Matt @ December 18, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Keeping with the reading theme from yesterday I’ll follow up with some of my favorite trading-related books. These should keep you occupied for a while.
The book that steered me in the right direction. I’m glad I found this early on. One of the nice things about it is it exposes you to […]
Matt @ December 14, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I’d like to create an online community for traders who use *nix systems. These systems are great for all kinds of number crunching and data analysis. Simple shell scripts are great for processing historic price data for example. It’s a lot faster and easier than alternatives available in Windows.
One of the problems […]
Matt @ December 13, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been collecting links to free charts around the web. I’m still looking, but here’s what I’ve got so far. If you know any others I should add to this list, leave a comment.
Stock Charts:
bigcharts.com
www.prophet.net/analyze/
stockcharts.com/charts/
clearstation.etrade.com
www.equitytrader.com/graph/
Forex Charts:
www.dailyfx.com/charts/
scharts.fxcorporate.com
Commodity Charts:
www.tradingcharts.com/
This site actually has stock, commodity, and forex charts.
Matt @ December 12, 2007 # One Comment
I ended yesterday’s post with the idea that you need to know why you’re getting into a trade because when it comes to trading and investment, things WILL go “wrong”. There’s really nothing “wrong” about it. Markets are chaotic, complex networks full of irrational nodes making emotional decisions. Unless you can see […]
Matt @ December 11, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I get asked semi-regularly if I can give any advice on how to get started trading. Well…yes, but keep in mind that what worked for me won’t necessarily work for you.
If you’re really interested in trading you should read the book Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. It’s a compilation of interviews with really successful traders. […]
Matt @ December 10, 2007 # No Comment Yet
This is my new trading blog. For now I’ll be blogging about trading in general, but in the future I may begin documenting all my trading activity so readers can observe the entire process from research to execution to covering the trade and taking the profit or loss. If I decide to do […]