Published in June 3rd, 2010
As you may have noticed, the Blog posts and Forum comments have been shorter than normal. That’s because I have been focusing on the current seminar in Singapore. Next week, things will be back to normal.
The most recent research suggests that a two-day seminar obtains the best results for the participants if the two days […]
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Published in June 2nd, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: New Ideas on Uncertainty
In the Blank Swan, Elie Avache argues that because each moment the market starts anew, probability cannot apply to the markets. In a recent newsletter, Denise Shull says that trading requires:
“getting comfortable with total uncertainty while being on the lookout simultaneously for change and for things to stay the same”
It […]
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Published in May 21st, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: The New York Investigation
Pressed for time tonight. Below is a story excerpted from I read on the Trading Report. I have quoted part of the story for the full story go to: “The Unblievably Rampant Corruption on Wall Street”
*Bloomberg is reporting that a massive network of big banks and financial institutions have […]
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Published in May 20th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Purpose and The EURUSD
I dislike organizing seminars; believe me there is a lot of work involved. A friend asked me yesterday: “Why do you it? At the price (A$650.00), they should be breaking the doors down to get in; instead you are working your a.. off to fill your target!”
Hey I never […]
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Published in May 17th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Lesson From A Fantastic Day!
On Saturday I held the first event in my new educational process: a free 3-hour seminar at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore. We had a full-house over 600 attendees.
As regular readers of this blog know, one my dreams is to make a real difference to the trading world. With […]
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Published in May 12th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: The St Louis Fed Reserve
RoboYak asked:
“So from this graph how can you tell when banks start lending to main street, will the value start trending lower, say below 2,000? ”
Figure 1 shows the deposits in the St Louis since 1910. We see an exponential rise from 800 at the start of the […]
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Published in May 11th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Quant Trading and Dark Pools
In his current book, The Master Swing Trader Toolkit, Alan Farley argues that quant trading has forever changed the pattern of trading, at least for Stock Index futures and equities. I am not sure how much I agree with him about that.
Certainly quant trading and dark pools appear to […]
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Published in May 10th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: When to Stand Aside
Jerry and Tim wrote in and posed the two sides of a question. Jerry asked under what conditions do I stand aside from trading; Tim asked when do I trade - I seem to stand aside when volatility is low and stand aside when volatility is high.
Here’s are the answers:
Excessive […]
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Published in May 4th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Books. Courses and Software
I thought I’d start a random series that provides a bouquet and brickbats review of books, and courses I have come across. I do not receive any remuneration or benefits for the recommendations. I make them because I believe the product is good value.
If the Vendor and I have a […]
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Published in May 3rd, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: A Personal Journey to Gold-Medal Trading (4)
So far we have covered the pre-requisites for trading success: the beliefs and values we must have if we are to have any chance of success.
Today I want to consider successes’ two greatest hurdles:
Unrealistic expectations and
Denial
I started trading in the late 60’s and was attracted to trading […]
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