Archive for month: February, 2007

The Impeccable Hedge

25 February, 2007 (15:43) | Technical Analysis | By: Colin McGinley

I have been keeping an eye on the various discussions of FreedomRocks around the web. I have already given a pretty in-depth explanation of the type of strategy that FreedomRocks is using in my correlations post.
I explained that the FreedomRocks strategy is not a pure hedging method. Instead it provides a hedge [...]

Tom Yeomans February Seminar

25 February, 2007 (15:12) | News Trading | By: Colin McGinley

Tom Yeomans is now accepting sign-ups for his February seminar, which will be held on February 28th, 2007, starting at 7:30 a.m. EST. He will be trading the US GDP, Chicago PMI and US Home Sales data releases.
I got a lot out of attending Tom’s seminar last month, so if you’re any [...]

Feeling under the weather

25 February, 2007 (14:53) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I had a nasty cold for most of the past week. It started last weekend with a sore throat which morphed into a stuffy nose and sinus headaches.
If you’re not feeling at the top of your game it makes no sense to trade. Since I was feeling under the weather I make a [...]

Snowed in

17 February, 2007 (16:35) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I had hoped to meet up with Dirk du Toit, my forex mentor, this past Wednesday. Dirk had flown from his home in South Africa to Florida last Thursday (February 8th). He was then going to spend a few days in the Washington, D.C. area this week, from Tuesday to Thursday.
I had planned [...]

Sagacious Laziness

15 February, 2007 (13:13) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I finally managed to catch an episode last night of Wall Street Warriors, a documentary series that follows the lives of various people on Wall Street. I’ve tried to catch it in the past, but it has always been on at weird times.
I watched episode five, and a trader gave what I thought was [...]