My son came home today. Well not home to live but moved back into my area, after being away for three years and I was reminded by a friend how lucky I am today.
My friend's son has been away far longer and not only longer but in much more dangerous places than Hollywood. You see my friend's son has served in Iraq twice and now he's in final stages of training as a Green Beret.
My friend's son is what this holiday is about. We need to remember that everyone has a calling and those who are called to serve in wars around us are protecting our freedoms and deserve the highest honor we can give. We forget in our daily lives that people in many places around the world live in far more fear, danger and sorrow. We forget that those who fight just may prevent or at least postpone the possibility of us and our children to suffer the same. We forget that daily they face danger and are ready to die in honor of our flag and our country but most of all that they carry the word of freedom, tenderness and the true word of the American spirit to foreign lands.
They are the true spokesman for America and Her Liberties, not those who apologize for Her, but those who remember Her sons' heroisms in life and sacrifices in death. So remember to thank those who serve today and remember to honor those who served all the yesterdays you gave not a thought to danger from war.
I ache for my friend, while I'm happy for me and I thank God for them all.
In Honor and Thanks to All Who Serve
Anni
Please read the Constitution of the United States before it's lost to us all.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Daily Note - It Was Time to Take 5
It's not totally true, I was here, just that some data wanted to play hide and seek like an impetuous child, and I, like the dutiful parent, complied. Now we're spending time in recovery and soon will be good to go again. So Take 5 with me
Hope you are enjoying your holiday.
Anni
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Hope you are enjoying your holiday.
Anni
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Daily Note - Taking A Chance
Due to technical difficulties, this Article in recovery to be published later. :(
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
The Daily Note - Not For The Faint Of Heart
Not for the faint of heart,
These past two days have been,
Not much to write today,
I would rather dance and sing.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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These past two days have been,
Not much to write today,
I would rather dance and sing.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The Daily Note - That Sinking Feeling
You know the one, when your stomach churns as you ride down on the other side of the ferris wheel, you know that you need to take deep breaths keep in control and brace yourself for come what may.
Yes, it seems we are heading for a day headstrong and stormy. Not much more one can say about it, may be a head fake, another horse to the rescue, just that there's this annoying problem. We may be running out of knights to ride those horses, and then what? I'm sure more can be printed, but then more will be owed and eventually it will land on your doorstep just like in Europe. Perhaps now we'll realize why sovereignty works and keeping it home is better than spreading it around into a homogenized mess.
I honestly don't know, but I ask, why if the U.N. has not worked well in the past 50 years and only got more corrupt, do we any one who is thinking in such fashion, think that more of the same under "one world order" will do better with controlling us?.. Oh yes, typo slip, that's why.
What are we thinking?? When property taxes were kept in the community, the money was much more accountable and your neighbors in the city council much more likely to be caught with a lie. Instead of keeping it local, a false hope was sold and bought by the populous that spreading it around would be better for all. To a point, everything is true. To a point but like the Peter Principle everything reaches it's level of incompetence and spreading the wealth only created more incompetent nincompoops than perhaps any other time in history; only proving that spending other peoples and communities money is much easier and much less accountable than spending ones own.
So there you have it. Easy as pie with fat cat's thumbs in each hole collecting from your pockets and not saving a dime let alone the dike. Flood gates are open and they still spew propaganda about how much better they have it under control than a big bad corporation. But it's interesting that when a giant catastrophe of an oil leak happens, all I hear from the "wise ones" is that BP (pssst a corporation) is most capable to clean it up, as government admits that they don't have the thingamajig they are supposed to have for just such a circumstance. In other words they depend of the big bad corporations to do the job, because they can't. (I know don't bother to tell me, this catastrophe is different from the others so it's not the governments responsibility)
In case you're wondering, corporations = private sector; that sector that is fast shrinking, and therefore will need to carry the greater burden since the government is growing and the beast is always hungry. Of course you may think that they will save you.. well, may be. Just that whose money do you suppose they'll use? I know some may not get that connection yet, but one day they may, yet I still have this sinking feeling.
This was written with heavy sarcasm, but my good wishes for all is meant whole heartedly.
Please take care, trade with care and keep on being happy,
Living and Dancing
Anni
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Yes, it seems we are heading for a day headstrong and stormy. Not much more one can say about it, may be a head fake, another horse to the rescue, just that there's this annoying problem. We may be running out of knights to ride those horses, and then what? I'm sure more can be printed, but then more will be owed and eventually it will land on your doorstep just like in Europe. Perhaps now we'll realize why sovereignty works and keeping it home is better than spreading it around into a homogenized mess.
I honestly don't know, but I ask, why if the U.N. has not worked well in the past 50 years and only got more corrupt, do we any one who is thinking in such fashion, think that more of the same under "one world order" will do better with controlling us?.. Oh yes, typo slip, that's why.
What are we thinking?? When property taxes were kept in the community, the money was much more accountable and your neighbors in the city council much more likely to be caught with a lie. Instead of keeping it local, a false hope was sold and bought by the populous that spreading it around would be better for all. To a point, everything is true. To a point but like the Peter Principle everything reaches it's level of incompetence and spreading the wealth only created more incompetent nincompoops than perhaps any other time in history; only proving that spending other peoples and communities money is much easier and much less accountable than spending ones own.
So there you have it. Easy as pie with fat cat's thumbs in each hole collecting from your pockets and not saving a dime let alone the dike. Flood gates are open and they still spew propaganda about how much better they have it under control than a big bad corporation. But it's interesting that when a giant catastrophe of an oil leak happens, all I hear from the "wise ones" is that BP (pssst a corporation) is most capable to clean it up, as government admits that they don't have the thingamajig they are supposed to have for just such a circumstance. In other words they depend of the big bad corporations to do the job, because they can't. (I know don't bother to tell me, this catastrophe is different from the others so it's not the governments responsibility)
In case you're wondering, corporations = private sector; that sector that is fast shrinking, and therefore will need to carry the greater burden since the government is growing and the beast is always hungry. Of course you may think that they will save you.. well, may be. Just that whose money do you suppose they'll use? I know some may not get that connection yet, but one day they may, yet I still have this sinking feeling.
This was written with heavy sarcasm, but my good wishes for all is meant whole heartedly.
Please take care, trade with care and keep on being happy,
Living and Dancing
Anni
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Monday, May 24, 2010
The Daily Note - Living for Today
Good morning, where are we going "Today", and what would you like to accomplish "Today", when and how will we get there "Today"?
When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you do? Imagine waking, dreams still around the edges of your conciousness, and at that first realization of this being a brand new day and the tomorrow you thought would never come is here right now. Are you ready for it?
We wake up everyday, some with expectation, others with dread, and still more with confusion and very few with knowledge. Planning aside, we really don't know what we can expect of the day unless we ask. Yes, ask the questions of the day: , "Where?","What?" "When?", & "How?". You already know "Who" but don't ask "Why"
Most ask the question "Why" after the day is over which is backwards in my opinion. Besides the fact that there's no answer to the question "why?", it is asked after the fact and not in preparation for it. So with asking "Why?" we actually lament over what we have missed.
Instead consider starting your day with a sense of direction so you don't have to ask at the end of the day, why it is that you are there. Where is it you sense that the day will give you opportunities? Are you ready for them? You may be pleasantly surprised how much preparation doing that simple task will accomplish for Today.
Not being ready for your day allows the whims of the day to rule, and to take you off track, aways from your tasks, and what you wished to be accomplished gets scattered by the minutes flying by and you will also be unlikely to notice the opportunities opening and shutting along with them until they have passed you by. Besides being battered about, like a ship without direction, you are not taking resposibility for what course you are on during the time allotted.
Most successful people have plans. Plans which are jotted down and crossed off as they are accomplished, but successful people also leave themselves to be guided by the day. The "Today". Those who know to trust guidance, guidance from within and without through spirit, have the knowledge that nothing is done alone and we are all really able to tap into that great vast consciousness of mind.
So next time after you rise, before you click on the first stroke on the computer, close your eyes and ask the "today": "Where?","What?" "When?", & "How?". Don't ask "Who?" because it's "I", and if you do it, you'll know and won't have to ask "Why?".
Happy Trading, Living and Trading
Anni
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When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you do? Imagine waking, dreams still around the edges of your conciousness, and at that first realization of this being a brand new day and the tomorrow you thought would never come is here right now. Are you ready for it?
We wake up everyday, some with expectation, others with dread, and still more with confusion and very few with knowledge. Planning aside, we really don't know what we can expect of the day unless we ask. Yes, ask the questions of the day: , "Where?","What?" "When?", & "How?". You already know "Who" but don't ask "Why"
Most ask the question "Why" after the day is over which is backwards in my opinion. Besides the fact that there's no answer to the question "why?", it is asked after the fact and not in preparation for it. So with asking "Why?" we actually lament over what we have missed.
Instead consider starting your day with a sense of direction so you don't have to ask at the end of the day, why it is that you are there. Where is it you sense that the day will give you opportunities? Are you ready for them? You may be pleasantly surprised how much preparation doing that simple task will accomplish for Today.
Not being ready for your day allows the whims of the day to rule, and to take you off track, aways from your tasks, and what you wished to be accomplished gets scattered by the minutes flying by and you will also be unlikely to notice the opportunities opening and shutting along with them until they have passed you by. Besides being battered about, like a ship without direction, you are not taking resposibility for what course you are on during the time allotted.
Most successful people have plans. Plans which are jotted down and crossed off as they are accomplished, but successful people also leave themselves to be guided by the day. The "Today". Those who know to trust guidance, guidance from within and without through spirit, have the knowledge that nothing is done alone and we are all really able to tap into that great vast consciousness of mind.
So next time after you rise, before you click on the first stroke on the computer, close your eyes and ask the "today": "Where?","What?" "When?", & "How?". Don't ask "Who?" because it's "I", and if you do it, you'll know and won't have to ask "Why?".
Happy Trading, Living and Trading
Anni
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Friday, May 21, 2010
The Daily Note - Pain Is the Killer
I tweeted the following two days ago, I don't know if anyone read it: "The trouble with pain being put off is that it can go from annoying to deadly" $EUR $USD
5:38 AM May 19th via StockTwits Desktop
I was referring to the bad news about the Euro and the money situation which will put all of us eventually into the grave. Just can't see it another way especially with the intent on killing anything good which is pouring out of the White House and Congress everyday. I will admit that it was excellent planning and unbelievable patience that paid off for all those wishing the death of the USA. So it be another dark ages upon us all for the reason of naiveté and plain stupid math.
Create a crisis.. 1st rule of communist takeovers straight from the book; but before you do, make sure people are ready for it.. dumb down education and feed them the false reason of have and have not with extra reason for envy and they will flock to the side of destruction.
Give them pain is the 2nd rule, blame someone falsely for the cause of it, then promise and make certain they think you're the only one who can alleviate the pain and bring better days into their lives. More will flock.
Apply pressure and haste with no time to think, not that they want to anyway, heck they can barely read by now. Sheep, by this time, seldom want to think. Comfort and safety is their goal; and the cry of "Take the Pain away!" becomes louder. So they're promised that there is the only one way out of it and it's in your 20k page solution for them; the trap is now shut but yet they not know.
More blame, more regulation, to confuse further and create more chaos. Foods supplies are down, farming fields are revoked ample water (California), and are not grown as much (China). Energy and warmth are less abundant. When food and money and warmth are the supplies you are lacking and not see the ability to earn, that is when you become enslaved and if you cared, you find the exit closed. The pain you wanted someone else to solve for you becomes now your killer.
It's the same with stops. Many traders put off the pain of stopping out of a bad trade, until such a time as this week arrives, when it becomes the killer. They hang onto hope and promises of better days from all sources: TV, analyzers, government, etc. But now, the day of reality arrived and the account is in margin call or the worth is so low, trading becomes impossible. Out of cash and someone else (broker) is in control and not you. You are now the slave of the trade you did not allow yourself to take a little pain for, and you are entrapped until the world turns. You are in the dark ages of your account.
When people see no way out, they tend to numb themselves to pain, and not realize that it's slowly killing them from the inside out. Consider the huge number of people depressed today and compare it to the increasing demand for regulation and rules, taxes and debt that are piled on your head each day and you're demanded to pay for it all, in the name of false hope and another final solution. You think you're not in pain yet but it's only the beginning.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing,
Anni
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5:38 AM May 19th via StockTwits Desktop
I was referring to the bad news about the Euro and the money situation which will put all of us eventually into the grave. Just can't see it another way especially with the intent on killing anything good which is pouring out of the White House and Congress everyday. I will admit that it was excellent planning and unbelievable patience that paid off for all those wishing the death of the USA. So it be another dark ages upon us all for the reason of naiveté and plain stupid math.
Create a crisis.. 1st rule of communist takeovers straight from the book; but before you do, make sure people are ready for it.. dumb down education and feed them the false reason of have and have not with extra reason for envy and they will flock to the side of destruction.
Give them pain is the 2nd rule, blame someone falsely for the cause of it, then promise and make certain they think you're the only one who can alleviate the pain and bring better days into their lives. More will flock.
Apply pressure and haste with no time to think, not that they want to anyway, heck they can barely read by now. Sheep, by this time, seldom want to think. Comfort and safety is their goal; and the cry of "Take the Pain away!" becomes louder. So they're promised that there is the only one way out of it and it's in your 20k page solution for them; the trap is now shut but yet they not know.
More blame, more regulation, to confuse further and create more chaos. Foods supplies are down, farming fields are revoked ample water (California), and are not grown as much (China). Energy and warmth are less abundant. When food and money and warmth are the supplies you are lacking and not see the ability to earn, that is when you become enslaved and if you cared, you find the exit closed. The pain you wanted someone else to solve for you becomes now your killer.
It's the same with stops. Many traders put off the pain of stopping out of a bad trade, until such a time as this week arrives, when it becomes the killer. They hang onto hope and promises of better days from all sources: TV, analyzers, government, etc. But now, the day of reality arrived and the account is in margin call or the worth is so low, trading becomes impossible. Out of cash and someone else (broker) is in control and not you. You are now the slave of the trade you did not allow yourself to take a little pain for, and you are entrapped until the world turns. You are in the dark ages of your account.
When people see no way out, they tend to numb themselves to pain, and not realize that it's slowly killing them from the inside out. Consider the huge number of people depressed today and compare it to the increasing demand for regulation and rules, taxes and debt that are piled on your head each day and you're demanded to pay for it all, in the name of false hope and another final solution. You think you're not in pain yet but it's only the beginning.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing,
Anni
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Daily Note - Musical Connections
I call it the universal language and I am not alone of course. Mathematically speaking it has been speculated that we will be recognized as an advanced society by exra-terrestrials by transmitting music, because it connects on a basic level and needs no translation.
I feel that is how many of us connect to charts, via the musical notes we see moving in unison. I am always amazed that I can pick a piece of music and watch the charts and somehow they synchronize. We also all connect via music across the airwaves unbeknownst to each other except on some cosmic level, until by "chance" we meet on another wave which bridges worlds, known as the internet. Connections are just as powerful with music over the net as they are in person. We can sense each others being and can converse with each other on multi levels via music and within those moments we are like long ago friends.
I don't doubt for a minute that the type of music we listen to affects our mood, our creativity and sense of purpose. Using music to trade with, by or to is like dancing, connecting and balancing nature within our psyche and our core, therefore seeing with more clarity. It's like sitting and gazing up into the star filled night, when everything makes sense amid the chaos.
Happy Trading Living and Dancing
Anni
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I feel that is how many of us connect to charts, via the musical notes we see moving in unison. I am always amazed that I can pick a piece of music and watch the charts and somehow they synchronize. We also all connect via music across the airwaves unbeknownst to each other except on some cosmic level, until by "chance" we meet on another wave which bridges worlds, known as the internet. Connections are just as powerful with music over the net as they are in person. We can sense each others being and can converse with each other on multi levels via music and within those moments we are like long ago friends.
I don't doubt for a minute that the type of music we listen to affects our mood, our creativity and sense of purpose. Using music to trade with, by or to is like dancing, connecting and balancing nature within our psyche and our core, therefore seeing with more clarity. It's like sitting and gazing up into the star filled night, when everything makes sense amid the chaos.
Happy Trading Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - CREE
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Daily Note - Missing in Action
It was one of those days for me. Totally off my game. Not my trading game, but myself game, my schedule gone haywire. Missed the morning. My mind was running on about what to do, where to go, where to run, knowing there was nowhere to hide. Can't hide like I could've yesterday, I wrote about it remember? "What a perfect set up", my thoughts retorted, "You said it", said I, "Fear of Success?", oh my!
Thinking my customers thought I've gone AWOL. "How do you excuse it?", as if I would or could, but thoughts always look for a way out, otherwise, problem solving would be impossible, as would problem facing.
I've been warned for sure, by friends, that going on would be not be good for my health. No, no question about it, I ignored the human side of self and went on burning candles, pressing on. Trouble with liking living and knowledge is that there is always more to do and to learn, and never enough time for them; or maybe, I'm still thinking I can do it all.
We all do that, thinking pushing the envelop has a single meaning. Truth is you cannot push the envelop and survive if you don't take care of yourself. Full attention and stamina are needed for it, and without proper sleep, well, you just lose that most important part of what you have; the edge.
So, the music stopped, the dancing ended and I took an unscheduled rest. And this morning, late, I stood there thinking that it will only be me and my shadow waiting on the other side. Needing to admit I'm human after all, this time to face the music and not play it, I logged into the room; and I wasn't alone. Thank you, everyone! A song in dedication, to you all ...
The days when things don't go right, one just has to give it up to a higher good and let the spirit guide.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - NFLX
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Thinking my customers thought I've gone AWOL. "How do you excuse it?", as if I would or could, but thoughts always look for a way out, otherwise, problem solving would be impossible, as would problem facing.
I've been warned for sure, by friends, that going on would be not be good for my health. No, no question about it, I ignored the human side of self and went on burning candles, pressing on. Trouble with liking living and knowledge is that there is always more to do and to learn, and never enough time for them; or maybe, I'm still thinking I can do it all.
We all do that, thinking pushing the envelop has a single meaning. Truth is you cannot push the envelop and survive if you don't take care of yourself. Full attention and stamina are needed for it, and without proper sleep, well, you just lose that most important part of what you have; the edge.
So, the music stopped, the dancing ended and I took an unscheduled rest. And this morning, late, I stood there thinking that it will only be me and my shadow waiting on the other side. Needing to admit I'm human after all, this time to face the music and not play it, I logged into the room; and I wasn't alone. Thank you, everyone! A song in dedication, to you all ...
The days when things don't go right, one just has to give it up to a higher good and let the spirit guide.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - NFLX
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Daily Note - The Threat of Success
Have you ever entered a trade on the wrong side, let it devastate your ego and reinforce your feelings of failure? Have you ever not entered a trade although you saw the perfect opportunity, then watched it play out without you, reinforcing your feelings of failure?
The threat of success is as paralyzing as the threat of failure and if you lived long enough to be trading, you already know that. But how do you let it effect your day? Do you even realize that it has a play in what you do and how you approach the trade, the day?
Fearing failure is just an excuse to get sympathy; it's easy to fail. The fear of success is what we hide from. Fear permeates all actions in life not just certain ones. Fear of failure or success stopped many from action; and it's stopping you in your trades.
The only way to overcome fear is by action. Action and more action. Practicing trading takes more than just a click; it takes guts it takes facing the fear that we all face, which is ultimately not fear of failure but fear of success.
If we succeed we must continue the hard work that gets us there, we become public, and we become targets. But I propose to you, that the alternative is painful. Hiding is like not speaking up when a wrong is done against someone. Not taking action is like hiding your talent, your vision, your dream and then blaming others for not achieving them.
Take your time, and time flies away; wait another day and tomorrow never comes; act today and you know that you are one step closer; So, I opened my trading site last week and .... today is another day for the opportunity of success.
If you like my style here, on this blog, you might enjoy my trading room too.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - PNRA
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The threat of success is as paralyzing as the threat of failure and if you lived long enough to be trading, you already know that. But how do you let it effect your day? Do you even realize that it has a play in what you do and how you approach the trade, the day?
Fearing failure is just an excuse to get sympathy; it's easy to fail. The fear of success is what we hide from. Fear permeates all actions in life not just certain ones. Fear of failure or success stopped many from action; and it's stopping you in your trades.
The only way to overcome fear is by action. Action and more action. Practicing trading takes more than just a click; it takes guts it takes facing the fear that we all face, which is ultimately not fear of failure but fear of success.
If we succeed we must continue the hard work that gets us there, we become public, and we become targets. But I propose to you, that the alternative is painful. Hiding is like not speaking up when a wrong is done against someone. Not taking action is like hiding your talent, your vision, your dream and then blaming others for not achieving them.
Take your time, and time flies away; wait another day and tomorrow never comes; act today and you know that you are one step closer; So, I opened my trading site last week and .... today is another day for the opportunity of success.
If you like my style here, on this blog, you might enjoy my trading room too.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - PNRA
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Monday, May 17, 2010
The Daily Note - Take a Break
Intense trading can really drain you especially when it feels like a wrestling match; some of Friday's choppy trading reminded me of that. Not, wrestling, because I never did , but tug of war for sure.
What is interesting is that often we do not notice how intensely we are involved with the market until we push away from the desk and take a break. The tension falls away almost immediately and you may feel your jaw, your stomach, your shoulders ease off from the tension. That is when you know you have been trading too hard, and possibly why you're not feeling well or doing so well with your trades.
When you notice that your timing is off; your entries/exits are not the best, your patience is low, entering / exiting trades with near desperation, that is a sure sign of being too intense. Your best remedy is to take a break, get away, do some breathing exercises, take a walk in the sunshine, whatever makes you realize that there is a world beyond your desk and your monitors.
Your trading will thank you, not to mention your family.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - GOLD
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What is interesting is that often we do not notice how intensely we are involved with the market until we push away from the desk and take a break. The tension falls away almost immediately and you may feel your jaw, your stomach, your shoulders ease off from the tension. That is when you know you have been trading too hard, and possibly why you're not feeling well or doing so well with your trades.
When you notice that your timing is off; your entries/exits are not the best, your patience is low, entering / exiting trades with near desperation, that is a sure sign of being too intense. Your best remedy is to take a break, get away, do some breathing exercises, take a walk in the sunshine, whatever makes you realize that there is a world beyond your desk and your monitors.
Your trading will thank you, not to mention your family.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - GOLD
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Friday, May 14, 2010
The Daily Note - Oh What a Night!
The new day is dawning and I still feel like I need to finish yesterday. I am implementing a new feature on my site, so, sorry, no words of "wisdom" are forthcoming from me today. But I hope to write a tidbit later.
For now, that's enough because I will lose focus and I don't want to deprive you of my other features. It's going to be oh what a day!
Or should we wonder who will save the day today? Will it be more $$ from the administration out of our pockets? Will Congress add another nail to the Wall St. coffin? I don't think they have a clue about how good a job their doing killing not only Wall St. but the entire US of A and everything she was.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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For now, that's enough because I will lose focus and I don't want to deprive you of my other features. It's going to be oh what a day!
Or should we wonder who will save the day today? Will it be more $$ from the administration out of our pockets? Will Congress add another nail to the Wall St. coffin? I don't think they have a clue about how good a job their doing killing not only Wall St. but the entire US of A and everything she was.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Daily Note - The Art of Dancing
Dancers move to the music with taking steps forward, backward, sideways, around and sometimes even leave the ground. They sway with a partner every-which-way on the dance floor, most often than not with exhilaration, smile and feeling of joy. So why not you,trader?
Watching the charts move throughout the day is like watching dancers around the floor.
It is essentially the same as dancing. The floor is their chart space, the positions they take on the floor is their ticks as they move from one area to another.
It is only the beginning dancer that looks at their feet, worried about a misstep making them uncertain of direction and more vulnerable to a stumble. Likewise, beginning traders tend to watch each tick of the chart, worry about loss, uncertain of their target and vulnerable to a stumble.
When we watch dancers, we do not watch where they are on the floor, rather their fluidity, rhythm and body posture. Not individually, unless we are judges, but as a whole. More importantly we do not watch their feet.
As dancers become less worried about each step, and traders about each tick, the dance and the trade become more fluent, more graceful. Both are looking at the direction of their next move on the floor; their goal, once reached, they look toward the next one.
So the goal of a trader is to become a more fluent dancer. To know the direction of the dance and keep on track with the music, pleasing themselves and a watchful audience as well.
Trading and dancing both take years of daily practice, study and vulnerability. Both take doing rather than just watching from the audience and both prone to injuries and failure; but without trying, who is to know if one becomes a success at the art.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Yesterday, on the Dance Floor : + 13.62 points.
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Watching the charts move throughout the day is like watching dancers around the floor.
It is essentially the same as dancing. The floor is their chart space, the positions they take on the floor is their ticks as they move from one area to another.
It is only the beginning dancer that looks at their feet, worried about a misstep making them uncertain of direction and more vulnerable to a stumble. Likewise, beginning traders tend to watch each tick of the chart, worry about loss, uncertain of their target and vulnerable to a stumble.
When we watch dancers, we do not watch where they are on the floor, rather their fluidity, rhythm and body posture. Not individually, unless we are judges, but as a whole. More importantly we do not watch their feet.
As dancers become less worried about each step, and traders about each tick, the dance and the trade become more fluent, more graceful. Both are looking at the direction of their next move on the floor; their goal, once reached, they look toward the next one.
So the goal of a trader is to become a more fluent dancer. To know the direction of the dance and keep on track with the music, pleasing themselves and a watchful audience as well.
Trading and dancing both take years of daily practice, study and vulnerability. Both take doing rather than just watching from the audience and both prone to injuries and failure; but without trying, who is to know if one becomes a success at the art.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Yesterday, on the Dance Floor : + 13.62 points.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The Daily Note - Group Think
Have you ever had the experience of being swept up by group think? If you ever attended a large rock concert, I'm sure you had. It is a way of feeling good enjoying and being at one with the crowd and quite simply going a bit crazy.
Group think is where you are being swept up in agreeing with the crowds whether you normally would or not. Therefore it becomes the best concert, the funnest party and you lose a part of your control. I do not know the psychological or physical term or which endorphenes kick in, but it's evident result is undeniable; you're feeling great, everything is what you want and it lasts until the event ends and you are once again alone with yourself. Then it is noticed the next day or hour, like a hangover, along with the thought: "What was I thinking?"
It happens at rallies, parties, or any large feel good crowd and you don't even have to be there as long as you are all watching the same stimulus. TV broadcast for instance. Politicians love it, because they get a lot of "feel good" agreement to whatever they're saying, boosting their own egos or narcissistic needs.
It also happens in trading. We are all connected by computers and we are in a large virtual concert hall where there are many venues of equally large crowds. How do we know? We watch the ticks and level II giving us the indicator of whether the stock is accumulating or shedding interest from other traders. If it's an exceptional big move, other traders pile on and take the trade faster into another realm and us along with it. The elation and the need for sharing especially point to the group think mentality: "Did you see that, wow, it's the most I've made all week, got in here/out there", and we become one sharing the moment, the elation, the gratis.
Group think of that sort is relatively harmless. But consider the group think that creates long term elation; like adorers of dictators; or a long term rally on the market or the long term chasing of a stock that everybody wants. The .com bubble was such. This rally, we have been on a ride with may very well be another.
While we trade, we're not in a big crowd directly, but we are in one indirectly, and by watching the charts and indicators, we can see the pulse increase and decrease and the buyers / sellers piling in/scrambling out. As you watch to tick and candlesticks rise/fall along with your position, you are watching a large group agreeing with your trade. Your emotions have already kicked in and the anticipation is already there, and you are in "group think" watching how others react.. are they buying/selling? Give me more!!
When all is settled in the evening we start thinking.. how long can this go on? We know it is overblown, overbought and overestimated, and we don't have a penny to save it, but it goes on because there are plenty of buyers and sellers wanting "in" on the deal. Perpetuating the "group think". Until.. .. .. the group goes home, and you wonder: "What was I thinking?"
In trading it's important to know what you're thinking while the trade is happening and not get caught up so much that you lose yourself and your purpose. The elation is the same, but control is on and you leave unscathed. Life is really the same way, know who you are and what's your purpose, enjoy and be in control and you'll keep your individuality; (an occasional wild night forgiven).
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
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Group think is where you are being swept up in agreeing with the crowds whether you normally would or not. Therefore it becomes the best concert, the funnest party and you lose a part of your control. I do not know the psychological or physical term or which endorphenes kick in, but it's evident result is undeniable; you're feeling great, everything is what you want and it lasts until the event ends and you are once again alone with yourself. Then it is noticed the next day or hour, like a hangover, along with the thought: "What was I thinking?"
It happens at rallies, parties, or any large feel good crowd and you don't even have to be there as long as you are all watching the same stimulus. TV broadcast for instance. Politicians love it, because they get a lot of "feel good" agreement to whatever they're saying, boosting their own egos or narcissistic needs.
It also happens in trading. We are all connected by computers and we are in a large virtual concert hall where there are many venues of equally large crowds. How do we know? We watch the ticks and level II giving us the indicator of whether the stock is accumulating or shedding interest from other traders. If it's an exceptional big move, other traders pile on and take the trade faster into another realm and us along with it. The elation and the need for sharing especially point to the group think mentality: "Did you see that, wow, it's the most I've made all week, got in here/out there", and we become one sharing the moment, the elation, the gratis.
Group think of that sort is relatively harmless. But consider the group think that creates long term elation; like adorers of dictators; or a long term rally on the market or the long term chasing of a stock that everybody wants. The .com bubble was such. This rally, we have been on a ride with may very well be another.
While we trade, we're not in a big crowd directly, but we are in one indirectly, and by watching the charts and indicators, we can see the pulse increase and decrease and the buyers / sellers piling in/scrambling out. As you watch to tick and candlesticks rise/fall along with your position, you are watching a large group agreeing with your trade. Your emotions have already kicked in and the anticipation is already there, and you are in "group think" watching how others react.. are they buying/selling? Give me more!!
When all is settled in the evening we start thinking.. how long can this go on? We know it is overblown, overbought and overestimated, and we don't have a penny to save it, but it goes on because there are plenty of buyers and sellers wanting "in" on the deal. Perpetuating the "group think". Until.. .. .. the group goes home, and you wonder: "What was I thinking?"
In trading it's important to know what you're thinking while the trade is happening and not get caught up so much that you lose yourself and your purpose. The elation is the same, but control is on and you leave unscathed. Life is really the same way, know who you are and what's your purpose, enjoy and be in control and you'll keep your individuality; (an occasional wild night forgiven).
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Yesterday, on the Dance Floor : + 29.82 points.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The Daily Note - The Lost Art of Budgeting
Da rally da rally .. everyone was ready to shout yesterday, but I feel a rather cool realization finally settling in, that it can't go on. A billion here and several billion there is one thing, but we are now speaking in terms of high multiple billions. How did Greece's problem increase to nearly a trillion dollars, from $54 billion or so? We hear supposed smart (I refuse to use the word "wise") people, running countries and world banks, from a budgetary office telling us how to spend, yet they can't calculate well enough to save a dime.
Where did the art of budgeting go? Where are the people who are good budgeters? Better question is, do YOU know what it means? I challenge each one of you to do a budget by yourself, not dole it out to someone else, if you bother with it at all. Write it down on a ledger, forget the computer for a bit, do pencil to paper each month, and balance it to the penny.
You see no matter how much money you have, a budget is what will help you decide on spending. It is what keeps people in balance and from over spending. But I really think most people don't pay any attention to it at all anymore. Paychecks get deposited automatically now, taxes are withdrawn automatically, bills get paid automatically and we barely look at or even touch real money.
Compare that to nations where people still get paid in cash. Imagine once a month going to the company cashier having your pay counted out and handed over in an envelope, in cash. You sign a ledger that you received it and put cash in wallet. That's all you've got for a month. That is how I was paid less than 20 years ago, as a teacher overseas. No credit cards, nada.. That is all you have until next payday. So do you think you'll go on a shopping spree to spend it all and wait until next month? Nope, you don't because you know you have to hand over some of that cash directly to your landlord, and your utility collector first; then, you have to budget for food, then for your children's and your needs, and you have to take some to the savings bank too, before you ever think of a shopping spree.
In this country, the great USofA, the last generation that knows of what I speak was the "greatest generation" ; the one that saved the ass of the government out of depression. Not by the government spending money, but by them saving and budgeting their own money. It was all cash.. in mattresses, in coffee cans, in jars and envelopes labeled for the different needs. What's more, most of them never thought of getting a government handout. They lived within their means. Does the past 3 -4 generation know what that means?
It's no wonder that people are not outraged in America as more and more money is thrown around by this Congress. It's because the citizenry doesn't know how to budget and therefore cannot demand it from a government what they do not understand nor do themselves. It's easier to close the eyes and pretend it's not so. It's easier to ignore the phone calls, it's easier to blame someone else for not keeping the budget, and we elect a government mirroring ourselves.
In my opinion, the citizens of Greece understand budgeting more, probably still some live by cash, probably they are outraged that a government would overspend so much while continuing their promise to give them more. It's a righteous outrage by a people who keep budgets against the government that does not.
Let's get back to cash. Today's accounting is just a respectable word for "let's fudge here and put it there". Real budgeting is in envelopes, cookie jars, and the like, where you have to know where the last penny went because you don't know when your next one will arrive.
Why aren't we, Americans, outraged at our government's promises to give and spend more money when the budget is not balanced and we are out of cash? Why aren't the people who are outraged being heard? Is it because we would have to put the truth on our faces that we do not know, when our next penny will arrive nor where the last one was spent?
Timeo danaos et dona ferentes.
Anni
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Where did the art of budgeting go? Where are the people who are good budgeters? Better question is, do YOU know what it means? I challenge each one of you to do a budget by yourself, not dole it out to someone else, if you bother with it at all. Write it down on a ledger, forget the computer for a bit, do pencil to paper each month, and balance it to the penny.
You see no matter how much money you have, a budget is what will help you decide on spending. It is what keeps people in balance and from over spending. But I really think most people don't pay any attention to it at all anymore. Paychecks get deposited automatically now, taxes are withdrawn automatically, bills get paid automatically and we barely look at or even touch real money.
Compare that to nations where people still get paid in cash. Imagine once a month going to the company cashier having your pay counted out and handed over in an envelope, in cash. You sign a ledger that you received it and put cash in wallet. That's all you've got for a month. That is how I was paid less than 20 years ago, as a teacher overseas. No credit cards, nada.. That is all you have until next payday. So do you think you'll go on a shopping spree to spend it all and wait until next month? Nope, you don't because you know you have to hand over some of that cash directly to your landlord, and your utility collector first; then, you have to budget for food, then for your children's and your needs, and you have to take some to the savings bank too, before you ever think of a shopping spree.
In this country, the great USofA, the last generation that knows of what I speak was the "greatest generation" ; the one that saved the ass of the government out of depression. Not by the government spending money, but by them saving and budgeting their own money. It was all cash.. in mattresses, in coffee cans, in jars and envelopes labeled for the different needs. What's more, most of them never thought of getting a government handout. They lived within their means. Does the past 3 -4 generation know what that means?
It's no wonder that people are not outraged in America as more and more money is thrown around by this Congress. It's because the citizenry doesn't know how to budget and therefore cannot demand it from a government what they do not understand nor do themselves. It's easier to close the eyes and pretend it's not so. It's easier to ignore the phone calls, it's easier to blame someone else for not keeping the budget, and we elect a government mirroring ourselves.
In my opinion, the citizens of Greece understand budgeting more, probably still some live by cash, probably they are outraged that a government would overspend so much while continuing their promise to give them more. It's a righteous outrage by a people who keep budgets against the government that does not.
Let's get back to cash. Today's accounting is just a respectable word for "let's fudge here and put it there". Real budgeting is in envelopes, cookie jars, and the like, where you have to know where the last penny went because you don't know when your next one will arrive.
Why aren't we, Americans, outraged at our government's promises to give and spend more money when the budget is not balanced and we are out of cash? Why aren't the people who are outraged being heard? Is it because we would have to put the truth on our faces that we do not know, when our next penny will arrive nor where the last one was spent?
Timeo danaos et dona ferentes.
Anni
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Today's BlogPick - GDX
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
The Daily Note - Happy....Happy....Joy..Joy!
The song "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" comes to my mind. If you remember Ren and Stimpy it may be familiar. Crazy loony kind of song that will drive you mad while you laugh yourself silly. Something like what this world is doing today. Things are bad/ Things are good/ Nations are doing well/ Nations are going bankrupt and we the people are supposed to enjoy being spun like a yoyo with string attached, never seeing the manipulator nor enjoying the ride. We are totally dependent on them about where we are & where we are going because we are in their hands.
You know I'm not speaking of God, but of people acting like gods, who really don't know which way to 'walk the dogie' to hide the pile it has to deposit eventually. Of course they will ask you and I to clean it up with the proper plastic baggies they forgot to obtain at the market. Something like the equipment for oil spill disaster clean up they were supposed to have on hand. Oops they don't pay the consequences, you and I do, but believe me they know how to yell at companies for not being at the ready, and they know how to fine them collecting the money which will be distributed to...?? Your guess.
Greed as a descriptor has been bandied about everyone and everything except governments and world unions like the U.N and IMF. Not one of them will fess up. But be assured they are the biggest, and greediest of them all, with all the power to point he finger elsewhere or keep telling us that it's because we need saving that they need to spend so much. Right. We need saving alright, but we need saving from them not "from" them.
So we are supposed to jump for joy now, see Market futures,that the IMF bailed out Greece. No one seems to realize who else had a hand in creating Greece's problem, besides Greece. Who made the demands that they come into compliance to the EU and euro before they could be accepted into the European Union? Of course the fastest way to make people feel better and feel like their doing well is to pump and spend other peoples money.. the socialist way. Yep, money runs out and then you have to print some more.. and the cycle continues until....We the people deny them once and for all and bring it all home.
The markets will rally.. something had to save the inevitable crash, with your money, yet again. You see the Ponzi scheme continues but not one in our esteemed over bloated governing body is sitting in jail for it like Maddoff. Now of course, they say it is we who need the diet.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick .. It is impossible to know how long and how much the market will react in the morning. We are in uncharted waters and it is best to trade within the day as conditions reveal themselves. Therefore I will not post a chart today. If you are interested in my style of trading please check the membership page and read about me. My new chat room is open as of today and you are welcome to check it out.
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
You know I'm not speaking of God, but of people acting like gods, who really don't know which way to 'walk the dogie' to hide the pile it has to deposit eventually. Of course they will ask you and I to clean it up with the proper plastic baggies they forgot to obtain at the market. Something like the equipment for oil spill disaster clean up they were supposed to have on hand. Oops they don't pay the consequences, you and I do, but believe me they know how to yell at companies for not being at the ready, and they know how to fine them collecting the money which will be distributed to...?? Your guess.
Greed as a descriptor has been bandied about everyone and everything except governments and world unions like the U.N and IMF. Not one of them will fess up. But be assured they are the biggest, and greediest of them all, with all the power to point he finger elsewhere or keep telling us that it's because we need saving that they need to spend so much. Right. We need saving alright, but we need saving from them not "from" them.
So we are supposed to jump for joy now, see Market futures,that the IMF bailed out Greece. No one seems to realize who else had a hand in creating Greece's problem, besides Greece. Who made the demands that they come into compliance to the EU and euro before they could be accepted into the European Union? Of course the fastest way to make people feel better and feel like their doing well is to pump and spend other peoples money.. the socialist way. Yep, money runs out and then you have to print some more.. and the cycle continues until....We the people deny them once and for all and bring it all home.
The markets will rally.. something had to save the inevitable crash, with your money, yet again. You see the Ponzi scheme continues but not one in our esteemed over bloated governing body is sitting in jail for it like Maddoff. Now of course, they say it is we who need the diet.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick .. It is impossible to know how long and how much the market will react in the morning. We are in uncharted waters and it is best to trade within the day as conditions reveal themselves. Therefore I will not post a chart today. If you are interested in my style of trading please check the membership page and read about me. My new chat room is open as of today and you are welcome to check it out.
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
The Daily Note - The New Phase
Today marks the end of my free PlayList picks. It has been fifteen weeks since my initial offer of the service and it is now time to embark on the next phase of my journey. Those of you who have signed up and have been receiving the PlayList will receive a special offer in their mailbox.
As of Monday, I will open my site where we can trade together and also where you can continue to subscribe to the PlayList. I am excited to announce this phase because it is the next step to my goal; I will be embarking on a journey I have long dreamed about, where I can meet and converse with people from everywhere; where trading becomes a fun learning experience, where we can all partake in learning, teaching and sharing our knowledge without competing with thousands to be heard. It will be a place where we will learn not only about trading but also about becoming a success.
You will be able to join from here, where you have always found me these last 2 1/2 years. I will continue to write on this blog and share my love of music and musings about trading and life, but I do hope you will come and JOIN me on my next phase of life in Anni's Trading World.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's Pick - DNDN
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As of Monday, I will open my site where we can trade together and also where you can continue to subscribe to the PlayList. I am excited to announce this phase because it is the next step to my goal; I will be embarking on a journey I have long dreamed about, where I can meet and converse with people from everywhere; where trading becomes a fun learning experience, where we can all partake in learning, teaching and sharing our knowledge without competing with thousands to be heard. It will be a place where we will learn not only about trading but also about becoming a success.
You will be able to join from here, where you have always found me these last 2 1/2 years. I will continue to write on this blog and share my love of music and musings about trading and life, but I do hope you will come and JOIN me on my next phase of life in Anni's Trading World.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's Pick - DNDN
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Daily Note - Bottom Line Revisited
My bottom line today is that I am behind writing for this blog and I doubt if my hurried attitude will create a gem; yet as I was faced with the possibility of an empty page, I could not abide by just leaving with a only a hello/goodby for the day. Oh I'll be around, but working on my new site is taking more of my time than calculated which made me think of bottom lines. Of which we may have many, but this is very timely, since the markets are acting in a way that they become again more crucial than ever. So here is a revisit to an archived article I hope you will enjoy.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick - V
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THE BOTTOM LINE
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick - V
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Daily Note - A Warning Shot
Was yesterday the first warning shot across the bow? It seems the market has been running full steam ahead regardless of the debts our leaders have piled on us. The word "recovery" has been and is the word everyone believed as it was whispered ever more loudly into the economy. As more believed it the more drove the market up. In reality the market eventually figures out that what is artificial is not real and cannot be sustained.
The word "recovery" is a confusing word because people inject into it, their own sense of feeling. It has several meanings pertaining to health and restoration of something lost. I will point to definition number 4 in this case, which is as follows: "restoration or return to any former and better state or condition". I think we can all agree on that, because we all wanted to have our former sense of prosperity and well being restored, but the definition also speaks to a better state of condition, which means improvement over what is or was.
Thinking that we can reclaim exactly what we had before the destruction or loss is a fallacy, as is the thought that everyone who had something before will again have something like it after. Natural disasters have proven many times that those who wait for someone to give them what they had will wait a lot longer that those who roll up their sleeves and get to work on cleaning up the mess. Recovery does not happen out of going back but it always happens out of going or looking forward. It is a creation out of the ashes of destruction.
In order for our economy to recover, what was and is needed is imagination, creation, innovation, and hard work often with no reward at first. Out of that work comes new ideas which fuel the creation of goods and services bringing fresh blood and outlook into lives as demanded by needs. But that is not what is happening.
From the start, this artificially inflated economy was inflated several times over. It was done to save face, gain capital, to keep power all under the false promise, that things can be let down easily. What happened instead is that people were given with one hand while being plotted against by the other. Being told that we are now doing well, is a lie. We may feel a little better, but we are not recovering while the government is dictating each move. When the government's only solutions is to pump money into the economy with one hand while plotting higher taxes on the other, it does not take a mathematical genius to figure out that the problem is being shifted downstream yet again.
Of course, our "do no wrong" government officials throw blame all over the place and strut themselves out to show how much they "care" while positioning themselves into further power. It is happening everywhere around the world today including the USA. Greece, Spain, Britain next where government solutions failed already, but there are many places where government takeovers are just beginning, USA being one. Unfortunate for most is that history has proven, over and over again, that when too much power is given to government they'll inevitably make it worse for the rest of us, because blame can fly all over the place but the sh*t lands on us.
Happy Trading, Living and Dodging
Anni
Today's BlogPick - BP
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
The word "recovery" is a confusing word because people inject into it, their own sense of feeling. It has several meanings pertaining to health and restoration of something lost. I will point to definition number 4 in this case, which is as follows: "restoration or return to any former and better state or condition". I think we can all agree on that, because we all wanted to have our former sense of prosperity and well being restored, but the definition also speaks to a better state of condition, which means improvement over what is or was.
Thinking that we can reclaim exactly what we had before the destruction or loss is a fallacy, as is the thought that everyone who had something before will again have something like it after. Natural disasters have proven many times that those who wait for someone to give them what they had will wait a lot longer that those who roll up their sleeves and get to work on cleaning up the mess. Recovery does not happen out of going back but it always happens out of going or looking forward. It is a creation out of the ashes of destruction.
In order for our economy to recover, what was and is needed is imagination, creation, innovation, and hard work often with no reward at first. Out of that work comes new ideas which fuel the creation of goods and services bringing fresh blood and outlook into lives as demanded by needs. But that is not what is happening.
From the start, this artificially inflated economy was inflated several times over. It was done to save face, gain capital, to keep power all under the false promise, that things can be let down easily. What happened instead is that people were given with one hand while being plotted against by the other. Being told that we are now doing well, is a lie. We may feel a little better, but we are not recovering while the government is dictating each move. When the government's only solutions is to pump money into the economy with one hand while plotting higher taxes on the other, it does not take a mathematical genius to figure out that the problem is being shifted downstream yet again.
Of course, our "do no wrong" government officials throw blame all over the place and strut themselves out to show how much they "care" while positioning themselves into further power. It is happening everywhere around the world today including the USA. Greece, Spain, Britain next where government solutions failed already, but there are many places where government takeovers are just beginning, USA being one. Unfortunate for most is that history has proven, over and over again, that when too much power is given to government they'll inevitably make it worse for the rest of us, because blame can fly all over the place but the sh*t lands on us.
Happy Trading, Living and Dodging
Anni
Today's BlogPick - BP
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Daily Note - Do You See What I See?
I've been thinking, wondering, pondering.What makes one trader's view different from another. For example: What do you see in this chart?
Does it give you a clear message of the possibilities? Clearly the day finished on the upper end of the candle, but does that mean that it's ready to rally higher? If you think yes & before you go to the next chart, where is your entry and why? Long or short and when?
Now, take a look at this:
Are you of the same opinion as before? Do you see the same opportunity, long/short entry as before? Is it more clear to you or less clear?
The point here is to train the eye and the mind which trend lines help clarify or mystify depending on how you see and how you plot them.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Oh...look below for what I see.
Today's BlogPick - SSO
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
Does it give you a clear message of the possibilities? Clearly the day finished on the upper end of the candle, but does that mean that it's ready to rally higher? If you think yes & before you go to the next chart, where is your entry and why? Long or short and when?
Now, take a look at this:
Are you of the same opinion as before? Do you see the same opportunity, long/short entry as before? Is it more clear to you or less clear?
The point here is to train the eye and the mind which trend lines help clarify or mystify depending on how you see and how you plot them.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Oh...look below for what I see.
Today's BlogPick - SSO
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Daily Note - April Showers Bring May Flowers
What does that mean for traders? Well perhaps that the opposite tends to happen in May than what happened in April? If so, is it because back a few years, traders tended to take profits for a about this time of year and the rest of the world was preparing for some well deserved time off?
The saying to "Sell in May and Go Away" testifies the the above sentiment; yet it has been my experience that many traders do not go away in May if the conditions for trading are good. Given enough indicators that the market will stay warm to exchanging wealth, traders continue to make plays until about mid-June or when school lets out and continue to stay out until after labor day weekend.
Perhaps what traders need to look at is their own style, can it be adapted to slower trading or does the strategy have to change? Summer trading can be slow and frustrating at times but it can pay its own rewards by allowing honing of skills and becoming more in tune with the trends than can pay off well in the fall.
So whether your May flowers are profits you are gathering or the long awaited thawing to the reversal you are planning, it is good not to go away for too long because the markets are always changing.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick - MA also remember Friday hold ASIA
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
The saying to "Sell in May and Go Away" testifies the the above sentiment; yet it has been my experience that many traders do not go away in May if the conditions for trading are good. Given enough indicators that the market will stay warm to exchanging wealth, traders continue to make plays until about mid-June or when school lets out and continue to stay out until after labor day weekend.
Perhaps what traders need to look at is their own style, can it be adapted to slower trading or does the strategy have to change? Summer trading can be slow and frustrating at times but it can pay its own rewards by allowing honing of skills and becoming more in tune with the trends than can pay off well in the fall.
So whether your May flowers are profits you are gathering or the long awaited thawing to the reversal you are planning, it is good not to go away for too long because the markets are always changing.
Happy Trading, Living and Dancing
Anni
Today's BlogPick - MA also remember Friday hold ASIA
©DayTrading with Anni 2010
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