How To Successfully Trade The 123 Strategy – Kevin Haggerty Trading Course

February 11th, 2008

Kevin Haggerty 123 Strategy method double top double bottom chartI little while ago I finished the CD-ROM course by Kevin Haggerty called “How to successfully trade the 123 strategy.” It took me about a month, using whatever spare time I had, however those with plenty of spare time can finish the Kevin Haggerty course in a week or less.

The course is basically an in-depth look at double bottoms and double tops. It should be called “How to trade double bottoms and double tops,” but that I guess would not sell any courses, so they use a fancier title.

Econonic Weakness Taking Markets Down Today – Dow Minus 293 points

February 5th, 2008

Nasdaq chart february 5 decline

Recent weak economic reports in particular today from the service sector, has turn the markets down. At the time of writing this post, the Dow Jones is down by 293 points, and the Nasdaq (above chart) is down 54 points. From the looks of it, my guess is that the indexes will retest the lows set in the last few weeks.

Is Toronto, Canada Going Backwards By Approving All Black Kids School – Segreggation All Over Again

February 1st, 2008

Recently the school trustees of Toronto, Canada approved the go ahead to build an all black kids school in Toronto, mainly because of the extremely high drop out rates of black students in high school.

I think this is a completely backwards move. After all, didn’t Martin Luther King fight and died for the blacks to be recognized as equals all over the world. For Toronto, Canada school board to do something like this like saying “Black kids, need special attention so they DON’T drop out of school.” This is the message it is sending out to the world.

One Currency For Canada, America and Mexico – The Amero

January 31st, 2008

by Das Brain

The Amero Coin - one North American currency Back in the 1980’s when the U.S and Canada signed the Free Trade Agreement the two countries might have agreed to something else other than trade of goods.

Some people believe that the Progressive Conservative government of Canada, sold Canada down the river to the American’s by agreeing to a unified currency called the Amero.

Is The Fed Going To Give Us 25 or 50 Basis Point Cut – Question

January 30th, 2008

Ben Bernanke FOMC interest cut

With only a few hours to go before the FOMC announces their rate cut, I’m wondering which way the Fed will go.

Some think that the Fed might just cut the interest rate by 25 basis points to round out the total cut to 1 percent. This is the total of last weeks emergency cut, plus todays cut if they go .25 of a percent.

TD Web Broker Now Have Direct To Market Options Orders – Finally – Too Late

January 29th, 2008

by Das Brain

TD Waterhouse web broker direct to market options orders I was recently told by a trader friend of mine that finally TD Web Broker accounts finally offers direct to market order routing for options contracts. It’s about time, but very late in the game compared to many of the discount brokerage companies out there.

Las Vegas Trip Video Of Sister-In-Law Shooting M16 Machine Gun At The Gun Range

January 23rd, 2008

by Das Brain

woman shooting M16 machine gun

I finally finished editing the some of the video of my Las Vegas trip. Here is one of my favourite clips. It is the video of my sister-in-law shooting an M16 machine gun at the gun range in Las Vegas.

January 2008 Going Down The Pits – Worst Stock Market Decline In 6 Months

January 17th, 2008

by Das Brain

stock trader looking down holding head market decline The last stock market drop was back mid July 2007 to about mid August 2007 with a decline of roughly 10%. That is one month a drop of 10%, however this current downturn in the market is a bit more severe. From the beginning of November 2007 until now January 17, 2008 the indexes has fallen almost 20%.

The Disciplined Trader by Mark Douglas – Every Beginner Trader Should Read This Book

January 7th, 2008

by Das Brain

I read the book “The Disciplined Trader” by Mark Douglas” a few months back, and was able to get a lot useful information from the book.

If you have been trading for a while, then you know that psychology is a big big part of trading. Doesn’t matter what kind of trading you do, equities, forex, bonds or futures the right frame of mind will make you a more consistent trader, than a trader who let their emotions control their itching mouse button finger.

Can The Stock Market Keep Going Down?

January 3rd, 2008

by Das Brain

watch stock market charts

Over the last 2 trading sessions the stock market indexes has been beaten down. Yesterday the first trading day of the 2008 the markets were slammed and also on the last trading day of 2007. Not very good signs for the health of the U.S stock markets at all.

2007 Was A Volatile Year For Me – Lots of Changes

December 31st, 2007

by Das Brain

Australia 2007 Gold Coin chinese zodiac pig Year 2007 as the title of this post suggest was an extremely volatile year for me. At the beginning of 2007 I watched on CNN a gentleman from Hong Kong, talking about the Chinese pig or boar zodiac, and calendar prediction for 2007. The man said that usually years ending with the number 7 are very volatile, and he also mentioned that 2007 has metal, fire and water elements associated with it. Well, when you mix hot metal and water you get a lot of sizzle and volatility and that is exactly what I got for 2007.