Chris Tate, Author at Trading Game

Normal Markets

Trading PsychologyBy Chris Tate October 17, 2011

Whilst I was away at the weekend this bounced into my inbox for comment (I don’t know the original source) SPZ s rallied 13.75% from the pre-NYSE open low on October 4 to October 12 high. Normal markets do not rally almost 14% in 6 sessions. Normal buyers do not behave this way. Volume was lacking…

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Gold Coast

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 17, 2011

Just lobbed home from the Gold Coast – if ever you wanted a reason why boguns shouldnt reproduce just spent two days there.

Benfords Law

History and Science, Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 13, 2011 2 Comments

In chatting about Greece and its systematic dishonesty I made reference to this post by Tim Harford. It talks about the intriguing Benfords Law which according to wikipedia is …….also called the first-digit law, states that in lists of numbers from many (but not all) real-life sources of data, the leading digit is distributed in a specific,…

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Margin Call

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 13, 2011

Looks interesting Margin Call is one of several low-budget ($3.5 million), accessibly commercial smart films for adults debuting at Sundance that got made with a major cast willing to work for nothing against the promise of worthy material and a decent back end.

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Hedge Fund Wreckage Part Two

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 11, 2011 1 Comment

Who would it thunk it could have got any worse It looks more an more like Paulson fluked his GFC trade. The thing that surprises me is that these firms employ squillions of bright people and not one of them seems to understand the most basic concept of not chasing losses and actually listening to…

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Hedge Fund Wreckage

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 10, 2011

From Bloomberg Of course, the most visible big loser this year is John Paulson. For example, through September 27, Paulson Advantage Fund was down 6 percent for the month and more than 28 percent for the year, while Paulson Advantage Plus, which takes on additional leverage, is presumably down even more. Paulson International Fund was…

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Wall Street Monopoly

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 9, 2011

From the Village Voice Oct. 7 2011

Trading Expo

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 9, 2011

Just back from a visit to the latest trading expo and I have some observations not necessarily in any order of importance. 1. Scrubbers are in – content is out. There were no shortage of stands for people I had never heard of whose main way of attracting attention was to have tarts with big…

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This Wont Work

Trading ResourcesBy Chris Tate October 9, 2011 4 Comments

Whilst it does not qualify for email of the week status an email received last week at blog central does provide an interesting talking point. The gist of the email was that this individual had $40,000 to trade, was risking $600 per trade in the hope of making $250. So I am risking $600 to…

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