D.R. Barton once quoted Warren Buffett on what to do in flat markets: “When there’s nothing to do, do nothing.” That’s very sage advice — especially when a sideways market has very little volatility. Doing nothing is one of the strategies that I advocate traders adopt under certain circumstances in an upcoming new VTI workshop…
Today is my birthday. But instead of sleeping in and doing my normal morning meditation, I’ve been working on this update since about 8 am. I could have put it off until next Wednesday (since the newsletter was to be out yesterday) but enough important things are happening that I thought it was critical to…
There are numerous ETFs that track everything from countries, commodities, currencies and stock market indices to individual market sectors. ETFs provide a wonderfully easy way to discover what’s happening in the world markets. I apply a version of my System Quality Number® (SQN®) score to measure the relative performance of numerous markets in a world…
I always say that people do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets. In that same way, I’d like to point out that these updates reflect my beliefs. I find the market update information useful for my trading, so I do the work each month and am happy to share that…
The Netflix show Stranger Things has been all the talk in the entertainment world. Despite Netflix’s stock drop after earnings last week, the show has been a cornerstone in content offering from the company and received a record 40.7 million unique user views in Season 3’s opening weekend over the Fourth of July holiday. The…
It seems as if we are always needing something. Often, that thought both guides our actions and provides the basis for seeking Divine help. I know I can be guilty of this type of thinking. Part of our dis-satisfaction is due to the fact that we are Divine Beings and we know what is possible…
The grounds of a Long Island private golf and tennis club I was visiting several years back were quite posh. I went there to meet with one of my hedge fund partners and a quantitative analyst. This quant did deep dives into market data to find actionable patterns. Our hedge fund had been following his…
Market Summary Cryptoassets started the year with three flat months followed by a strong uptrend for the last three months. Most major cryptoassets are up over 100% since mid-December. The obvious bull trend since the first of the year is easy to see just looking at Bloomberg’s Galaxy Crypto Index chart below. Bloomberg’s Index tracks…
Today’s quiz actually has two case studies with two charts each. Part one offers an example of our favorite hybrid trading style that blends the best of swing trading and daytrading, a technique we call core and turbo. Swing trades form the core position in which we use swing trade patterns to give us a…
Last week, leaders from the U.S. and China effectively kicked any tariff tantrum down the road. This is likely going to be a long-running story but with that uncertainly moderated, a Trump’s tweet yesterday morning confirmed the posture (highlighting is mine): A Familiar Old Narrative Returns So with no new tariff worries in the short…
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