Misc

Misc

iFrame test post

This is a test post, to see how well I can use iFrames to include contnent in a post. This is the QSTK Tutorial 1 notebook I have: Thanks.

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Randy Pausch

Some stories just hit you straight in the gut. Randy Pausch is a PhD from Carnegie Mellon.  He recently gave a ‘last lecture’ at Carnegie which was very moving and filled with good advice. Thank you Randy. The video from the lecture (2 1/2 hr long about, but worth every minute) A CBS News story […]

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What happened to Stockwrap?

Does anyone know what happened to stockwrap.com and SWEC? I was testing out Stockwrap Express Charts (SWEC) a while ago but ran into a few dislikes. I was finally gonna get back to them and see if newer releases was gonna fix things but it seems they have disappeared. I cannot reach stockwrap.com, ayamae.com or […]

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Relay for Life

If you all will allow me this brief interruption in the regularly scheduled posts, I would like to pass this message around… In 1999, I lost my brother-in-law to leukemia, he was only 30 years old and left behind my sister and their one year old daughter. Because of this and because we truly believe […]

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Key Principles

The same people seem to always be winning in different aspects of life. Why is it that someone succesfull in business, seem to have an easier time staying in shape and losing weight? I concluded that the same “key principles” are very portable and apply to various concepts. Here I will attempt to draw parallels […]

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Markets
Misc

Currently tracking and Upcoming vacation

I unwound a bunch of positions I was paper trading and kept the bare minimum in my watch list. For now, I am tracking the symbols from the table below. Most of these where picked up on the triple-screen setup I mentioned earlier. Symbol Last Trade Change Volume KOSP 1:09PM ET 44.45 0.08 0.18% 328,418 […]

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Progress Report

Using the previously described setup, I have been making numerus paper trades to try and analyze the results. I am definitely not ready for active trading yet. My probability of for a win [p(W)] was only 0.42. I calculated my Win/Loss ratio value which was negative @ -0.93. I do not mind keeping my p(W) that low, though […]

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And so it begins

Everybody has to start somewhere right… I am very new to this game but I love technical analysis so far. I have very inspired by several books, including one of favorite “Trading for a Living” by Dr. Alexander Elder. I was also very inspired by current bloggers, mainly Trader Mike who has a wealth of […]

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About

I am an Electrical Engineer by formation, I currently work as a Unix Systems Administrator and the market and its charts are my hobby. I was heavily inspired by bloggers like Trader Mike and by authors like Dr. Alexander Elder. This is my market blog…

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