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Sell in May and Go Away Seasonal Timing Thankyou for the very interesting link but please post it directly to the forum so everybody can benefit Regards Minoo

Bear Market Rally Chart & Update Did well playing the Bears Bottom, & than hanging in with Bear Market Rally Its just over an year since I traded mostly on the Bull side and now have got out most long positions. S&P recently filled the 26Sept08 Weekly Gap & on monthly 61.8 retracement is at 1228. I would now prefer to mostly daytrade & take opportunities as they come along Keeping an eye out on Gold Have annotated the S&P charts, any feedback welcome Taking it easy this May. Enjoy Minoo

There was a lot about this topic last year, & some did well by doing the opposite in May '09 But whats the take this year ? Most charts are looking Toppy Will Gold make new High ? this summer . .. ? ? ? Why are the media gurus, pundits much quite on the seasonal topic . . . ....(so far ) Would much appreciate your views, charts, stats, article-links, etc I am out of my swing longs yesterday; Will daytrade opportunities through the season Short Article Sell In May And Go Away - Again? | Daily Markets Thanks Minoo js redirect

Hi Oleg I read your other thread and am personally interested in your Tactical Concepts in oppose to auto Strategies for Trading. Where can I read more about it, are there existing discussion which you could divert us to ? Unfortunately we traders are too sceptical at times & to quick to label people without giving them much chance. Sometimes difference in our native culture / language may not allow us to come accross correctly in our second language. To master and implement a new concept is one thing but to initially teach it to others is as well much challenging. Hope you dont get put off by your initial efforts here and give us a chance to reevaluate your intentions and reply and keep the dialogue going. My intentions are that we will eventually learn if you are given a chance. I hope you are the same person and profile as describe on this URL Show Worker Bio Info Many Thanks Minoo

I am not sure if anyone has recommended this book already at Traderslaboratory & if so I whole heartedly second it. I came accross this book while trading at the prop shop in london last year. It has help me and my trader friends in many challenging issues of our trading lives. Trading OPM is challenging you need to be much rooted by yourself in your own trading. We liked it so much that we formed a study group to help each other out. Just remember one thing though we all learn things differently; And issues of self requires personal approach, I have prefer not to answer such individual question, niether I qualify to do so. If you give some thought towards your cognitive approach, process or method you may become a better learner and earner. Hope you all put it to good use. Book Title: Trade With Passion and Purpose Author: Mark Whistler Contents Part I All of the Answers are already Within Chp 1 Finding Your Purpose Centre Read the above two in the First Excerpt from the book http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/86/04700390/0470039086.pdf or Preview it in Google Books Enjoy Minoo

UbiSync Multi monitor environment, worth knowing about Samsung For Business | Smarter Technology | UbiSync Ta Minoo Thanks for the link

Todays Motivator (good one) js redirect Be the real you +++++++++++ Let life know who you are. If you have to hide yourself to get what you want, do you really even want it? And while you're at it, make sure you let yourself know who you are. Be absolutely honest and authentic, especially with yourself. It's easy to get what you want from life. The real difficult and essential work is figuring out what that is. If you think it might be nice, that's not enough. If it looks good on somebody else, that's not enough. What you truly want is what you dearly love. It is something that uniquely and elegantly expresses the real, live, passionate person you are. You cannot find that or follow it by pretending to be who you're not. Be the real you, all the time, and joyfully feel the Flow of your own great abundance. From Ralph Marston

Hi Guys The big factor for me is that its a external monitor which is Portable, which I can pack with my laptop and Go. Convenience that you can attach multiple of them through USB in Serial or Parallel is a Big Plus for my setup when travelling or if you have to make regular visits abroad. For the more techy minded, download its user guide from samsung site to review; Below is some more to quickly read from one of the reviews Enjoy Minoo +------------------------+ The LD220G has the added benefit of USB connectivity with Samsung’s UbiSync technology, which allows users to quickly plug-in and manage multiple monitors without using additional video cards or changing system settings. The LD220G also serves as a USB hub to attach additional UbiSync monitors or peripherals. Weighing less than 10 pounds and possessing an integrated kickstand, the Lapfit maintains a thin profile taking up minimal space on the desk or on the go. While the uneven positioning of most external monitors can cause eye or neck strain, the Lapfit’s low profile remains level with the notebook, creating a more convenient view in addition to the benefit of multiple monitors. The adjustable stand can tilt from 10 to 40 degrees to match the laptop screen’s angle.

The link works just fine for me, it defaults to the UK location Yeps, I should have atleast mention the make & model so you could google it Details: Samsung LD220 21.5" Lapfit monitor In UK Ebuyer have it as 'Deal of the Day', (£74.99) URL: Samsung LD190G Lapfit TFT 18.5" 1360x768 50000:1 250cd/m2 5ms RGB/USB Gloss Black 3 Years Warranty - Ebuyer Ta Minoo

TFT to go with your laptop Good Specs (packaging, resolution & size) http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/pc-peripherals/monitors/notebook-companion/LS22LFUGFY/EN/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail menu bar is on the left of page for further details Any reviews of this monitor on user-sites so far ? Thanks Enjoy Minoo

This may help I have dedicated trade machines both for Charting (TradeStation) and Executions (Platforms) And seperate one for email, consulting, studies, research, etc If you are Not running the Virus Protection actively to conserve CPU and Memory This tip may help, further conserve your system resources I understand that the MS Operating system comes preloaded with the Unnecessary Components Services Interfaces and Protocols (CSIPs) it uses your valuable resources, makes your machine noisy (broadcasts) and compromises your environment (unsecure ports) So your security software needs to work actively more & use valuable resources to protect the pre-loaded & pre-bundled unnecessary CSIPs I have so far found that XP (Home Ver) uses the least of the resources to load 32bit trading apps & I only use XP for all my trading purpose Once you have invoked your usual application/s for trading Tip: Kill the skin of the OS (ie explorer.exe) Invoke Task manager (Shift + Ctrl + Esc) Click on Processes tab > Select explorer.exe > Click End Process If you want the skin back on Invoke Task Manager again Click on Applications > Click New Task > Type at the prompt Open: explorer.exe Press Enter (It may take some time to load) Note you can even shut down straight from Task Manager You can use the Performance Tab to further check out your system stats improvement etc If you have voice packets (internet radio, live squawk, etc) streaming down to your trade PC than be aware they will be priortise over other traffic Hope this helps Enjoy Minoo

Topics of thyself made me look into my own trails of this journey so far It allowed me to reflect back, thanks for thy theme! This Easter I took some time off and jotted some down; I usually refer to gray-matter better in my native language I have tried to translate a poem..ish into English below Hope you enjoy it Minoo Know ThySelf Do you recognise thee creature within How long this being, Bin in ? Know-not much Ado about Though some noticeable knocks, Rocks within In Yatra of bounty, luck rings the Till Ch-ching, Ch-ching to the Altar of Plenty Double me Gains, Fortunes I made With Lady luck, I up the Ante Banged the bottoms, Knocked the tops, I bucked the lot and fill me pot Narrow alleys, Sclaped so many This Daytrading punter, Thought, he tamed this Lady Ever so Cocked, Came the fall, The more I got up, the more I felt Lost It notted me guts and empty me pot Left me to wonder with last penny of lot Adicted I find, no wine, no dime No dice to roll, back on dole Rested and Resurrected New System I Christened, Trendy of mine Ego restored, I gunned for plenty The Big Boys in Pits, Poked me to bits They slaughtered the Pig, on the floor No Jolly for Johnny, Life aint no Dolly Relegation of mine, sordid my Day Dreams Thought bargained not, but inherited thy mind, Wired so wrongly, lamented subconcious of mine Have heard my story and repeated it all How many times, Cries myself of all My minds a Dice, Follows my Vice Few times right & Acts even Wise, Drowning me mind in Egoistic helpings In feeling of Doom or Aura of Gloom Trading Mantras, & Chants of Changes I Dam this action, in air of Reflection Guess all are: Self Inflicted Actions Dont ask how, Does living a low life Shaped by, Absence of reactions Desire of freedom, jotted a new Dossier Aware of his Karma, call-out to Brahma This Punter Percieves & Ploughs within I Question, I Quest,.... I dip in ..... ... ... .. . Knock knock ........ ..... .... . ; Who Thou in Flow of Tears, Drowns the Ego Echo & Silence, Swallows last Sorrows Mind Humms; Finds a Stop Halo of it; Plants Thy Pod No plan of Nature, Not BIAS nor Nurtured Sense free of Ones, own good nature, It only Flows, Thy Creature with no Feature, Thou Simply prevails, in Effortless Gear Shys away, if one wonders or fear Open Mind knows, meaning of true nature Ah .. Blip ... ........... . .. ..it all; Just .... . -Begins

Zdo I very much like the topic of this thread, Hope the below puts some substance to it A Little Book of Flow Life 2.0: The little book of Flow - revised This is the best stuff I have ever read on Web It has help me so much in pre-trading preparation of ThySelf Here is the printer friendly version to download and save Life 2.0 Enjoy Minoo

No Fear Webinar 25Feb10 by Jeff Quinto webinarinvite Enjoy Minoo Below is today Motivator on Discipline by Ralph Marston js redirect

Trading Mentor or Coach ? Below is some good advise by Brett on Trading Mentors and Coaches TraderFeed: Trading Mentors and Coaches: A Resource Linkfest My advise to you is become a Self-Coach first, before you try to find a good Mentor Enjoy Minoo js redirect

Sorry it took me some time to reply For those you have ask more on Quinto, This rss feed recordings will provide you with plenty to learn from So far 179 recordings Electronic Trader with Jeff Quinto Enjoy Minoo

A good detail article on ticks, worth reading It reveals some of the inner workings of this non-price data Better Know the TICK Indicator|Move the Markets Other links & indicator by Richard on Ticks Move the Markets|Tag Archive|tick Enjoy Minoo js redirect

Thanks dam5h for the link, the webinar was co sponsored by Mirus and Eurex The above Link from Eurex education has stopped working, Eurex been informed The link from Mirus for the same seminar 'Grading your Trading, by J Quinto https://admin.connectpro.acrobat.com/_a816688188/p38025944/ -Ta Minoo js redirect

Here is some more by The QuintEssential Quinto Seminar: Grading your Trading by Jeff Quinto https://admin.acrobat.com/_a812722289/p38025944/ (Jeff begins 11 minutes past in this recorded webinar sponsored by Mirius & Eurex Exchange) Tip: Press F11 to view it full screen Webinar Description: Jeff explains the concept of Grading Your Trading and he will show you exactly how you can implement the system every day to judge how you have done and, importantly, to be able to chart the progress in your trading. Whether you are an "A" trader or a "D" trader, the webinar will help you advance in your trading. Enjoy Minoo

Pivots occur many times in intraday trading, those pivots which occur at or vicinity of Areas (ie Daily-Pivots, Fibs, Value Areas, Previous Hi Lo, etc) are actively monitor by many market participants of different time frames, ability & type of trader. Pivots which occur with Market Internals signal/alerts either leading / preceding them are most indicative ones. The characteristics of price bars, candle preceding a pivot formation tells you as much. I give more weight to pivots at confluence of areas or rather anticipate them but still would like to see follow through by non-price parameters. If an intraday trader learns whatever his price-pattern/action, candle patterns, not only at areas but with Market Internals as part of his setup than it could provide a distinct edge. Most intraday traders find it very difficult when they look for change in direction or trend, to trade from rather than minor direction or trend continuation signals In my book of intraday trading break of minor highs is contiunation of up direction and break of minor lows is continuation to the downside. Playing the game (Pivots) of continuation in the underlying trend been more profitable to me than any other. There are three C's you got to deal/trade with mostly in trading; Change, Continuation and Consolidation; Which rather suits your personality and which actually you can act upon timely to enter, monitor (incl Stay out position) and exit profitably. This is where you got to be able to act in your own best self interest if not in the path of least resistance .. . . . The fourth C if I may put in here is the Context (Major Pivots which has form market structure) which provides you the grid of where the market prices been, heading and now. Enuf said, back to the Pivots For the Pivots part, Please refer to the attached links; pasted below are some paras from them REVERSAL BARS Reversal bars are an objective technique used to time the entry of a trade. When pattern, price and time all come together at a suspected major pivot, and you hesitate while wondering if the prior trend will continue against your new position, a reversal bar can be the objective trigger to prompt you to take action. The examples demonstrated below have many variations. The example given is not the only possible configuration for that reversal bar type. The important concept is that with every configuration, prices make a new high (or low) but close opposite the direction of the open and the trend. The reversal bar is telling you that the trend for that time frame has run out of gas and that no new buyers or sellers are coming into the market. For bullish reversals just substitute low for high. Not every reversal bar is significant. This is especially true for intraday charts. Reversal bars take on importance when they occur at a coincidence of pattern, price and time. CONTINUATION BARS Not every major pivot point is marked by a reversal bar. Continuation set-ups can still get you in a trade relatively close to the pivot point. Continuation bars are easily identified on a bar or candlestick chart. They always start with either an inside bar or an outside bar. Trading Stocks Education - Triggers: Reversal Bars Trading Stocks Education - Triggers: Continuation Bars Enjoy Minoo

Where can I see more of your Profile (Price & Vol distribution) charts live recording if possible ? What other vol based indicators you have in your charting package ? Could you please post some more. Any Videos of the overall package, can you mix tick time or vol charts? Thanks Minoo I have applied to your yahoo group

The below information may help, a different approach / logic to see the big & small player vol Below is an extract of Review Written by Dr. Alexander Elder Book title: "Value in time: Better Trading through Effective Volume" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A Revolutionary Approach, May 28, 2008 By Dr Alexander Elder The author uses inexpensive off-the-shelf software to slice each trading day of a stock into one-minute segments. He finds the average one-minute volume for the day and separates the minutes into those with above or below average volume. In each group, he adds up the volume of minutes with rising prices and subtracts the volume of minutes with falling prices. This gives him two cumulative volume lines: one for the minutes with above average and the other for below average volume. He named them Large and Small Effective Volume. The minutes with above average volume reflect the impact of the big money and often have predictive value. When you find a condition in which the big money starts pushing up a stock, while the small money remains negative or neutral, an upside reversal is in the cards. When the big money starts pushing the stock down while the small money is flat or buying, a downside reversal is more likely. Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Value in Time: Better Trading through Effective Volume (Wiley Trading) Website: http://www.effectivevolume.eu/ Also Look into the Effective Vol Tradestation Indicator manual http://www.effectivevolume.eu/content/Reports/TS_Manual.pdf Chart Color Codes: Blue for Large Player Red for Small Players Yellow for Effective Vol Enjoy Minoo

Just noticed the booklet was not uploaded to go along the videos Here is the PDF Enjoy Minoo CME_education_team_booklet[1].pdf

I had a very challenging day trading today (26Aug09) Please comment on how would Market Profile & Vol Distribution would have helped me in my intraday trading today What were the tell tale signs of not taking position Could someone please comment on todays MP and Vol distribution chart With the hindsight I could see that its an text book bell curve on the profile, doji day The area around forming POC (1026 -27) had many confluences, like 50% Globex range, Pre Week Hi, Yesterdays Close, Major MA flat in the region, etc) When such an pattern occurs at the top of market is it advisable to buy put options on break of lows of the day or week for hedging ones portfolio ? Do we get a lower premium and better value to hedge. I would like to see your MP chart if possible and comments. Many Thanks Minoo Now reluctantly short from 1026 based on 900 vol chart for Globex-only setups & back to positive, need to hit the bed as its 2:10AM in UK & simply going flat @ 1022.75.

Avalanch I manage to find the link to the above article, Please refer to it there are couple of paras more at the end of this article (missing in the above doc) http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/options/reading-the-music-of-the-markets-day-trading-stock-index-futures-19159/?print=1 Ta Minoo