Prior to Wednesday’s close on November 25, many Swing or Oscillator based trading plans were on sell signals. Many markets including Asian and developing markets were near highs. A Trading System using Swing...
Read MoreA Market Timing technique that is objective using a systematic trading approach eliminates predetermined attitudes to the market. Too many Market Timers are either always Bullish or always Bearish. These people are...
Read MoreSystematic Trading Plans based on the close of the market is a superior way to view the technicals. Almost every day investors and traders await some bit of information and often over-react to that number in both the...
Read MoreDon’t kid yourself; everyone is trying to use market timing to position their portfolio. If market timing was not being used, you would not see the asset percentage in any asset class remain stable. ...
Read MoreSystematic Trader’s will use the 50 day Simple Moving Average as their trading plan. The 50 day moving average is a good trading plan for indexes and ETF’s that have trend following characteristics. It...
Read MoreTrading Systems used in technical analysis are not secrets, everyone has them. After years of using technical analysis for trading and portfolio management, I can tell you that there is little new. Technical analysis...
Read MoreIt is rare that a book can be republished every year and yet be an indispensable addition to every investor’s library. The Stock Trader’s Almanac by Jeffrey and Yale Hirsh is such a book. The wealth of...
Read MoreGS: Goldman Sacks today announced a $500 million initiative to help small businesses. I applaud them in this effort. A bigger question is “what is GS: Goldman Sachs? Are they an investment banking...
Read MoreA systematic trading plan built around returning to the mean, would have produced 74 points of trading profit on a stock that is $53.66 today. Wal-Mart was 54.75 on November 11, 1998. Wal-Mart, WMT is one of the most...
Read MoreMarket timing the cash on the sidelines? The subject of the amount of cash sitting on the sidelines has been a headline and topic of discussion for some time. Inspired by the November 16, 2009 article in...
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