Wednesday, January 24. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Linda Bradford Raschke: Education, Lots Of It
Tuesday, January 23. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Pivot Points
Daily Pivot Points are used by floor traders as easy to remember levels of support and resistance for intraday trading. The basic calculation for the current day's pivot points are based upon the previous day's High, Low, and Close. Here is a link to a good Pivot Point Calculator. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Pivot Points" »
Monday, January 22. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Elite Trader: Opinions, Facts and Heresy
Elite Trader is predominately a forum based site. It caters to traders of all types, where type may be newbie/experienced, forex/equity/commodity, day-trader/swing-trader, to name but a few combinations. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Elite Trader:..." »
Sunday, January 21. 2007
IQFeed Level II Order Book
DTN IQ has a Level II feed for NASDAQ. I wouldn't classify it as a complete Open Book type of feed. Interactive Brokers has something a bit better in that regard. The draw back with Interactive Brokers Level II Feed is that they will only provide a maximum of three instuments simultaneously. They do provide Level II for NASDAQ as well as for NYSE. Continue reading "IQFeed Level II Order Book" »
Friday, January 19. 2007
Stolen Articles
Before I moved to Bermuda, I was staying with a fellow named Van Hughes in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was between jobs. I got introduced to Van through a fellow who hired me for a contract in St. Thomas. I spent a number of months with Van helping with some wireless opportunities as well as some voice over ip opportunities. Continue reading "Stolen Articles" »
Trading Site of the Day -- Trading Education: Pearls of Wisdom, Knuggets of Knowledge
Back on 2006/12/21, I wrote about using range bars as part of an indicator set for tracking market movements. In a tutorial at Trading Education, I came across an article by Brett Steenbarger called Fundamentals of Short-Term Trading: Part I. Steenbarger recommends using what he calls Equivalent Bars, with each bar representing approximately the same number of contracts. Using this type of bar, one would hold contracts for a duration of Equivalent Bars, which he says is helpful for risk control. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Trading Education:..." »
Wednesday, January 17. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- Trader Daily: Ego, Psychology, and Incentive
In much of the literature, the topic of trading psychology is heavily talked about. How to improve one's self as a trader is one common subtopic. Analysing Market Psychology is another side of the same coin. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- Trader Daily: Ego,..." »
Tuesday, January 16. 2007
Trading Site of the Day -- EconoDay: Economic Indicators
Today I'm starting a new series, a series that will help me, and hopefully you as a reader, to learn of new sources of trading information scattered about the web. I'll look at big popular sites as well as smaller niche sites. Whatever strikes my fancy for the day. Continue reading "Trading Site of the Day -- EconoDay: Economic..." »