Misc

Anybody notice how the BP spill timeline lines up the the $SPX performance? [Chart]

July 15, 2010

By redliontrader

Maybe now that we are capped we can go higher?
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Week in Review: What the markets did last week..

July 4, 2010

By redliontrader

Week in Review: What the markets did last week..

Uck.. Monday gave us some hope that quickly faded on Tuesday. Wednesday we hit a low we bounced off of only to sell back down on Thursday and struggled to maintain on Friday. Banks led the way down for the week down a whopping 8.7% while the industrials held up at –4.6%.
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Back in the Maine trading room for the summer

June 18, 2010

By redliontrader

Back in the Maine trading room for the summer

I am back in Maine for the summer, my favorite season, for a summer of Sailing, Beaching and oh yeah, trading. That last part is not so bad with a view like this: This is the view looking due east. Next stop Spain, actually it is the southern tip of Nova Scotia then...
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Chart history of the worst oil spills by Gavin Potenza

June 17, 2010

By redliontrader

Chart history of the worst oil spills by Gavin Potenza

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Rule # 2 of trading.. Do not trade alone

June 14, 2010

By redliontrader

First let me explain rule #1.. “Don’t loose money”. Although this seem obvious it is sometimes overlooked by the “need and greed” of wanting to make money but I have a lot to say about this issue and that is not what this post is about. Rule #2 Do not trade alone. As anti-social...
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Weekly Performance:

April 26, 2010

By redliontrader

Chart shows the relative strength and weakness for various indexes over the course of the week starting 4/19. Energy lead the week with an almost 3% gain with healthcare still lagging the markets with at 1.5% loss on the week. The RUT2000 and small caps blew away the other major indexes with at 2.4%...
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