Maintain Safe Leverage
Leverage ratio is simply the dollar amount of your positions divided by the account equity. For example, if you were trading T-bond futures, one contract at a price of 125 is equal to $125,000 (125 * $1,000 per point). If you had $50,000 in your account, then your leverage ratio would be
Analyze The Industry Before You Buy The Stock
Before you buy a stock, first examineits industry index to determine if the sector is in an up trend. You willincrease your winning percentage because being in the right sector is just as(if not more) important than picking the right stock. Heres a simple techniqueto determine whether a sector is i
Use Sector Analysis to Improve Stock Trades
Before you buy a stock, first examine its industry index to determine if the sector is in an up trend. You will increase your winning percentage because being in the right sector is just as (if not more) important than picking the right stock. –Manuel Ochoa, from The TradingMarkets.c
Analyze The Industry Before You Buy The Stock
Before you buy a stock, first examineits industry index to determine if the sector is in an up trend. You willincrease your winning percentage because being in the right sector is just as(if not more) important than picking the right stock. Heres a simple techniqueto determine whether a sector is i
Analyze The Industry Before You Buy The Stock
Before you buy a stock, first examine its industry index to determine if the sector is in an up trend. You will increase your winning percentage because being in the right sector is just as (if not more) important than picking the right stock. Heres a simple technique to determine whether a sector
Microsoft Catalyst Welcome!
I still suspect some more downside pressure in the next couple of sessions on the back of FridayGÇÖs momentum.
Selectively Increasing Position Size for Optimum Performance
System traders as well as discretionary traders tend to trade similar position sizes from one trade to the next.
PPI and CPI may be catalysts for next upmove
I am getting somewhat bearish again on stocks.
Classic ‘buy the rumor, sell the news’ … day in bonds
CURRENT POSITIONS (AS OF 01/07/00) Market Date Long/Short Enter Stop Target Mar. 99 T-Bonds Flat Mar. 99 S&Ps  Flat    Mar. 99 Euro  Short    Bonds “This was a classic ‘buy the rumor, sell the news’ type of day in the bonds.” The March bond contract (USH0) sold off […]
Federal funds futures: A barometer of interest rate expectations
Clearly, traders and investors have varying
opinions as to the future course of interest rates.
Financial Futures Insight
The March bond contract is drifting
slightly lower at this time (2:40 p.m. ET) on very light volume.
Financial Futures Insight
The March bond contract spent Monday drifting lower ahead of the FedGÇÖs meeting
tomorrow.