Tag Archives: Trading

Going back to a previous post about how the US stock markets is destroying technicals and little trust can be applied to prior valuations methods (see Trust Noone), it is clear that the current Bull market might be here to stay. Even large, systemic events like the US Government shutdown or even a S&P Ratings downgradeContinueContinue reading “Unstoppable”

In trading, the importance of understanding one’s cognitive biases is invaluable. Without a objective and personal realisation of what influences our decisions, it is difficult to make money and sustain making money in the long term. Not only is it important to recognise what biases most affect us but it also important to differentiate themContinueContinue reading “Survivor”

And more… 22nd May 2014 A very frustrating day. On the one hand it feels that the tide may finally be starting to turn in favour of a rate hike this year while on the other, the European and US data while strong are hardly blowing the doors off and bunds remain resolutely well bid.ContinueContinue reading “Market Commentaries”

16th June 2014 Consolidation session in the UK with little or no news hitting the sterling market. Some overnight comments by BoE’s Bean highlighting the known fact that ‘higher rates are a welcomed sign that the UK economy is returning to normal’ only continued to show the shift in opinion within the MPC. The belly of theContinueContinue reading “And more market commentaries…”

Trading can sometimes look like a simple way to make money and it might easily confuse newcomers into believing that ‘the only way is up’. But more often than not, we end up being the ones without any money left and drowned into commissions and capital calls. This, combined with the idea that frequent tradingContinueContinue reading “Blue Ocean”

Another throwback to the trading days… 23rd Jan 2014 Inexplicable correction to yesterday’s sell off with the market again finding this wall of money that has kept supporting gilts in the last 10 days. We rallied hard in 10 years, back above the level pre-employment data and up to early dec highs. The move inContinueContinue reading “More Market Commentaries”

With stock markets around all-time highs and traders looking at an incoming bear market, it is always good to remember that the big trades, the real money-making ones are those that are very difficult to see coming because the moves are so far off the normals.   (see @morganhousel) When technicals, analysts and quants allContinueContinue reading “Trust Noone”

FANGs are the next big thing. And it seems like it might be a smart move to stay long despite the recent calls for a bear market: the recent Whole Foods acquisition by Amazon goes to show that these FANG are here to stay and that they are one step ahead in the IoT game…ContinueContinue reading “FANG!”