Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets leaned to the downside. China, Hong Kong and Singapore did well; Japan, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, France, Turkey, Germany, Greece, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Austria […]
Author: Jason Leavitt
Before the Open (Nov 20)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets got hit hard. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand all posted big losses. Europe, African and the Middle East are currently mostly down a bunch. Denmark, France, Turkey, Germany, the UAE, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Israel, […]
Before the Open (Nov 19)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, China, Hong Kong, India and the Philippines did well; Australia and Singapore were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Denmark, Turkey, Russia, South Africa, Italy and Saudi Arabia […]
Before the Open (Nov 16)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines did well; Japan was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. The UK, Poland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain are leading to the downside. Futures in the States point towards […]
Business, Poker & Trading
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, wrote a book titled: Everything I Know About Business I Learned From Poker. Here are some of his notes in bullet-point form with my own trading-related comments thrown in. …
Before the Open (Nov 15)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Thailand was weak, but China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Indonesia did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East lean to the downside but are mostly quiet. Russia is up; Denmark, Italy and Portugal are down. Futures in the States point towards a mixed and […]
Before the Open (Nov 14)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a slight lean to the downside. Indonesia and the Philippines posted gains; China, Hong Kong, Australia and Thailand posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Poland, Turkey and Hungary are leading; Greece, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Sweden and South Africa are […]
Bollinger Bands – Everything You Need to Know
Bollinger Bands, developed and trademarked by John Bollinger, are bands placed above and below a moving average. They are based on standard deviation, which is a measure of volatility, so when volatility increases, the bands widen to accommodate the price action, and when volatility dampens, the bands narrow.
Before the Open (Nov 13)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia did well while Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean down. Turkey, Greece and Germany are up; Denmark, Poland, Norway, Portugal […]
Before the Open (Nov 12)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China did well, but India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. Saudi Arabia is doing well, but the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Greece, South […]