Published in July 15th, 2010
The hottest instrument at the moment will be the subject of a presentation at the SGX auditorium on July 24 beginning at 9:00.
What instrument do you know attracted in the US alone in the first six months of 2010 US$40.00 billion of cash inflows? The answer is……Exchange Traded Funds. This instrument is relatively unknown in […]
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Published in July 15th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Trading and Stress
Trading successfully is as much a matter of feeling as it is about reason and logic.One of the major reasons I like Denise Shull’s material is because she brings to the trading arena information that few others talk about.
D’Amasio and others have shown that we make our best decisions when our […]
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Published in July 14th, 2010
Ray Barros, CEO of Ray Barros Trading Group, gives his views on movement in the US markets.
http://www.tubaah.com/details.php?video_id=149570
Refer this blog post to a friend or colleague…
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Published in July 13th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: How to Draw Angles of Ascent
Peter said: ” I follow the principle but can’t figure out how you calculate the angle measurements - can you possibly elaborate how you calculate them.”
Pete, thank you for your question.
At first brush, the answer seems simple enough. The 12:00 is straight up, so 12:15 would be 90%. […]
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Published in July 9th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Angles of Ascent
In this Blog, I review ‘angles of ascent’ as a tool for measuring momentum.
As a general rule, I seek to avoid indicators in my trading. So, I don’t use momentum indicators like RSI, MACD etc. Instead to assess momentum, I prefer to use ‘angles of ascent’ as shown by the Linear […]
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Published in July 9th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: The Coach and the Quarterback
For today’s blog I have taken an analogy from Denise Shull that represents the co-operation between the left and right brain when it comes to executing a trade.
The Coach prepares for the trade - just as the Coach prepares for the Friday’s night football game. In that preparation, the […]
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Published in July 6th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Benchmarks for the S&P
Today I want to look at possible tools that will provide a timely warning that my scenario - we are seeing a rhyming of the 1966 to 1982 pattern - is wrong.
From an Austrian economics viewpoint, the increase in the money supply without a commensurate increase in productivity will […]
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Published in July 5th, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: Reply to S&P Question
I received a number of e-mails that are more or less reflected in Medi’s question below…
Do you think we are breaking down on overall market now? We are at the neckline of the big head and shoulder that has been formed over last six month and if we break down […]
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Published in July 2nd, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: A Roadmap for the S&P II
Carrying on from yesterday - the final matter I want to consider is…..
The Target for the April 2009 Buy Signal
Figure 1 provides the targets for the S&P context:
The most likely target is the area bounded 1710 (Maximum Extension) and the top of the Primary Sell Zone 1552.
The minimum […]
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Published in July 1st, 2010
BarroMetrics Views: A Roadmap for the S&P
First off, thanks for all who dropped me a ‘get well’ note. I greatly appreciate that you took a moment to do that. The scratched cornea (a result from a split contact I was wearing) was more of sustained nusiance than anything else. For almost a week, I was […]
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