Posts belonging to Category 'Trading Strategies'

Revisiting the Stock Replacement Strategy Series

*This is a repost of the stock replacement strategy series spoken about by Cramer on Stockpickr.com while we’re away on vacation. Enjoy!
Hope you all enjoyed the three part series on stock replacement. Here’s what started it all:
Most recent video from Cramer/Altucher
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155328549/bctid1254124213
First video from Cramer/Altucher
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155328549/bclid1111461880/bctid1224769899
And in case it gets lost in the blogosphere, here’s [...]

Revisit the Paper Trading Concept

*This is a repost of an previous entry found here while we’re away on vacation. Enjoy!
I was listening to one of my lessons from thinkorswim when one of the instructors suggested something unusual. He said, in a nutshell, to overtrade. In other words, experiment with different derivatives, invest in small quantities, and [...]

What is Market Breadth?

*This is a repost of a previous entry found here while we’re away on vacation. Enjoy!
As I learn every day I trade, today I learned about market breadth and how it can affect the markets during the day and potentially the following day. Today, the Dow closed approximately 12 points higher with the [...]

Trading Notes: Technical Analysis in a Declining and Volatile Market

If you haven’t done so already, take a look at thinkorswim’s weekly Wednesday’s lectures. They are by far the most useful lessons on the internet today. I’ve compiled my own notes on this week’s lectures. If you’d like, use them and supplement them with your own notes. These notes help me [...]

Defining My 2008 Trading Goals and Resolutions

This is taken directly from the Option Addict:
Speaking of which, it might sound corny…but I am a big believer in setting personal goals and resolutions each year. If you haven’t done this already, spend a small amount of time over the weekend thinking it over. Make sure that you dedicate at least 5 specific trading [...]