not Happening
In case you're concerned that I will create a whole new generation of trend followers who will negatively affect the frequency, direction, and intensity of trends (as well as your ability to make money trading trends), forget it. Here are reasons why systematic trend following will continue to ex...
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Tags: psychology
The Origins of Trend Following
If you have not yet read the origins of Trend Following, dig in (PDF).
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Attitude: Mission Critical
The right attitude for trading success? Mission critical: Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety. True that.
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Tags: psychology
Fundamentals? Economics? Analysis? Needed to...
Some reading that paints tougher times: Warning: Goat Rodeo Weaning Off 'Alternative' Investments Japanese Population To Shrink By One Third, Size Of Workforce To Plunge In Under 50 Years A Housing Bottom? What Are They Thinking? The Slowest Non-Recessionary Growth Since 1947 I am not betting off...
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Tags: economics
So Are You Attached to the Nipple or Are You...
Below is one life path-attached to the nipple: A better option? Be a linchpin.
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Tags: psychology
Nell Sloane of Capital Trading Group Offers...
Nell Sloane of Capital Trading Group offers insight into Integrating Managed Futures and Traditional Investments (PDF). Download and take a read. Note: The vast majority of "managed futures" investments are trend following in nature.
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An Aha Moment!
From a student: When I started the program, I was given the advice to read the first four books that you wrote before getting too involved in the course material. Well I made it to chapter two of "The Little Book of Trading" and then I promptly stopped. Why? I was reading about David Druz [...]
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Market Technicians Association 2012 Annual...
I will be speaking here in NYC in April.
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Nurture Trumps Nature!
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 Universit...
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Sage Counsel from Jim Rohrbach
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 [...]
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Translation of Federal Reserve Actions Today
From the wires: ...it appears the Fed is saying it won't raise rates until 2015, since its statement said it was holding rates low through 2014. Translation: "F*** yeah we are gonna keep rates at 0 through 2014...staying there until we at least create another damn bubble! You f***ing sheep get lo...
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Tags: economics
Isn’t This Still a “Modern-Day...
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 t...
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Tags: economics | trend-following
