Nearly 10 years ago, Warren Buffett, issued a challenge to the hedge fund industry — a $1 million bet that they could not put together a portfolio of hedge funds that would outperform an S&P 500 Index fund over a 10-year period. The key Buffett’s bet against hedge funds was the math of the fund […]
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This is a guest post by Troy who is a private trader who blogs at Bull Markets Why the stock market is going higher in the medium term: Here’s what I think based on 3 time frames: Long term: This bull market has 1-2 years (closer to 1 year than 2 years) Medium term: The stock
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“Trading can be your passion and a way to make money and create wealth but it is not the meaning of life. Your highest goal should be happiness and trading should just be a stepping stone on your path there.” – Steve Burns The best traders I know are not chained to their trading desks
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Chart Courtesy of StockCharts.com Last week $SPY retraced the previous big bullish candle ending lower. The 10 day EMA acted as end of day support last week. Price remains bullish and over the key moving averages 10 day, 50 day, 100 day, 200 day. $SPY is trading inside a price range that is consolidating.
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The normal path of nature has fragile things like living creatures and mechanical things follow a ‘bathtub curve’ where, after being a baby then child the probabilities of death increases as time goes by. For fragile things age and health determine the probability of continued survival which is the basis of insurance companies mortality tables
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After the bounce off the $SPY 200 day SMA price has stabilized inside a trading range with $270 as a key support and $275 as resistance. Look for a break and close beyond these levels to confirm the next direction. The trading range has doubled in February with an ATR of 4.4. The moves have
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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared here on ColibriTrader.com. Creative trading involves change. Trading in general is changing all the time. Change is creative by itself if managed properly. Creative trading involves willingness to challenge; a willingness to take risks and step outside
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This is a Guest Post by: Colibri Trader @priceinaction. This article is used here with permission and originally appeared here on ColibriTrader.com. In Forex trading, even a price action trader like me can’t ignore the High-Frequency Trading (HFT) industry. And, the way it shaped the Forex market. To fully understand its impact on the market
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When completing a backtest in a market it is crucial to understand ten dynamics to see if the system is viable for trading live with real money. While backtesting can’t ensure that you will make money going forward using backtested parameters and signals a backtest can tell you what did not work and the past
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Here is an example of a simple long term profitable trend following system for the $SPY ETF. This is really best compared with buy and hold investing and presents a simple alternate that creates more returns that buy and hold investing and cuts the draw down in capital by over half. It keeps you in
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