There are two types of VIX or VIX product (i.e., VXX, UVXY, and SVXY) trades that I like: (a) "Term Structure" and (b) "Contango Drift" trades.
"Term Structure" Trades
"Term Structure" trades are only done in VIX, since only VIX has an underlying future (/VX) and a "term structure," with /VX futures prices generally priced at increasingly higher prices as...
First of all, this is a long-term investing style, if you are not that kind of person then it’s not for you.
Let’s say you can spare $500 a month.
By allowing dollar cost averaging into just 3 index funds, $300 into one that holds total US stock market, $100 into once that hold foreign stock market and $100 into one that hold US bonds – you can say you hold...
The idea of a derivative is powerful and especially useful in trading. We often don't care so much what the price is, but how it moves. For that reason the velocity, acceleration, and rarely the jerk of price is valuable information. There are a lot of numerical issues with taking time derivatives of price, the biggest of which, in my eyes, is that all transforms...
To get a a graph of the portfolio, I added the S&P500 and TLT together. But to keep them roughly equal I used 50% of the price of $SPY and 100% of the price of $TLT.
I create the graph by typing the following into the symbol window: SPY*.5+TLT
It shows also that the mood of the country might have been pretty bad going into the election since the combined...
Point A: George Soros shorted GBP from the very top and made 1 billion dollars in profit, that's why he's also known as the man who broke bank of England.
Normal day traders will look into the past and will put all kinds of lines and indicators there to give them a relief that it was an indicator or pattern which moved the market BUT the reality is far away from...
This will be a relatively shorter post and is a follow up on Part 1 (phew.... Good for me and you LOL)
So, i got this situation where there was a breakout on the 4 hour, mark with a dash line on the 1 hour.
The first thing that came to my mind will be:
A) I want to long
B) I will not short even if there is a reversal (Unless 7700 is broken)
C) Where will i long?...
Please ignore the previous post as I lost internet connection
Dear all, as mentioned i not only want to share trading signals and ideals but more on my psychology.
There are tons of signals and ideals just on this platform itself. I do not see I'm the best out there, nor
am I not trying to be special or trying to sell something. I have always been wanting to...
North Korea fired rockets over Japan!
Well, while this fuels short-term immediate reactions, as seen on chart, within the same day, the market has reached the conclusion at a point in time, that sum of all "forces" in the world are unchanged after the fact of the missile since price came back to the initial starting point.
This is a prime example how news...
If you use the dxy to spot easy set ups you can get a trade on the majors -- pick the one that looks most promising (not all of them incase you are wrong - best to be wrong once than 2-3-4 times) split your trade over 2 pairs or split it on one --- take some early pips to the next obvious level then let the other ride if you are trading off of daily levels that`s...
This is an easy example of what could've put anyone who would have been anxious to jump into the trade seen here on silver. Everything is described in the chart but for you who are just here to read it quickly, trade your way don't trust or allow automated trading strategies tell you when to exactly buy or sell.
This graphic of Classic Bubble Pattern, it happen on :
1. Oil 2008,
2. Nasdaq in 2000,
3. Chinese Shanghai index in 2007,
4. Cotton in 2011,
5. Waiting list
And in every bubble ended the same way: "they all came back down sharply"
Disclaimer :
This analysis not include personal feeling/opinion, and pure base on technical analysis, and historical...
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I just drew this up for somebody.
Thought i'd share it before it get deleted
Very simple pending order hedge set up. I prefer to keep it small trading either 5min or 15 min TF. Al thought the concept could be applied to anything.
I don't see anyone talking about trading books so I'd like to share a few books that I read over the years and invite you to comment below with yours.
Regardless of whether you are a novice or an experienced trader every book has something to teach and it is quality time to spend off the charts.
