In reply to my automated trading blog entry I have had people send me emails asking what about this or that toolkit? This made me think that I should be doing some reviewing of products and toolkits. Therefore if anybody wants to send me your toolkit WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS I will do a feature by...

When people talk about investments, they tend to leave out a missing value that everyone ignores when figuring out their investment strategy.  That little tidbit of information would be the massive elephant in the room called: risk.  I've created a rough draft table giving values between .1 and 1.0...

Investors come in every shape and size, as well as risk tolerance. That last quality can really vary depending on whom you're discussing the subject of investing. So let's approach today's rant in a way that should appeal to you whether you're ultra-conservative or a daredevil risk taker. One of...

Below are some screwy screenshots from my E\TRADE account (you'll also get to see what my E\TRADE portfolio looks like). Early this week, I setup a trade in Lucent Technologies (LU). It was a complete chart play. I haven't been monitoring the stock fundamentally lately, but I recall my last...

So here we sit and see that the USD has dropped and breached the 1.30 mark against the Euro. The question is why? I would have responded on this question earlier, but could not. Last Friday my oldest English Bulldog Patches (11.2 years) went into the doggy hospital, and she died on Monday. Until...

For the past two months I have been writing my own automated trading system. Two weeks ago I slowly started trading using manual techniques based on data generated by my software. The initial results are very good, but I am tempering down my glee because I was conservative and focused. It's like...

I was reading Steve's article and thought "Steve you are a smart guy." Steve is being smart because I think he is reading the market correctly and getting ready. I read the comments associated with Steve's article and thought many are missing the message within the article. One comment that caught...

Energy prices are here, there and everywhere. Oil was trading at around 55, then went to 59, USD, March 07 futures are trading at 61 USD, and May 07 Futures are trading at 69 USD. Between now and May oil would have to increase 25%, which is a hefty premium. A reader of my previous energy update...

Last week I made a $13,000 mistake (a tax ruling, not in my favor due to most impressive stupidity on my part). In Warren Buffett terms, that mistake cost me $226,842 ($13,000 compounded at 10% for 30 years – see boys, I do know how to do math). I won’t sugar coat it. It sucked. Big time. But I can...

I think most people create huge, out of reach goals like, “I need to have $1,000,000 in the bank by the time I'm 40.” A great goal, obviously, but I think that may be going about things the wrong way. What if we took that type of goal and switched it around? What if we first started by setting a...