You hate to lose. It’s just such a bad feeling when you lose. Everything else in your life you can pretty much force your way and prevail – but trading has your number. And you know that losing is part of trading, but that doesn’t make it any easier to take a loss. It’s one […]
Let’s Talk about Corrections and Bears
Here is what Investopedia says about corrections. “A correction is generally defined as a ten percent or greater decline in the price of a security from its most recent peak. A market may fall into a correction either briefly or for sustained periods of time, including days, weeks, months, or even longer. “Market corrections occur relatively often. In […]
Little Red Riding Hood
Message From TraderJanie I not only love emails from my members, I covet them. I love talking to anyone who wants to know more about algo trading. So when I got an email from a member asking about optimizations I immediately started thinking, “If one asks this question, there are probably many more who are […]
My “aha” Moment
Some years ago, I was going about my daily routine, which mostly involves working on QiT, working out at the gym or working in the yard, when, out of the clear blue, I was hit with an “aha” moment. I had just stumbled into a profound insight about myself and, no, it wasn’t that all […]
Trading is a Gamble
Although trading is not for everyone, I try to help those of you who have ventured into this bog with my weekly fireside chats. Today we’re going to climb in our time machine and relive when you were a novice trader when your only concern was finding the system that would give you the keys […]
Jack Schwager was a Systems Trader
Like a prospector panning for gold throughout the Klondike in the 1890’s, I scour the internet daily for little nuggets that will help us learn more about ourselves and improve our trading. Sometimes I find gold dust right under my nose, on my computer, like I did this week. New Market Wizards I’ve had Jack […]
It Only Takes One to Screw Things Up
Last week we embarked on a discussion about how behavioral economist and 2002 Nobel laureate, Daniel Kahneman transformed the fields of economics and investing. I promised we would finish off the discussion with a look at noise, biases, and hindsight. Then Kahneman’s four simple strategies for better decision making that can be applied to both finance and life. Noice Alert […]
Go Ahead Jump, It’ll be Fine
Behavioral economist and 2002 Nobel laureate, Daniel Kahneman has transformed the fields of economics and investing. At their most basic, his revelations demonstrate that human beings and the decisions they make are much more complicated — and much more fascinating — than previously thought. At a conference in Hong Kong, Kahneman delivered a captivating mini-seminar on the […]
Caves and Quagmires
Last week with Tiki torches held high above our heads we blazed a path into the colossal cave of “How QiT works.” I promised to re-light the torch this week and show you examples of trades. However, before we trudge back to the cave I would like to dip our toes into the quagmire we […]
Larry Connors’ Hieroglyphics
I recently received a few very note-worthy queries from QiT members. This led me to the conclusion, if one or two QiT members are noodling over an issue, its likely more have the same queries rattling around in their heads. I am certain I need to do a better job of explaining how QiT works. […]
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