Archive for November, 2010
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The Minimalist Trader: CABLE FINANCIAL NEWS
Posted by chicagosean on November 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm, Comments: 0Does ANYBODY utilize this anymore? Disclaimer: I am wholly UNqualified to comment on the current state of Cable Financial News. I cannot tell you who [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: INDICATOR ABUSE
Posted by chicagosean on November 22nd, 2010 at 7:32 pm, Comments: 0- There is an epidemic sweeping the retail trading landscape that is positioned to swipe every last dollar from your trading accounts all in the [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: Trading with the Rent Money
Posted by chicagosean on November 19th, 2010 at 12:53 pm, Comments: 0apologies to Carl Richards @ BehaviorGap.com for my crude attempt at adopting his great work ;) – Trading profits don’t accrue on a schedule. The [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: OVER-TRADING
Posted by chicagosean on November 17th, 2010 at 12:45 pm, Comments: 0- Much like the old saying about casinos in Las Vegas, Wall Street won’t be handing out those “two-comma” bonus checks this January because they [...]
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21st Century Trading Badge: Your StockTwits Handle
Posted by chicagosean on November 16th, 2010 at 11:14 am, Comments: 0As the trading pits slowly fade away and trading moves increasingly online (or “on the screens” as the locals say), it isn’t only the exchange [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: HIGH OVERHEAD
Posted by chicagosean on November 15th, 2010 at 1:32 pm, Comments: 0This series of posts about becoming a Minimalist Trader is not a trading strategy. It is not a get rich quick scheme. It might not [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: A Framework
Posted by chicagosean on November 14th, 2010 at 1:22 pm, Comments: 0- The odds are stacked against independent retail traders. This is not a secret. Yet every week since the beginning of time novice investors seeing dollar [...]
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FINDING AND RIDING THE NEXT $AAPL
Posted by chicagosean on November 9th, 2010 at 12:05 pm, Comments: 0In my last post, I made the case for adding to a winner and holding it forever. In the comments section, Chris laid out a [...]
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THE CASE FOR HOLDING GREAT STOCKS AND ADDING TO YOUR WINNERS, FOREVER.
Posted by chicagosean on November 8th, 2010 at 8:26 pm, Comments: 0The Product That Changed Everything Quick little momentum study I conducted via a rudely constructed spread sheet yielded this little nugget: If one had invested [...]
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TURNING THE CYNICS INTO BULLS
Posted by chicagosean on November 8th, 2010 at 9:35 am, Comments: 0To spin the question asked by Jack Nicholson’s character in As Good As It Gets, “What if this is as bad as it gets?” While [...]
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My name is Sean McLaughlin and I trade my own account from my home office on the Northside of Chicago, IL. I’ve worked at prop firms, started and ran a small hedge fund, was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and have learned – the hard way – to seek simpler ways of trading, investing, and living. More »
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