Archive for April, 2011
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Curious Bullish Behavior of Market Leaders
Posted by chicagosean on April 27th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0Yesterday’s market action reminded me of something i’ve re-read recently, again in Gerald Loeb’s Battle for Investment Survival. The $SPY, $QQQ, $DIA all broke out [...]
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Things to Remember
Posted by chicagosean on April 24th, 2011 at 10:43 am, Comments: 0I’ve written of this in the past, and I’m not the only person who shares this sentiment. As much as some of you enjoy [...]
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Trading is…
Posted by chicagosean on April 18th, 2011 at 3:43 pm, Comments: 0Trading is… A path to build wealth. A road to ruin. Unending entertainment when you’re clueless. Crushingly boring when done right. An enlightening window [...]
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Are You Absorbing What You’re Reading? Re-Read the Classics.
Posted by chicagosean on April 15th, 2011 at 12:45 pm, Comments: 0The true measure of a great book is one that provides new lessons each time you re-read it. And this is no truer than with [...]
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Overhead: Is there anything more simple than Renting?
Posted by chicagosean on April 13th, 2011 at 3:19 pm, Comments: 0I recently had a discussion with the proud papa of my new baby niece Emma (who was born yesterday), about my thoughts on buying versus [...]
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How the Minimalist Trader Mind-set Can Help You Achieve Flow
Posted by chicagosean on April 8th, 2011 at 12:25 pm, Comments: 0[This is a short chapter I contributed to Michael Bigger's excellent e-book How Traders Achieve Creative Flow which is available on Amazon, reprinted with his [...]
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Re-Visiting My Trading Roots
Posted by chicagosean on April 5th, 2011 at 10:46 am, Comments: 0The wife and I have been here in Florida since early Friday morning to attend a wedding in Clearwater Beach and to spend time with [...]
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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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