Exits on 10/18/2006

I was stopped out on a loss today. I should probably start comparing my Win/Loss ratio by transaction type ie. long vs short. It would be a good way to demonstrate how bad I do with shorts and a way to track progress when I improve. Type Sym Date/Price In Date/Price Out R-Mult VVUS 10/17/2006@3.65…

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More on why blog

I wanted to follow up my own post about Blog content. In it, I was commenting on Teresa‘s post about bloggers and the information (or lack of) blogs contain. I had two points: blogs are not only for seasoned pros but for noobs as well content of a blog is a lot of time personal…

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Exits on 10/17/2006

A few symbols cross below my stop orders: Type Sym Date/Price In Date/Price Out R-Mult VECO 10/10/2006@19.44 10/17/2006@18.81 0.75R RTSX 10/11/2006@30.48 10/17/2006@29.97 -0.47R powered by performancing firefox

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Exits on 10/16/2006

Got out on a trade. Type Sym Date/Price In Date/Price Out R-Mult TZIX 09/19/2006@14.64 10/16/2006@16.50 3.39R powered by performancing firefox

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Wallstrip.com is live!

I could not let this day go by without marking it in some way. Wallstrip.com is now live and their first show is very entertaining. I find the clip to be just the right length too, enough to have content but not so long that I start doing other things while it plays. Very nicely…

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Thought organization with MindManager Pro 6

Happy friday! Away from the market a bit and into the tools department. I have been using MindManager Pro 6 from Mindjet for about 3 weeks now and I find it has really increased my productivity. For those of who don’t know, I am big fan of the GTD approach from David Allen and I…

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Blog content

Following Teresa‘s post on bloggers and the information blogs contain and Michelle’s reply on TraderMike.net, I decided I should make a short comment. First, I am the proud writter of the perfect example of a blog Tereasa would hate and the reader of many of them. I also think two important aspects where forgotten here….

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Yesterday’s Sale

Another sale out of a bad pick. This one was bad from the second I picked it. I am still happy with the result of my money management rules. This is typically the type of scenario where I would lost more money in the past, holding on in the hopes that situation would turn. Now…

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Worth reading on October 11th 2006

A few links I found browsing around: Gav posted a very good article from Linda Raschke about Writing a Business Plan.

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Worth reading on October 10th 2006

A few links found around that are worth reading: TradeMike has a very good post on how he trail his stops. GooTube: The post-analysis game on Barron’s Tech Trader Daily. Condensed version of the conference call also on Barron’s.

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