BarroMetrics Views: CPI Sept 17 2010
The CPI is due out today and if outside either side of the consensus range, I expect sell-off in the S&P.
The estimates for tonight are:
Released on 9/17/2010 8:30:00 AM For Aug, 2010
Consensus    Consensus Range
CPI                        0.3 %        0.2 % to 0.4 […]

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BarroMetrics Views: Constructing a Ray Wave Count
Jordan, a new Ray Wave student, asked me for a step-by-step process to construct a Ray Wave Count.  The charts provide the visual process, the text the written one.

Step 1: Place Barros Swings up to the First Higher Timeframe. In Figure 1, the Black represents the 75-period swing, the […]

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BarroMetrics Views: It’s a Question of Motivation
Despite the thousands of dollars spent at seminars, webinars, books etc, the dismal success rate for traders continues to hover around 10% to 5%. Pareto’s principle says the success rate ought to be around 20%. So that’s quite a difference.
The reasons for an individual’s  success or failure tend to […]

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BarroMetrics Views: S&P 2010-09-13
I posted video version of this blog on the weekly service. But since I consider the subject an important one, and not all my readers subscribe to the videos, I am repeating my views here.
Summary:

We have a high cycle window due Sept 8 to Sept 16 with the preferred zone being Friday […]

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 Cross ref
http://anatrader07.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/soft-opening-of-trt-school-amp-seminar-tonite/
After free presentation by Ray Barros at Traders Round Table school tonight, (Sep 9 2010)questions were invited from attendees.
Q&A No 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbYHDOn5aug
Q&A No 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyI48tpM0v8
Q&A No 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcQol2TmpwQ
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BarroMetrics Views: Journaling and Trading Success IV
My reply to Daisy brought not a few e-mails to my inbox all requesting the same info. Rather than answer the requests individually, I am posting my reply here.
Let’s set the context for this blog. It suits me - the journaling format I wrote about in yesterday’s blog. It […]

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BarroMetrics Views: Journaling and Trading Success III
First off apologies. I scheduled to do this blog last night but an unplanned meeting arose that derailed my plans. Lately, the 24 hours in a day don’t seem to be enough hours to get all I want done within the time I want to have them done by.
So […]

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BarroMetrics Views: Journaling and Trading Success II
Yesterday I introduced the idea that much of our action is governed by our ‘default futures’ which are in turn  created by our aversions and attachments.
In this blog, I examine aversions and attachments and explore how journaling helps identify.
My view of human nature  says our actions are mostly influenced […]

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I received e-mails from Bill Mitchell, Jack Huang and Leroy Hunter all asking about the daily update service. There is no provision for registering for the service in the blog; my apologies for the oversight.
Here is the link to register: http://tradingsuccess.com/barrotwitter
thanks
ray
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BarroMetrics Views: Journaling and Trading Success
One of the tools I rely on for my trading success is ‘journaling’. Yet as a coach, I find it a difficult task to persuade newbies to keep a journal. Part of the problem I believe is my failure to establish ‘why’ a journal needs to be kept. Why, then, […]

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