Archive for February, 2012

  • Very Late Longs, or Blown Up Shorts
    Posted by on February 27th, 2012 at 10:36 pm, Comments: 0

    Anytime a couple billion dollars gets traded meaningfully away from the market it should give a market observer pause.  The market leaves a footprint, and [...]

  • Marketview: A Sliver of Blue Sky
    Posted by on February 25th, 2012 at 12:40 pm, Comments: 0

    What is the event that will cause this market to sell off?  It will surely be a surprise.  I’m searching for reasons to be bearish [...]

  • Value vs Growth Update
    Posted by on February 23rd, 2012 at 4:55 pm, Comments: 0

    Back when this rally was finding its legs around the $SPX 1300 level I wrote about the current state of value vs growth: Value driven [...]

  • The Value of Persistent Connectivity
    Posted by on February 22nd, 2012 at 12:57 pm, Comments: 0

    A new study finds that smartphones are popular even in relatively low income brackets.  Obviously this comes as no surprise to anyone under the age [...]

  • A Week in Pattern Recognition
    Posted by on February 20th, 2012 at 12:32 pm, Comments: 0

    We’ve started beta testing our pattern recognition software with a small group of traders.  So far the feedback is amazing.  Here is a look at [...]

  • Marketview: Bulldozing Bearishness
    Posted by on February 18th, 2012 at 4:27 pm, Comments: 0

    Hardcore complacency is seeping into this market, and why shouldn’t it?  Support is holding up and we made three new highs this week.  I’m forcing [...]

  • The Return of Two-Way Trading
    Posted by on February 16th, 2012 at 12:51 am, Comments: 0

    There are times when the market only moves in one direction and you’ve got to do your best to not get run over.  Then there [...]

  • Bet on the Jockey, not the Horse
    Posted by on February 15th, 2012 at 12:41 pm, Comments: 0

    In true gamabler fashion David Choe overlooked Facebook’s inherent “ridiculousness” back in 2004 and bet on Sean Parker.  Great bet. Here are some facts about [...]

  • Trading Puzzles and Market Mysteries
    Posted by on February 12th, 2012 at 1:52 pm, Comments: 0

    Gregory Treverton offers an elegant passage on the difference between a puzzle and a mystery: There’s a reason millions of people try to solve crossword [...]

  • Marketview: Attack of the Doji
    Posted by on February 11th, 2012 at 8:40 am, Comments: 0

    Warning signs are creeping into the market ever so slowly — but a doji candlestick formation is not one of them.  Markets on a run [...]