Archive for December, 2010
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Surround yourself with amazing and inspiring people
Posted by chicagosean on December 31st, 2010 at 12:52 pm, Comments: 0@chicagosean, @evbogue, @colinismyname – Last night in Chicago, my wife and I had an opportunity to meet a handful of bloggers who have been deep [...]
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2011: A Community of Go-Givers
Posted by chicagosean on December 27th, 2010 at 10:27 am, Comments: 0The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (amazon affiliate link) As an admitted Library nerd, every so often I accidentally come across a book [...]
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The Mobile Trading Test
Posted by chicagosean on December 22nd, 2010 at 1:31 pm, Comments: 0- Over the years, I’ve built and discarded hundreds of trading strategies. Literally, HUNdreds. The reasons they were discarded were as numerous as the attempts. [...]
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The Minimalist Trader INTERVIEW: Carl Richards of BehaviorGap.com
Posted by chicagosean on December 15th, 2010 at 9:22 pm, Comments: 0I recently had the opportunity to chat with the amazing Carl Richards who runs an asset management business, is the author of behaviorgap.com, and also [...]
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Acting versus Reacting
Posted by chicagosean on December 8th, 2010 at 10:53 am, Comments: 0I had a recent google-chat conversation with a reader of this blog about his trading style. He was looking for a little help or advice. [...]
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Upcoming treats for Traders and Investors in NYC and Chicago
Posted by chicagosean on December 5th, 2010 at 3:07 pm, Comments: 0There are a couple events on the calendar over the next 10 days that should appeal to Traders and Investors in the New York City [...]
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Serendipity, mission, and a subtle re-branding
Posted by chicagosean on December 3rd, 2010 at 9:51 pm, Comments: 0- I embarked upon blogging kind of on a lark. My initial goal when I started this blog was to teach myself how to build [...]
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The Minimalist Trader: THE NEED TO BE RIGHT
Posted by chicagosean on December 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 am, Comments: 0- I’ll be the first to admit it. There have been many times in my trading career when I made my mind up about the [...]
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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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