Back To High Cash Levels

September 22, 2011

Some quick thoughts on today’s market action. The market is chopping undisciplined traders to pieces. The market had the opportunity to build some kind of trading range but the bigger chart pattern pressure kicked in today. We are most likely in a bear market. For regular readers this shouldn’t come as a surprise. From a […]

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Sify Technologies Stock Trade Betting On India’s Growing Middle Class

September 21, 2011

As I promised in today’s newsletter, here’s a Video analysis of SIFY – Sify Technologies Limited, my newest portfolio addition. I explain my trading rationale from a macro analysis standpoint and then I discuss the stock from a technical analysis perspective. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5OxLvDKii8 Here’s a summary of the video content: Positives: Growing middle class in India […]

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How To Recover From A Trading Mistake

September 20, 2011

Tonight I got an email asking for my thoughts on how to recover from a trading mistake. I think the answer I gave applies to various kinds of situations and will be helpful for other traders who are struggling with a set back. This is what I replied: Dear fellow trader, I do believe the […]

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Quick Market Update

September 15, 2011

Another quick post as I don’t have enough time to post more in-depth stuff. On to the various stocks and sectors: WPRT – Westport Innovations: Stock is acting exactly as strong stocks are supposed to act. Great separation move away form the upper boundary of the ascending triangle. At some point in time a consolidation pattern will […]

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Reading Suggestions

September 13, 2011

Not enough time to write an in-depth post tonight. Instead, I’ll highlight a few great posts you should check. Enjoy! Gold – Where to from here? – Colin Twiggs Copper breaking bad – can gold keep the faith? – Data Diary One-eyed men (who would be kings) – Humble Student of the Markets Scenario intact in […]

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WPRT Westport Innovations Potential Natural Gas Infrastructure Leader

September 8, 2011

My newest portfolio addition is WPRT – Westport Innovations a Natural Gas Infrastructure play. As I have stated quite a few times in the previous months I am starting to get very bullish on 2 themes: Natural Gas Infrastructure related stocks Agricultural Commodities (Check my Technical Analysis Video on DAG – Double Long Agriculture ETN) […]

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Agriculture Double Long ETN DAG Technical Analysis Video

September 1, 2011

Let’s see how this DAG – Agriculture ETN 2x video works. My plan is to do more videos going forward as it is clearly much easier to convey what I see when I analyze specific charts. It is also much easier to ‘talk’ about various technical concepts and at the same time provide a visual […]

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Justin Mamis Trading Wisdom

August 30, 2011

Time for another excerpt post taken from “When to sell” from Justin Mamis. Probably my favourite author. Do yourself a favour. Buy all his books and read them. Repeat the process. The best education you can get. This will make you a better trader and will provide you with tremendous insight into how markets work […]

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New Zealand Market Overview – US And Canadian Listed Stock Trading Ideas

August 26, 2011

Added a New Zealand Sector Overview Chart to my public list. New Zealand has held up extremely well during the recent global downturn. The New Zealand Dollar has been a rather strong currency as well. Technically speaking the charts display decent relative strength. That is reason enough to monitor everything New Zealand related very closely. […]

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Gold Mining Stocks Versus Gold Price Performance

August 24, 2011

Just a quick reminder regarding website updates. You probably have noticed I am not updating like crazy right now. You guessed it. There is a reason for me doing so. I believe the famous poker adage nails it: You got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them. Howard Lederer Video: Trading and Poker […]

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