Archive for May, 2011

  • Brain Synchronization
    Posted by on May 25th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

    To the people who bought my book How Traders Achieve Creative Flow; brain syncing should be thought of as the sixth habit of highly creative [...]

  • One of Our Favorite Spreads
    Posted by on May 23rd, 2011 at 8:04 am, Comments: 0

    It was a quiet week in spread trading for us.  The market seemed to be moving back in forth in a narrow range.  The only [...]

  • You Are a Truffle
    Posted by on May 19th, 2011 at 12:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Imagine a field named Greek Gyros and renowned for the truffles lying at the roots of its every tree. Hundreds of pigs are hard at [...]

  • The Knowledgeable Know Nothing
    Posted by on May 18th, 2011 at 11:18 am, Comments: 0

    The beauty of learning Physics in University was that I quickly realized I knew nothing. And I still do. In addition, Physics knowledge is a [...]

  • The Gold Spread Moves Sharply Against Us
    Posted by on May 15th, 2011 at 8:07 pm, Comments: 0

    The spread that occupied most of our attention this week was $GLD-$GDX, and we didn’t even trade it this week.  We have been short $GLD-$GDX [...]

  • Your Gift to Them
    Posted by on May 12th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, Comments: 0

    Wouldn’t be awesome to read Russell Sage’s story via his own blog posts as he created calls and puts instruments during the second half of the [...]

  • Crocs in a Nutshell
    Posted by on May 11th, 2011 at 6:58 am, Comments: 0

    As Crocs ($CROX) introduces its Chameleon shoe line and its upgraded Prepair line, I am impressed by the evolution of this company from: a global [...]

  • What Else Can We Trade Against This?
    Posted by on May 8th, 2011 at 5:18 pm, Comments: 0

    Sometimes you have a particular spread trade in mind and you can’t do it for a variety of reasons: you already have too much exposure [...]

  • Simple Investment Principles: Big Money
    Posted by on May 4th, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Comments: 0

    As the market marches higher, I must keep reminding myself that it is not the bull market that is making me money but the good [...]

  • Trading Spreads This Earning Season
    Posted by on May 1st, 2011 at 4:51 pm, Comments: 0

    No single spread trade we made this week stood out from the others so we thought we’d mention a few spreads that made large moves. [...]