Category: Research

“When traders think about money management, they think about stops and trade management. But a big part of the equation is knowing when to go all in, increase the leverage and press your trading to the hilt. Load the boat. These opportunities have an increase in volume and volatility. There is no point in actively…

“There are very few people who can develop the skills to get the edge, and far fewer still who can withstand the losses emotionally and still stick with the system. Probably only one in five hundred people has the necessary discipline to be successful.” ~ Blair Hull In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we…

“Often as the end of a Squeeze nears, price will stage a short fake-out move, and then abruptly turn and surge in the direction of the emerging trend.” ~ John Bollinger via “Bollinger on Bollinger Bands In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we look at the short-term buy setup in Qs but caveat that…

“Consistently profitable commodity trading is not about discovering some magic way to find profitable trades… Consistently successful trading is founded on solid risk management.” ~ Peter L. Brandt, via his excellent book “Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader” (read our book notes here).  In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we share more long-term confirming…

“I don’t like the word ‘instinct,’ because it just sounds like a gut thing. I think what we call instinct is really a type of pattern recognition, which comes from experience looking at the companies and industries that work.” ~ Daniel Loeb In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we talk about how the LEI…

“You can make a good living selling hype, but you can get rich by buying truth.” ~ Larry Hite’s book “The Rule” In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we look at potential sell signals firing but contrast that with neutral-to-slightly-supportive internals. We then discuss the ongoing rotation we’re seeing across sectors, another long setup…

“A constant in the history of money is that every remedy is reliably a source of new abuse.” ~ John & James Galbraith via the book “Money”  In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we look at shifting momentum in cyclical sectors (miners, energy, financials), we then update the risk/reward in stocks, cover a potential…