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  • What Works for You is What Works
    Posted by on January 30th, 2012 at 3:10 pm, Comments: 0

    Show me 100 successful Traders, and I’ll show you 100 unique ways to make money in the markets.

  • …in which we reveal all the Secrets to Financial Social Media mastery
    Posted by on January 15th, 2012 at 11:14 am, Comments: 0

      “The Impact of Social Media on Trading & Investing” Thursday January 19th, 3:45-4:30pm in the Waldorf Room, Chicago Hilton & Towers.   If you [...]

  • Committing to Learning is Easy. Problem is, I Keep Forgetting.
    Posted by on January 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 pm, Comments: 0

    I had a little back-and-forth discussion with @Grotaiche on StockTwits this morning. He’s a newer trader based in Paris who is committed to learning a [...]

  • The Victim vs The Conquerer
    Posted by on December 28th, 2011 at 9:05 am, Comments: 0

    There are several bloggers I read on a regular basis outside of the financial space (yes… they do exist). It helps keep me grounded and [...]

  • Things I Learned/Re-Learned in 2011
    Posted by on December 9th, 2011 at 10:54 pm, Comments: 0

    We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know all the “lists” are gonna start popping up summarizing the year that was and the [...]

  • OFF TOPIC: Who’s Watching the Watchman? (an NFL & NCAA football rant)
    Posted by on December 3rd, 2011 at 11:05 am, Comments: 0

    Football fans have long heard that “Football is a game of inches.” I don’t disagree. However, nothing gets my blood boiling during a key moment [...]

  • The Best and Only Worthwhile Analysis I’ve Seen on this European Economic Crisis
    Posted by on November 28th, 2011 at 8:00 pm, Comments: 0

    It seems every day for months we U.S. traders and investors have been waking up to large overnight moves – in both directions – of [...]

  • Social Media & Finance: Best Practices, Compliance, and Personal Hygiene.
    Posted by on November 6th, 2011 at 10:25 pm, Comments: 0

    My pink-shirted friend Mike Wilkins (aka @ilkandcookies) recently moderated a panel on Social Media in Finance which I was asked to participate on (most likely [...]

  • The “Game Has Changed” trade
    Posted by on October 21st, 2011 at 3:03 pm, Comments: 0

    A trade in my playbook that I used to use with frequency and with good success I termed the “Game Has Changed” trade. This trade [...]

  • R.I.P. Steve Jobs
    Posted by on October 6th, 2011 at 8:51 am, Comments: 0

    My bud Josh aka @ReformedBroker had this Steve Jobs quote up on his blog this morning, and I think its beautiful. I’m reprinting it here [...]