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Best wishes to all my readers . May you and your family have a blessed and Merry Christmas.
Rant
Slowness
I observed some slowness occurred when loading my blog. There seems to be some problems loading Javascripts. After debugging, I have removed Mybloglog widget. And , ‘Tick!” the problem is solved now.
Well, too bad, I have to let go the cool avatars of my readers. give it another try since Eric and the team from MyBloglog has done some fix.
*if you experienced slowness again, and you are kind enough, please shoot me a comment*
Merry Christmas!
Postmortem 20-December-2006
Nothing much to write. I will keep this short. I made one trade yesterday. I longed NQ with break even result.
I missed the downward movement after lunch hour as Trend chart was still moving up, so I did not consider any short position. After browsing through my trading journals, paper trading journals, as well as reading charts during back testing, my dummy system seems to be working better in NQ than ES or YM. No conclusion yet, just some observations.
I think this week should be the last trading week of the year. Next week should be the time for everything other than trading, if you still call yourself human. So, next week, give yourself a chance to be a human. Forget about trading, get a life.
Two more days to go before I end 2006 trading year, end of the first 6 months of my day trading life. I have not made millions, or lost my shirt, yet (in fact, I manage to achieve 10% growth of my trading capital this year). But, I am feeling good so far.
Though I did not make any trade this month, I still have 1-R loss. Data fee + Tradestation platform fee. hohoho… Merry Christmas.
Rogue Trader
I did not trade on Options expiry Friday. Didn’t bother to log into my Tradestation as well. 😉
Here is an interesting site. Nick Lesson’s official site. Here is his full Biography. I am interested in reading this, partly because, he was a futures trader, and trading SGX-Nikkei 225 Futures in Singapore and subsequently broke Barings.
I am still trying to find the VCD/DVD of the movie Rogue Trader in Singapore.
Postmortem 13-December-2006 : Random rant
It was a flat day to me. At least from my trend chart I couldn’t find any clear direction. That’s why I did not make any trade. There were great opportunities to be chopped around in 5-min charts. Looking at NQ, ES, YM and ER2, you know what I am saying.
Boy, I am so eager to trade. But, as major work in progress, I will stick to paper trading for this short while.
Another observation or experience of myself. I am better off not to read any blog, yup, not a single one before market open. Instead, spending the time writing for your own is a better idea. Any rubbish, random rant in your mind, write it down on a piece of paper (not blog). It will be even better if you have some time to meditate (suggested by Dave, but I have yet to have time to do so). Get your mind clear, then face the challenge.
Blogs are full of personal views and opinions. Again, don’t care what do Mike, Richard, J.C, or even Gav say before the market open. They are having different brains that work in different way than yours. Trade alone, think alone. Read their blogs (maybe my blog as well) in the evening, read their experience, but don’t let bloggers affect your trading mind in the morning. You have a great mind, don’t get ‘contaminated’ before start a trading day.
Ah..I just wrote too much. I shall stop here.
My interview at Stocktickr.com
I have been interviewed by Dave from Stocktickr.com recently. I was very surprised. Dave is kind enough to post the interview on his blog. It is absolutely flattering to be included into his interview series. Thanks Dave!
If you are a stocks trader, do check out the great service from Dave, StockTickrPro.
