BarroMetrics Views: ‘Ebb Phase: Effects and Strategies’

It’s happening -   my mail box devoted mainly to advertisements,  is full of ads for infallible systems! The ads are getting better - they no longer just talk about win rates and profits; they also talk about loss rates and losses. Now what can be fairer, right? An […]

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BarroMetrics Views: The DX 2009-06-08
On Friday the DX provided the clear buy signal I was anticipating and alluded to in my interview on NDtv on June 4.
http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1117883
Figure 1 shows the 18-day swing (monthly trend). It shows a clear Negative Development (see Nature of Trends) buy signal when the market gave a bullish-conviction close above 80.28 […]

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BarroMetrics View: What must a Neophyte do to learn Trading?
This is a reproduction of an article I wrote for Forex Journal, Singapore, after I attended the HK Money Show in March this year.
There are many elements necessary to trading and missing any one can derail your efforts.  I wish to share some very good advice […]

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A short one for the next couple of issues: I have a few personal issues that are consuming my time.
In my ten or so years with Dr. George Lianos, one of the aspects of success that he illuminated was the degree to which long-term success was tied to constant honesty. Even that idea took a […]

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 Cross ref from Walk like an Egyptian
which is more a Dance rather than a Walk as you will see hereunder.
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
This is in fact a song by Liam Sternberg after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance.  The opening lyrics state, “All the old paintings on the tombs/ […]

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BarroMetrics Views: The S&P 2009-06-01
I said yesterday that if we saw a bullish move yesterday, I’d review the S&P today.
When the market open-gapped yesterday, I lowered the stop on my shorts to just above the opening 60-minute high. The resulting stop-out cost me about 0.75% after including the results of the two prior open-gap […]

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BarroMetrics Views: The S&P 2009-06-01
The videos laid the foundation for the current price action and we are now at the crux.
Figure shows the cash as at Friday; and as at Friday’s close, the cash holds (There is currently about 5.5 point premium cash over September).
The points to note in Figure 1:

There is a possible […]

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