MadMarketScientist

Personally I just use Google finance and MarketWatch ... but simply for news and not so much for 'analysis'. When I want more analysis on equities I try seekingalpha but take everything I read with a grain of salt ... MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 22, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS Developing Trader's State of Mind Discussion - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-psychology/10964-developing-traders-state-mind-discussion-2.html I wonder what the minimum and maximum time range is for someone to make the protocols he introduced 'habit' for any uncertainty based emotional perturbation that arises while ... Hopium - Again - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/futures-trading-laboratory/10968-hopium-again.html Once again the markets experienced an early updraft due to short covering that was followed by yet another preposterous Hopium explosion. One more media source – The Guardian ... The Importance of Structural Reference - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10894-importance-structural-reference-3.html#post130210 Yes, agreed, generally on the counter if you believed that the move up had legs you would be looking for buyers to come in right off of that first red candle down (on the second ... Fibs on ES and 6E - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/e-mini-futures-trading-laboratory/9559-fibs-es-6e-3.html#post130195 Hi, TimRacette. Can you tell me what do you mean -23% profit target. Do you mean 123% of swing, or you mean 23% IN swing? If 123% then risk:reward ratio is better than 1:1, but if you mean ... Walk-Forward TradeStation - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/tools-trade/10608-walk-forward-tradestation.html#post130283 Walk-forward analysis is good but the problem is finding an edge. It's like someone offering you a fancy car audio system as a present but you have no car. I would like TS to incorporate ... Trading - a Psychological Game? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/introduce-yourself/10938-trading-psychological-game.html This is Lucian and I`ve been trading for the past 3 years with some modest success. I`ve had my heavy drawback periods and sometimes my portfolio seemed to go underwater. Luckily it ... HOT TOPIC Will the Germans Really Bring Back the Deutsche Mark? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-analysis/10975-will-germans-really-bring-back-deutsche.html The whole idea being touted about as the Euro becoming the world's new reserve currency seems a distant memory now. Ireland seemed to have fixed it's problems, Portugal again wasn't great but overall Greece has so far been the major problem. However, it's Italy and Spain that are the major concern. If the spread between their debt and the German benchmark widens, they'll just not be able to afford to pay for much. That ain't exactly a positive scenario for the Euro in my mind ...

Hi leonardyuri, Welcome to the forum, I'm looking forward to your contributions. See you around the forums. thanks, MMS

Even though it is in their best interest (why pay for the overspending greeks, spaniards, italians?) I don't think their overwhelming guilt over the 2 world wars will let them be the bad guys a third time. There is always talk about taking some assets in exchange of the bailout (some nice greek islands or their 'free' subway system) - which would seem like a good solution. But again, not wanting to appear aggressive is their primary (but not spoken of) concern. MMS

Welcome ... and I look forward to seeing you around the forums thanks, MMS

Yes it is a pretty platform, especially considering it is purely web-based and requires no installation\broker signups\etc. I wish they would add some Advanced charting to it but maybe they will in time. I think their feed is actually from GAIN MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 1, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS Build Your Own Trading System - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10910-build-your-own-trading-system-2.html#post129711 We talked about Money Management, so, we all know how to survive in this market for longer time now. Now, we will get to learn how to get some profits from the market. We often ... One Result, Three Outcomes - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10930-one-result-three-outcomes.html Just for fun let us consider 3 different trading days, days that we have all lived through if we are in this business of trading. These days could happen any time in no particular order. So let's just ... Whose Game Are You Playing? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading/10932-whose-game-you-playing.html After a few years of trading I have come to the realization that the key to winning is all in my head. This is a psychological battle with myself. The market participants are irrelevant. There is no ... Price Pause Strategy - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10934-price-pause-strategy.html I'm trying to formulate a strategy that might take advantage of price pause after an instrument has paused. Let me provide an example. I have written a program that will alert me to ... The Right Coach/Mentor? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/3335-right-coach-mentor-14.html#post129737 This will probably only handicap you. Trading is very personal; even reading and sharing on forums is getting to be counterproductive for me in most cases. You keep ... Why You Should Not Be a Trader - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading/10929-why-you-should-not-trader.html Before I answer that statement let's have a look at why people want to be traders. 1) They can't sleep. 2) They just got fired. 3) They have never been hired. 4) They want to make lots of ... HOT TOPIC Apply For A Trading Psychology Webinar Scholarship - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-psychology/10920-webinar-scholarships.html You are invited to apply for a full scholarship to participate in an upcoming 4 session trading psychology webinar with Rande Howell. If you are interested, please return to me., zdo, a 1 or 2 paragragh (ie very short) description via PM of your need to work on your trading and self at this level. Also address your level of commitment to completing the course ...

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 11, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor NinjaTrader - Unleash Your Trading Potential with NinjaTrader | Traders Laboratory Registration TOP POSTS & THREADS No Progress (Frustration!) - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10896-no-progress-frustration-2.html#post129483 One of the things I do is use multiple time frames at once. I used the weekly to find markets with strong direction, then the daily chart to find markets that are moving the same way as ... Newbie Understanding Wyckoff's 7M Analysis - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/8845-newbie-understanding-wyckoffs-7m-analysis-5.html#post129505 Ok, back at it again. I'm having trouble because I read something from the course, and I try to understand it. But when I try to see the flaws in the contrasting, devil's advocate position ... Trading vs. Investing - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-analysis/10913-trading-definition.html The first lesson i learned here is that there is a difference between trading and investing (they're not entirely different but the two words aren't synonyms) Well we all know that in trading there ... Correlation and Hedging Revisited - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10917-correlation-hedging-revisited.html Hello, I am starting a thread regarding the idea of trading positively correlated currency pairs. I read the extensive postings on other threads and have developed some tools that ... Can Trading Starts Small and Grow Big? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10916-can-trading-starts-small-grow-big.html Dear friends of trading. Sometimes I am confused and have this question in mind.Can retails traders start trading in a humble way, such as on part time basis or small capital, then ... Why Immitation is a Path You Shouldn't Follow - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10918-why-immitation-path-you-shouldnt-follow.html There are many roads which lead to dead ends or wild goose chases when a new trader starts to look for a methodology or style which suits them. Finding something which suits you ... HOT TOPIC Build Your Own Trading System - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10910-build-your-own-trading-system.html Everyone knows that trading is high risk. Imagine yourself to be a soldier, who is your best friend to make you survive in the battlefield ? right, Weapon. then, do you get your weapon ? if you do, just stick to it. but if not, how to get your own weapon ? or, how to build your own weapon ? ...

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 8, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS Backtesting, Demo, and Live Trading ... - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/futures-trading-laboratory/10892-backtesting-demo-live-trading.html#post129352 What really changes is YOU, Trelco, and that is everything. In a simulated environment, you have no emotion at play (that fear and greed thing that causes us not to follow our rules, aka ... Educated Opinion? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10906-educated-opinion.html there is a "small" financial crisis going on in a small town in China right now, it is not reported in the main stream media, this "small" problem can have the potential of the straw that breaks ... ADX, RSI, EMA Envelope Reversal Scalp Tools - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10904-adx-rsi-ema-envelope-reversal-scalp.html Hi, this is a refined version of a scalping reversal system that I had developed and posted previously. The post can be found here with many other alerts and indicators. I will present ... Beyond Gann - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10788-beyond-gann-8.html#post129285 Today we have predictions for 11.30am 12.15pm, 12.00pm and calculating from yesterdays low,another prediction for 12.00pm. One interesting thing i noticed is the bull% indicator which ... Trading The News - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-analysis/1207-trading-news-3.html#post128476 Are these Bernie's testimonies the most important news to trade? I never traded one, but will make sure to try the next. So far I have traded but the rate statements and some others like nfp, cpi ... Signal Log - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/tradepoint-software/10900-signal-log.html In this thread different users of the TPS Indicator Pack will post graphics of signals they have found useful. As the thread develops you will notice that reagardless of the market or ... HOT TOPIC No Progress (Frustration!) - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10896-no-progress-frustration.html I started a very small acct in august ($3000)..and am becoming very discouraged..Ive been learning about trading futures for over 3 years..in the last year concentrated mainly on technical analysis ...

I would take Ron Paul over Spineless Obama anyday! MMS

HI, How is everyone doing with this trading method? Has it held up during the last 2 weeks? thx MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 6, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor NinjaTrader - Unleash Your Trading Potential with NinjaTrader | Traders Laboratory Registration TOP POSTS & THREADS The Fear of Loss of Control - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10879-fear-loss-control-type-personality-meets.html#post129279 Dave is actually a client of mine with a different name. And I lifted material from my notes to write this article. I change names for protection of client's privacy. Dont think he'd like his laundry ... The Importance of Structural Reference - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10894-importance-structural-reference.html To me activity based and structural references are everything. They are the what, the why, the where and the when of the markets and how they move. There are many different ... What Platform is Used to Trade Futures? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/futures-trading-laboratory/10699-what-platform-used-trade-futures.html in currencies, mt4 seems like the more popular choice for trading, what about futures? is there any demo account? It's very easy to get started with Ninjatrader. I think you should be able ... Combining RSI and VIX into A Winning System - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/automated-trading/10887-combining-rsi-vix-into-winning-system.html Here is a simple automated system that might spark some ideas on creating a complete trading system of your own. It's called the VIX Stretch Strategy and was found in a book ... What is the Realtime Data Feed Do You Use? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/volume-spread-analysis/10885-what-realtime-data-feed-do-you.html Traderguide organization told us that we can use VSA method for forex and commondities market. So we need realtime data feed source and it must have good tick volume data, right ... Future Day Trader - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/introduce-yourself/10793-future-day-trader.html Hi everyone! It is great to be here. I just landed on this site a few days ago and I am enjoying all the information. I am a stay at home mother and housewife. My children are all in school ... HOT TOPIC Backtesting, Demo, and Live Trading - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/futures-trading-laboratory/10892-backtesting-demo-live-trading.html What is the difference between each? We have all heard that 90% of traders lose money, so why are most people profitable on demo's but not in practice? What changes? What changes if it is an automated system? ...

This kind of behavior infuriates me .. I am praying these demonstrations cause REAL change. I will be going to NYC on business in two weeks and will join for a day. MMS

Hi All, OK the Commercial vendor icon has been implemented and applied to all appropriate members of TL. If you believe someone should have this classification please PM me directly. thanks, MMS

I've downloaded all of them and will start watching soon ... just need to finish up some Two and a Half Men episodes first ... MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 4, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS Occupy Wall Street Is Getting Ugly - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10859-occupy-wall-street-getting-ugly-2.html#post129038 Definitely. One interesting thing about the protests, Facebook, and electronic communications, is that there were a few people organizing the movement. The communication and ... Finally! A Way to Verify Trader Performance - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10870-finally-way-verify-trader-performance.html I had this same idea about five years ago and cannot wait until the launch. Finally, we traders have a way to verify the success of forum and chat room participants, and to prove our own! ... Getting Up to Speed... - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/introduce-yourself/10874-getting-up-speed.html With my first post on this forum, i'd like to ask you if you know of any good resources that can help someone get up to speed with investing. Let me first introduce myself. I graduated last ... Risk and Time in The Market - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10868-risk-time-market.html Can anyone refer me to any reference work on risk and time in the market. E.g. if two strategies have equal returns but one has the trader in the market longer than the other, how do ... Correlation Measurement Woes - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10877-correlation-measurement-woes.html Gmorning quants, I'd like to calculate the correlation coefficient c for two instruments so that, with c being a real number, c = +1 if the two instruments are positively correlated, c = -1 if they ... Sierra Chart the Real Deal? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/tools-trade/10878-sierra-chart-real-deal.html I had the chance to take a look at Sierra Chart over the weekend. This doesn't really qualify as a review, as I don't believe I have explored the platform fully enough. But it is a summary of ... HOT TOPIC The Fear of Loss of Control: Type A Personality Meets the Uncertainty of - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10879-fear-loss-control-type-personality-meets.html Trading David had never known fear he could not conquer before now. Both as a competitive karate champion and a business man, he had controlled his fears - not allowing them to get in the way of victory. David was a very successful, "large-and-in-charge" executive. There was no mountain he could ...

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 1, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor NinjaTrader - Unleash Your Trading Potential with NinjaTrader | Traders Laboratory Registration TOP POSTS & THREADS The Men Who Crashed the World - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-analysis/10845-men-who-crashed-world.html#post128863 this is part of and indistinguishable from the huge global ‘story’ being made up…something’s fishy … for example re the mortgage crisis, some say it was “regulation” (in a way ... Point and Figure Charting - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/3889-point-figure-charting-13.html#post128656 Point and Figure is an important part of my method. For stock trading I use an excellent software which named “Bull’s Eye Broker”. Unfortunaly, this software don’t support realtime ... Uptick Downtick Ratio - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-indicators/10821-uptick-downtick-ratio.html#post128966 I've been using this indicator and really like it. It often shows buying or selling bias before the price move. And when it goes to an extreme, the peak or bottom is often very close. The ... Trading Futures Using Volume - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/futures-trading-laboratory/8613-trading-futures-using-volume-5.html#post128979 you mean that using volume we can see the overall picture of the market today (i mean market is strong or weak today ) and decide to trade buy or short when some market technical ... Backtesting? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10809-backtesting.html I use NT7...I know there are tuturials on this...but I need a shove in the right direction. I have 'backtested' by simply looking back on charts to see if my strategies work in theory. but I ... EURUSD Observations - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/forex-trading-laboratory/10839-eurusd-observations.html I just wanted to share some basic trading analysis here: The EURO was fundamentally weakening, and on the daily ranging for a while. It would either break up or down. When it ... HOT TOPIC Occupy Wall Street Is Getting Ugly! - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10859-occupy-wall-street-getting-ugly.html Check out this video ... the police are faced with a wall of protesters and separate themselves by an orange mesh barrier. The women who end up on the ground, pepper-sprayed and blind, seem to have been just standing there. Their screams seem to make even the police question their actions. ...

sold Nov 350 put ... I don't think AAPL will get there ... but you never know. Nonetheless, I will be happy to buy AAPL at 350 MMS

Look at Egypt this year .. the Facebook protests got real change - if enough people demand change it will happen. Nothing would be better for the average citizen than sweeping change to Wall Street. It may happen if this protest continues to grow. MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Sept 29, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS The Price / Volume Relationship - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/6320-price-volume-relationship-385.html#post128817 From my own experience, Jacks writings are confusing. Jack is an extremely bright man (probably a genius) which makes him difficult to understand. Make sure you are on the same fractal ... Mastering Your Emotions for Efficient Forex Trading - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10834-mastering-your-emotions-efficient-forex-trading.html A lot of people lose money in Forex Trading because they fail to master their emotions. Many books have been written on tips for better trading, but even so, no two people using the same ... Paintbar Indicator - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/coding-forum/10843-paintbar-indicator.html I am attempting to code a Paintbar indicator, for use w/ my trading. The goal for now is to just use a SMA, and when price is below the MA to plot the color of the bar RED, when ... To Trend, or Not to Trend, is That the Question? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10850-trend-not-trend-question.html All through my time as a trader so far, I have heard of trend traders, position traders, scalpers, faders and numerous other styles of trading. What it all seems to come down to though ... Trying to Start Off Well Prepared - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/introduce-yourself/10846-trying-start-off-well-prepared.html I'm a newbie trader dealing with a double edged psychological sword. I like to prepare myself overly well, which causes me to not take any action until I feel ready. This has held me back ... Taming the Furies: Disrupting Fear & Calming the Mind - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10851-taming-furies-disrupting-fear-calming-mind.html “I don’t get it. I know how to trade,” explains Brian, “I’ve been trading for 9 years and I can’t seem to break through this barrier to really successful trading. Something is holding me back ... HOT TOPIC The Men Who Crashed the World - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-analysis/10845-men-who-crashed-world.html In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire mortgage-seller who fooled millions; a high-rolling banker with a fatal weakness; a ferocious Wall Street predator; and the power behind the throne. The crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing more than 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the edge of insolvency. Wall Street turned back the clock to 1929 ...

Hi, The police are faced with a wall of protesters and separate themselves by an orange mesh barrier. The women who end up on the ground, pepper-sprayed and blind, seem to have been just standing there. Their screams seem to make even the police question their actions. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moD2JnGTToA]Occupy Wall Street Is Getting Ugly[/ame] Wow is this demo really going to work, 2011 is turning out to be the year of revolutions ... MMS

I've been trading AAPL for some time ... I'm not in it right now simply because of the entire equity environment ... but after the next shakeout - I will be back LONG. While I am waiting, however, I've sold some naked puts against the stock at 10% below current prices. That is a strategy of mine for any stock I am long term bullish on but waiting for prices to come down. Why would you short? Because of macro issues or because you think AAPL has had its run? thx MMS

From 24/7 Wall Street: After the Flash Crash of 2010 and with the proliferation of how much the trading machines dominate the markets now, this needed to be done. The thresholds will lower the broad market decline percentage triggers, shorten the duration of the trading halts, and also change the reference index. The existing market-wide circuit breakers were originally adopted in October 1988 and have only been triggered on one day in 1997. The basic proposals are as follows: Lower the market decline percentage thresholds from 10%, 20%, and 30% down to new levels of 7%, 13%, and 20% from the prior day’s closing price. The duration of the trading halts that do not close the market for the day would go from 30 minutes, 60 minutes, or 120 minutes down to 15 minutes. Rather than six time periods, the only two relevant trigger time periods would be before 3:25 P.P. and on or after 3:25 P.M. The new proposal would strip the Dow Jones Industrial Average as the reference index and would change to the S&P 500 Index as the pricing reference. Read more: SEC Seeks To Change Market Circuit Breakers - 24/7 Wall St. http://247wallst.com/2011/09/27/sec-seeks-to-change-market-circuit-breakers/#ixzz1ZHJfd5Cv Very interesting ... and about time! MMS

It doesn't get much use at all (less than 1% of traffic) and its not worth the spam headaches it causes thx MMS

When enough people don't believe that the US will pay them back and start demanding payment in other forms, eg. gold silver, yuan, etc. This is already happening in a small scale as the last time I was in mexico, no one took US dollars. But there has to be an alternative and the issues with the euro is the best thing that could happen to the dollar. Another way is if the US continues to debase the dollar and inflate away its value. Couple that with a weakening economy and it is a possibility it may lose its reserve status in our lifetime. MMS