George Soros Video Interview In China – Hong Kong University

March 17, 2010

George Soros at Hong Kong University answering questions and sharing his experience trading and investing in the markets. He offers some great insight on the following topics: Why he thinks China needs to be more open. He believes in a philosophy of ‘open societies’. How the West’s and China’s view on Tibet differ significantly and […]

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BXI.TO BioExx Specialty Proteins Private Placement – Stock Price Hitting Multiple Support Soon

March 16, 2010

Former BXI.V – Bio Extraction now BXI.TO – BioExx Specialty Proteins announced a private placement today. This is a former portfolio position I have kept on my public list as the stock still has great potential. The chart was telling me to wait for a better entry opportunity though. Today’s private placement at 1.85 should […]

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Trading Should Be Effortless – More Thoughts On Why I Went To Cash

March 15, 2010

As I am not looking to immediately jump back in and initiate new positions I’ll write a bit more about my thoughts and what motivated me to go to cash. Going to cash serves a lot of purposes. The most important one is recharging one’s batteries. The number one goal as a trader is to […]

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Interesting Videos, Audio Interviews And Presentations

March 14, 2010

Just a quick post with a list of some of the stuff I listened to or watched this weekend. If your time is limited make sure to at least watch Brett Steenbarger’s presentation. Enjoy! Webinar with Brett Steenbarger. Great stuff. A must. 1 hour. Jim Rogers interview on Kingworldnews. 35 min. Brent Cook interview on […]

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Went To 100% Cash

March 12, 2010

My stated goal when I bought my first two positions at the beginning of the year was to be very cautious and see what happens. MRZ.V did extremely well and shot right out of the gate. MXI.V on the other hand started dropping like a stone after I bought and kept falling and falling. I […]

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YUII Yuhe International – Gap Down 'Hole In the Wall Pattern'

March 11, 2010

Now that would be the perfect day to make tons of excuses. The thing is, sound trading doesn’t work that way. The market giveth, the market taketh away. Today it took. Our job as traders is to graciously accept losses, to turn the page and to move on. YUII – YUHE International gapped down and […]

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Expecting The Markets To Pull Back In An Orderly Fashion

March 10, 2010

Another pretty uneventful day. As of yet the markets still look very strong. The S&P 500 is trading very close to its January high as opposed to the Nasdaq 100 that is already printing new highs for the year. It looks like the markets need a breather here. I would expect an orderly consolidation. A […]

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Geography Quiz – World Traveler IQ Challenge

March 9, 2010

As I have recently bought some Chinese shares and am very open for stock trading opportunities from all parts of the world I thought it would be a good idea to post this ‘Geo Quiz’. It might take a while until the game is completely loaded. Well worth the wait. I have spent countless hours […]

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S&P 500 Higher Prices Ahead – Not Looking To Short This Market

March 8, 2010

Pretty uneventful day. So I am simply going to write a bit about the kind of message I think the market is sending. I still see way too many bears fighting the tape and rationalizing their short positions. The market is proving them wrong. Put another way: ‘This market is on a mission’. Bears will […]

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GMO General Moly – Abnormally High Volume Game Changing Event

March 6, 2010

Now that was an easy decision on what to write about this weekend. Going through my scan results GMO – General Moly an AMEX listed Molybdenum stock caught my attention. This is really simple stuff. No secrets involved, just plain and simple objective technical analysis. Throw in some knowledge about market psychology, some common sense […]

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