Archive for October, 2008

Do the opposite of what I feel like…

I used to buy when a stock moves up and sell when it goes down. It took me a long time to realise that this might feel nice, but really does hurt profit potential.  Toni Hansen showed me the importance of momentum.  IPG was a strong mover in the morning but came off the highs.  [...]

You could call it a trend day…

Many traders would call today a trend day since it started at one end of the range and closed in the other. From the sound of it you would think that you can make a lot of money on these days, yet usually I do worse on those days. Probably because I keep feeling I [...]