A trend-focused trader reflecting on market strategies and personal performance enhancement.
trading
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Wisdom.
I see the younger generation [of hedge fund managers] hampered by the need to
understand and rationalize why something should go up or down. Usually, by the time that
information on fundamentals, and what little information one could get was largely imperfect. We
becomes self-evident, the move is already over. When I got into the business, there was so little
learned just to go with the chart. Why work when Mr. Market can do it for you? These days, there
are many more deep intellectuals in the business, and that, coupled with the explosion of
information on the Internet, creates the illusion that there is an explanation for everything.. There
are young men and women graduating from college who have a tremendous work ethic, but they
get lost trying to understand the logic behind a whole variety of market moves. [At the end of a
bull market or bear market] there's typically no logic to it; irrationality reigns supreme, and no
class can teach you what to do during that brief, volatile, reign.
-Paul Tudor Jones
Capital preservation still remains the most important priority.
Tomorrow we'll see if today's action can be shaken off and we get end of quarter push up trade or we go down to test and potentially violate that lower flag line.
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
SP-500 now.
daily view
1-hour view
10-min. view
If you have rode this move higher, take some profits. Reduce you risk some in front of the Fed decision. You can always reposition afterwards. If you miss some points, so be it. We are still in a big range and it isn't wise to push your luck too far.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)