Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Heading into this week, the bulls had their backs against the wall and as they’ve done several times the last 7 months, they’ve responded. Here’s the daily SPX. Higher highs and higher lows remain the pattern – the intermediate term trend remains up. …
Sector Performance (Oct 6)
Here’s how the market sectors performed today…
Before the Open (Oct 6)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Coming into this week I said the onus was on the bulls. They had to dig their feet in and defend their turf. So far, so good. Yesterday was a solid up day (albeit on light volume) and today we’ll get a big opening gap up (not desirable – I’d prefer […]
Sector Performance (Oct 5)
Here’s how the market sectors performed today…
Before the Open (Oct 5)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed with a slight bearish bias. India and Seoul each lost more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board – there are no standout winners. Futures here in the States suggest a gap up open for the cash market….
Poker, Business, and Life: It’s Never Too Late to Change Tables
This is a follow up to Business, Poker & Trading. —————————————————- by Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos.com In poker, people spend a lot of time learning the best strategy to play once you’re sitting down at a table. One of my biggest “ah-ha!” moments came when I learned from a poker book a long time ago […]
Sector Performance (Oct 2)
Here’s how the market sectors performed today…
Before the Open (Oct 2)
Good morning. Happy Friday. It wasn’t a happy day for the market yesterday. So much for laying low in the triangle pattern until after the employment numbers were released. Pressure was building on a short term basis – we knew that, but I didn’t think the bulls or bears would take a strong stand before […]
Sector Performance (Oct 1)
Here’s how the market sectors performed today…
Business, Poker & Trading
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, is writing 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. …