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- beachallstar replied Jan 24, 2012
That's obviously a reaction seeking statement, and opens up the question as to what you are looking for at FF? There are many good trader's on FF that have put in a huge amount of time and effort into threads that are a source for people trying to ...
- beachallstar replied Jan 10, 2012
This strategy is pretty common in stocks using options, but it is basically called a straddle, rather than capital neutral, the reason being is that there is decay with the option. The longer you hold them the less value they have. If you can get ...
- beachallstar replied Jan 2, 2012
You're link was appreciated
- beachallstar replied Dec 30, 2011
If you are looking for the 'reasons' behind trends, you are looking at them from a global-macro trading perspective and you will need to look into a few things such as interest rates, money supply, and long term employment trends. If a country A is ...
- beachallstar commented Dec 26, 2011
The Chinese government pretty much does what ever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it, and this definitely looks like a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
- beachallstar commented Dec 26, 2011
Jim Rogers nails it on the head " Capitalism-if you fail, you fail, and then you start over. Anything else is a Ponzi scheme."
- beachallstar replied Dec 24, 2011
Agreed about the leverage restrictions in Canada, but to me the biggest problem is the uneven leverage across pairs, not the degree of leverage it's self. I actually wouldn't want 100:1 anymore, 50:1 is perfectly fine for retail trading, and if I ...
- beachallstar commented Nov 24, 2011
If it goes past 1.067 it should find alot of head-way above there. To me, this trade is all about risk aversion, not specifically about a weakening of CAD, but the strength of the USD as a safe haven. Cad benifits if the Usd economy is strong, but ...
- beachallstar commented Nov 13, 2011
The difference, as stated in the story, between Greece and the other PIIGS is that Greece is truly broke, the other countries are just high risk for increased borrowing costs. This is the ideal solution for the Euro, and probably the best solution ...
- beachallstar replied Nov 6, 2011
Z-score — There is actually an indicator for this, with a reported success rate of 72% accuracy predicting bankruptcy within two years called the Z-score. I don't know all of the input variables for the Z-score, but , if you had a strategy ...
- beachallstar commented Nov 1, 2011
This might push USD/CAD past the 1.07 position. Yohay had a wicked article about risk on/risk off a few weeks ago, definitely a perfect example of the "new normal" he is talking about, with CHF pegged to the Euro, JPY making a huge intervention on ...
- beachallstar commented Oct 31, 2011
Nice stuff!
- beachallstar replied Oct 30, 2011
Livermore — A biography of the greatest trader in history, Jesse Livermore, and Pitbull, a modern day Reminiscences of a Stock operator.
- beachallstar replied Oct 21, 2011
Forexlive is a good site for stops and option barriers etc, and there is usually some good discussion about the markets from some experienced traders on that site as well.
- beachallstar commented Oct 10, 2011
nice point naningbob, there has been so much coulorful and dramatic news about the euro crisis that it's almost getting away from the point, which is if the euro is in such a crisis, why isn't it dropping like a hot potato? Nice to hear a singular ...
- beachallstar commented Oct 6, 2011
Definitely a movie script being shopped around as we speak.
- beachallstar replied Oct 2, 2011
Jason Alan Jankovsky wrote this book about his experiences and market views early in his career as a trader, and has alot of really insightful things to say. The chapter that makes this book A+++ in my view is chapter 3 where he basically debunks ...
- beachallstar replied Sep 27, 2011
A few more cool things — A few more cool PDFs
- beachallstar replied Sep 2, 2011
Have to disagree with this being a myth, I know you are a martingale trader, so I see how this isn't the only way to trade, but it's far from a myth. If you employ a trend following model, catch a several week or even several month move that ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 30, 2011
You can look into PAMM accounts, that's probably the best way to go to control the risk for both of you. I think that some bigger brokers like Alpari offer these. You would also be wise to not trade someone else's money in your trading account, ...