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Early psychoanalytic models were deterministic. That is they espoused a view of human nature as being mostly at the whims of forces beyond people’s control whether these forces were internal (needs, desires and conflicts) or external (war. political, socio-economic). Some of the more recent dynamic models have run counter to a deterministic view. One…
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One of the toughest things for traders to do is realize losses. I have written about it here already. You also find that this holds in terms of what market participants are willing to fess up to in public. We see this with traders (and gamblers coming back from Vegas) all the time and…
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When people interact, very little attention is paid to the spaces between them, the field upon which they are interacting. Nevertheless, this space is an incredibly important part of the interaction. The energy behind the correspondence, the relationship of the participants, the implicit rules of the setting, the physical surroundings… I call the space…
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Im psyched to have this new blog set up I’ve had this virtual spot for a while and never really did much with it aside from the occasional post here and there. I plan to begin posting much more frequently and invite all readers to join in the conversation. The majority of my blog…
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Much continues as if half of the worlds wealth has not been destroyed over the past year. Families living at the margin are still booking trips to Disney. Pfizer is still copping Elvis to sell Viagra. The nouveau continues to trade in beamers for beamers. Don’t get me wrong the shift towards a more…
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Much continues as if half of the worlds wealth has not been destroyed over the past year. Families living at the margin are still booking trips to Disney. Pfizer is still copping Elvis to sell Viagra. The nouveau continues to trade in beamers for beamers. Don’t get me wrong the shift towards a more…
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Recently I have tweeted 3 actionable index price patterns that I’ve observed amid the seeming chaos… These include 1. a longer term consolidation set up consisting of a v broad range followed by a series of higher lo’s and lower hi’s which is looking good so far, 2. the end of day extensions which…
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Average market participants dread losing money in the market as much as agoraphobics dread the market itself. And sometimes they cope in similar maladaptive ways by avoiding realization of the fear, rational problem solving and resolution… In fact, one of my all time favorite terms in all of trading is realizing losses. There is…
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first off let me just say that i have no position in etrade long or short… next, in light of recent events, if u have money at etrade, whether it is insured or not u ought to be getting it out of there asap… if there is even a remote chance that they go…