By Thom Hartle Abstract / Introduction: Ed Seykota, whose thoughts and insights were chronicled in Jack Schwager’s book Market Wizards, has been involved with trading commodities since the late 1960s. According to Market Wizards, Seykota’s “model account” — an actual customer account — started with $5,000 in 1972 and to date […]
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By Chuck LeBeau. The outcome of every trade is dependent on the exit. If we enter in a timely fashion and then exit poorly, the trade is likely to be a loss. If our entry happens to be poor but our exit is good we might still salvage a profit. […]
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Overview Fundamental analysis is the study of economic, industry, and company conditions in an effort to determine the value of a company’s stock. Fundamental analysis typically focuses on key statistics in a company’s financial statements to determine if the stock price is correctly valued. I realize that some people will […]
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This tutorial written and reproduced with permission from Peter Ponzo (Pairs Trading – Part II) As an example, let’s consider a couple of car manufacturers: General Motors and Ford. Over the past five years their weekly stock prices have changed like Figure 1. They tend to move together, eh? […]
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What if you can’t help it, but you are really afraid to fail as a trader. You have put so much into your desire to trade. You have a wall full of books. You have invested most of your money. You don’t dare fail now, but you fear you will. […]
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