IX Investor Show returns to Barbican
The IX Investor Show, which was launched in 2003 at venues including London Olympia and ExCel London, has now moved to the City! This dynamic event, which aims to showcase all the leading trading and…
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Clustering and why trading can be difficult
If you have read my last article then the concept of system expectancy should have you in good spirits. Assume you can call the markets more than 50% of the time. Then, if your reward…
The concept of Expectancy
Over the years I have horrified quantitatively orientated seminar audiences by using a coin to predict market direction. I always ask, “would any of you trade with a coin”. They all to a person laugh…
Are stops only for buses?
It’s a tough market, and the most difficult I have encountered for many years for directional traders. The options players are rubbing their hands as a period of sideways churn properly played is a license…
The FTSE 100 hits a new multi-year high but are these levels sustainable?
The FTSE 100 was on the rise during the current week and the main index has gained almost 100 points since the last time we discussed its outlook to come to striking distance from the…
Breaking News: A Home Cure for STDs?
Start with a few deep breaths… I should have known from the look on her face, as I opened the door with my usual cheery greeting, that all was ‘not well’. There seemed to…
Head and Shoulders holds in S&P
The head and shoulders pattern in the main market index for the US stock market…The S&P 500. (ETF Proxy – AMEX:SPY) continues to unfold. Price is just hacking and gasping sideways, and…
Spilling the beans!
They’re spilling the beans in Guaruja, Brazil…. My caffeinous indulgences have to be tamed. My enthusiastic expectations have had a setback since the rains came and the smart ‘knowing’ money took profits in the last…
Discipline in Trading
The big achievers in life seem to be the most disciplined of people. This is an illusion, and many ordinary people have made a great success out of trading and business with ordinary levels of…
Stock Indices in a Knot Worldwide
The stock indices of the world have been trading in a tight “Knot” for the last 5 months. Those of you who understand the Fibonacci method of predicting levels in the market will see that…
