It has been said that, “the single best time to buy a stock is when, given bad news, the stock refuses to go down anymore” – Justin Mamis in The Nature of Risk. This is a simplification of what is…
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An old adage says, “Any trade is worth doing, as long as you know your risks…” Quantifying and controlling risk is the number one objective of an investor. Without knowing the downside everything is just a gamble, with a highly…
Few phrases can make or break a commodity trader’s day more than “limit up” or “limit down.” On the right side of a limit move, a trader can potentially reap significant and rapid rewards. On the wrong side of a…
Labeled as, “one of the most successful traders of the last 40 years” by Forbes, Blair Hull has also been profiled in The New Market Wizards, by Jack Schwager. Before his trading career launched, Blair spent 5 years as a…
This shortcut is not a new discovery, but I often wonder why more investors don’t use it. Maybe because it uses that off-putting term, “option selling.” Questions to consider: Are you a stock investor who is interested in buying stocks…
What can an investor or trader do if they have experienced a nice run up in a stock and would like to protect their unrealized profits? Or perhaps a stock has been tracing out a technical pattern which, if the…
With the New Year getting older we can measure up some of the most profitable financial strategies of 2016. A weak U.S. Dollar has supported the beaten and battered resource and commodities markets. Lack of confidence in the Federal Reserve’s action…
Our featured guest is Dr. Yves Hilpisch, founder of The Python Quants (TPQ). TPQ has developed platforms and analytics libraries, frequently hosts meet-ups and workshops, and often contracts to exchanges, banks and hedge funds for custom Python development. In short,…
