Cut Out the Noise! While trading indicators can be useful, they are by no means a Holy Grail. In fact, traders will often rely on indicators too much. “Indicator overload” can lead to poor results, lack of decision making and…
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“Ever wonder why fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500? ’Cause they’re sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.” –Gordon Gekko The “herd-mentality” has been studied throughout human history and is an all-too-common phenomena in modern financial markets. The majority of retail…
Like New York is the global focus for the stock market, Chicago is the center of the commodities world. Legends and lore need to be passed on as the new generation of electronic traders so they do not lose sight…
One of the primary reasons that financial markets exist is to shift price risk. Hedging to protect positions comes in many forms. The most common price protection comes in the form of insurance. Buying a put can put in a…
There is only one way to never be wrong, hold on until you win. The financial cost and mental anguish are too expensive for investors to not take a loss with the exception of a rare few. Remember the market…
How many times have you thought to yourself that a BIG stock move is coming and the earnings announcement is going to be the price catalyst? What if I told you there was a simple low-cost strategy with a twist…
If you have never ever traded futures before, you are unlikely familiar with the term “limit up.” So let’s explain it… Limit up refers to a market situation in which prices have reached their daily maximum upside price movement. On…
Warren Buffet’s famous strategy is to be right in the long term…and to have the staying power to be in that position. That thinking is that with an infinite amount of time and money, something that is obviously impossible hard…
