Many traders, especially traders who spend their majority of time reading charts and relying on indicators and oscillators, tend to forget that stock and equity prices are not only driven by supply and demand. They are driven by fear and greed. It’s easy to say that a stock is making a double top, or is… [Read More]
Volatility Bands and Price Symmetry
The previous commentary, “Market Cycle Updates”, I alerted you to the next key 8.6 year Pi cycle dates/zones which are July 12 and Nov 21. The SPX closed at 2630 for that 5/4/18 commentary, and is +4.7% to the Friday close at 2755. Both the 3- and 12-month EMA’s are rising and not extremely O/B…. [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 14): 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading; Part 4 Correlations – How To Protect Yourself from This Hidden Killer
In this issue of the Connors Research Traders Journal we’re going to cover Part 4 of our 10 Part Series on 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading. Before we do, I’d like to let you know that I just completed a new book which will be released on Wednesday, June 20. The title is Buy The Fear, Sell… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 13): 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading; Part 3 – Lower Your Risk
******* I’d like to let you know that I just completed a new book which will be released onWednesday, June 20. The title is Buy The Fear, Sell The Greed – 7 Behavioral Quant Strategies for Traders. My new book quantifies fear and greed in money managers, investors and traders. We’ve developed a number of… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 11): 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading; Part 1 – Know Your Edges
First, I’d like to let you know that I just completed a new book. The title is Buy The Fear; Sell The Greed – 7 Behavioral Quant Strategies for Traders. My new book quantifies fear and greed in money managers, investors and traders. We’ve developed a number of quantified strategies around those high probability trading opportunities…. [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 10): 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading
Over the next three weeks I’m going to put a trading plan base into place in a series entitled 10 Smart Ways To Improve Your Trading. The series will essentially be a formula which all-combined will give you the base from which to scale on. Most traders believe that simply having buy and sell rules… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 9): New Research Study From Blair Hull
Here is a very interesting study published by Blair Hull and his team. By way of background, Blair is one of the legends in the trading industry having sold his options trading firm to Goldman Sachs for over $500 million. He now runs an asset management firm with ETFs. More information about his ETFs can be… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 8): 7 Quant Trading Books You Need To Own
I love reading trading books. Literally all trading books. My philosophy is that if I can learn one new thing from the book, it was time well spent. This philosophy has served me well because there’s a lot of great ideas in print available for all of us to learn from and to grow from…. [Read More]
My Mentoring Program Will Improve Your Trading – And You Can Try It Risk Free
Announcing – A Comprehensive Private Mentoring Program With Larry Connors Dear Trader, Do you have a burning desire to improve your trading? Are you frustrated by inconsistent trading results, a lack of a structured trading plan, too many strategies (or not enough alpha producing strategies), not taking trades, not following trading rules, assuming too much… [Read More]
Connors Research Traders Journal (Volume 7): Superior Trade Construction for Asymmetrical Gains
In this issue of the Connors Research Traders Journal we’re going to learn one way to construct a fixed-risk trade with the potential to bring you asymmetrical returns. Let’s assume you are highly confident that a stock (or any market) is going to have a large move to the upside. You’ve done all your work,… [Read More]