It is interesting where you come across little points of history that are applicable to trading. I was rereading a Japanese poem about three of Japan’s most famous warlords and a hototogisu. The hototogisu is a small songbird and is also known as the lesser cuckoo – a much more boring description that the Japanese…

Years of looking using drones and satellites, thousands of live gone and trillions of dollars spent and where did they find him? In his house. F$%k me thats the first place I would have looked.

With all the gnashing of teeth regarding the collapse of the USD and the subsequent end of civilisation as we know it should this fall continue I thought I would post a chart of the USD Index. The USD Index measure the performance of the USD versus a basket of currencies. On this chart I…

It seems as if silver has stopped fizzing at the bung hole. The question is can anything be deduced from this and the answer to this is not really. It is simply a demonstration that markets can go up and then they can go down.

Interesting chat on the mentor forum this weekend regarding open equity, that is the value of your positions measured to the current close versus valuing positions to the level of their stops. This discussion was prompted by the following graphic I posted which looks at one of the advisory service portfolios. This portfolio trades a…

Interesting chat on the mentor forum this weekend regarding open equity, that is the value of your positions measured to the current close versus valuing positions to the level of their stops. This discussion was prompted by the following graphic I posted which looks at one of the advisory service portfolios. This portfolio trades a…

Excellent podcast on Bernie Madoff who has become something of a lightning rod for all of Wall Streets sins. It is interesting that all the red flags that were raised to Madoff including the excellent work by forensic accountant Harry Markopoulos were ignored.  

Excellent podcast on Bernie Madoff who has become something of a lightning rod for all of Wall Streets sins. It is interesting that all the red flags that were raised to Madoff including the excellent work by forensic accountant Harry Markopoulos were ignored.

I was going to title this something about robot trading….blah, blah, blah but sticking the words bodybuilding Mexican and academic in the title seemed to be much more fun. This article does what it says o the can – it is a about a bodybuilding academic whose speciality is artificial intelligence and its application to…

I was going to title this something about robot trading….blah, blah, blah but sticking the words bodybuilding Mexican and academic in the title seemed to be much more fun. This article does what it says o the can – it is a about a bodybuilding academic whose speciality is artificial intelligence and its application to…

How Physics and Neuroscience Dictate Your “Free” Will Twenty Citizens’ Worth Of Blood Flowed Through Him: A Medic Confronts The Open Wounds Of Afghanistan Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives

Last year I wrote a chapter in a book called The Wiley Trading Guide In it I banged on about lies that brokers tell people and some of the profound misunderstandings that those involved in the supply side of trading have. In particular I took aim at the notion of buy and hold and its…

Apparently $1.6 million is not a lot to get by on…….. WSJ …. The paymaster noted that median precrisis pay was about $2.2 million a year. On average, some $200,000 came in base pay, with the remaining $2 million coming in an annual bonus, about 60% of which was paid in cash. That is roughly…

If you are one the supposedly 400 gazillion people (sad bastards) who will be tuned into the royal wedding then this is for you.

If you are one the supposedly 400 gazillion people (sad bastards) who will be tuned into the royal wedding then this is for you.