Archive for December, 2011

• 2011 is the Year I Started Over
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 30th, 2011 at 6:53 am, Comments: 0

  In no particular order, I did the following to start over by applying the framework provided by Michael Bigger in his blog post Starting Over. I [...]

• The Fifth Habit of Creative Traders: Experimenting with your Ideas
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 28th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Comments: 0

  Don’t you love it when kids go wild in a sandbox? They build bridges, rivers, castles, and moats, their imaginations going wild with what they [...]

• Kraft and Heinz Spread Idea
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 21st, 2011 at 2:19 pm, Comments: 0

  I  wanted to share Steve Cole‘s amazing idea: 10 * $KFT – 7 * $HNZ. The spread (pair) worked well for both of us. Sold [...]

• Warning: Augmented Traders Invading our Town
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 19th, 2011 at 10:30 am, Comments: 0

  I had quite a cyber trading experience last Friday with Inhibitex ($INHX). The stock dropped 37 percent during in the pre-open market session on fear [...]

• He Who Knows the Potential Wins
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 14th, 2011 at 10:25 am, Comments: 0

  You can define potential energy as the energy required to move an object from height a to height b. The potential energy in a value [...]

• Blue Nile Versus Computer Sciences Pair
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 13th, 2011 at 11:43 am, Comments: 0

  Here is the $NILE vs $CSC spread we are discussing at Bigger Capital. @fledlingtrader thinks that if you sell that one you might have to [...]

• The Market is Energy
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 9th, 2011 at 11:37 am, Comments: 0

  The market is energy. On any particular day, think about the energy needed in order to move one unit of capital (a security) by a [...]

• The Big Spread Debate
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 8th, 2011 at 12:59 pm, Comments: 0

  Michael and Jennifer have different views on a critical issue regarding statistical spreads.  The question is whether the two companies need to be similar (in [...]

• Day Trading Green Mountain Coffee and Diamond Foods Spread
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 6th, 2011 at 1:21 pm, Comments: 0

  I have been day trading (scalping this spread) for the past few days. Everytime it goes close to about 20.00, I would initiate a short [...]

• More on Starting Over
  Posted by Michael Bigger on December 2nd, 2011 at 1:38 pm, Comments: 0

  My most popular post on StockTwits has been Starting Over. That post crushed it. Before I forget, there are a few more things I would like [...]