Phantasmix Stock Market Blog » • Trading http://phantasmix.com Trading stocks and options -- contact @ phantasmix.com Mon, 21 May 2012 15:34:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 $$ Google Chrome Extension Calculators: Pivot Point, Fibonacci Retracement http://phantasmix.com/google-chrome-extension-calculators-pivot-point-fibonacci-retracement.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-chrome-extension-calculators-pivot-point-fibonacci-retracement http://phantasmix.com/google-chrome-extension-calculators-pivot-point-fibonacci-retracement.html#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:23:58 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4560 Simple and useful, too bad I don’t use Chrome full time.


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]]> http://phantasmix.com/google-chrome-extension-calculators-pivot-point-fibonacci-retracement.html/feed 5 What Do You Trade? http://phantasmix.com/what-do-you-trade.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-you-trade http://phantasmix.com/what-do-you-trade.html#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:49:42 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4356 Can you post in the comments what you like to trade/invest into? No? Can’t or won’t?

I assume that if you continue reading my blog, we’re sort of on the same wave. But when I go through these periods of singular stock focus, it must get boring or annoying pretty quickly. If I know what you like, I can serve you better (content).

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/what-do-you-trade.html/feed 3 This Week’s Trade Updates Out of $XLF Added $SLW http://phantasmix.com/this-weeks-trade-updates-out-of-xlf-added-slw.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-weeks-trade-updates-out-of-xlf-added-slw http://phantasmix.com/this-weeks-trade-updates-out-of-xlf-added-slw.html#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:09:36 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4322 I wanted to buy more SLW (silver) but didn’t have the cash. Right now I’m trading the tax-free account and there’s an annual limit to how much I can add there. So, I got out of the XLF trade for a total profit of $3.20, and added SLW.

I added SLW twice since the initial buy-in on Feb 7. My ACB on it is $35.58. [ edited to add: current price (SLW: 25.28 -1.33%) ]

A note on options: XLF options are fairly priced and track the stock very very well. Surprised me. SLW options are lagging behind. Didn’t surprise me :)

What’s up with the dollar? I still have some US$ left, should I just convert it all to Cad$?

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/this-weeks-trade-updates-out-of-xlf-added-slw.html/feed 2 $$ Investment and Trading Templates for Excel http://phantasmix.com/investment-and-trading-templates-for-excel.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investment-and-trading-templates-for-excel http://phantasmix.com/investment-and-trading-templates-for-excel.html#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:46:40 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4197 I’ve been selling my templates elsewhere for some time now, and finally got around to putting them on my site. You’ll pay less here, directly, since I’m not giving a cut to anyone. Yep, keeping it all.

Check out the new “Template Shop”.

Currently there are three documents available: Investment tracking chart, Covered calls calculator, and Straddles calculator.

Feedback is welcome, although I’m pretty sure you won’t have much to complain about. Spreadsheets have been tried and tested many times. I promise, you won’t be my “guinea pig”, others have done it for you already.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/investment-and-trading-templates-for-excel.html/feed 0 $$ Depression-Era Charts and Investor Sentiment Survey http://phantasmix.com/depression-era-charts-and-investor-sentiment-survey.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=depression-era-charts-and-investor-sentiment-survey http://phantasmix.com/depression-era-charts-and-investor-sentiment-survey.html#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 01:45:34 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3837 I’m getting lots of site visitors looking for the Depression-era charts. It’s been a popular topic ever since the crash, BUT now more than ever. That’s a contrary indicator, in my opinion.

As for the retail investor sentiment, it shifted far towards the bearish side, very fast.

sentiment

That’s another contrary indicator.

I don’t want to be short here.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/depression-era-charts-and-investor-sentiment-survey.html/feed 2 $$ Market-Moving Data 3 Minutes Early http://phantasmix.com/market-moving-data-3-minutes-early.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=market-moving-data-3-minutes-early http://phantasmix.com/market-moving-data-3-minutes-early.html#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:07:30 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3337 I want this!

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Released on the last working day of each month, the ISM-Chicago Business Survey reports the extent of expanding or contracting economic activity.

Subscription:
Your subscription gives you access to this market-moving data 3 minutes before public release in addition to funding the business survey.

Get yer subscription here — Kingsbury International (not an affiliate link but feel free to share these early reports with me, should you subscribe :) ).

Not even that expensive. Yes! someone always knows the results ahead of time, and seems it’s perfectly legit.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/market-moving-data-3-minutes-early.html/feed 0 Questrade — Gold Bullion Now Available On Margin http://phantasmix.com/questrade-gold-bullion-now-available-on-margin.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questrade-gold-bullion-now-available-on-margin http://phantasmix.com/questrade-gold-bullion-now-available-on-margin.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:38:13 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3023

Questrade offers 80% loan value on gold bullion in non-registered accounts. You can buy gold on credit and borrow on the bullion already in your margin account.

More info @ Questrade

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/questrade-gold-bullion-now-available-on-margin.html/feed 0 Setting Stops Properly http://phantasmix.com/setting-stops-properly.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=setting-stops-properly http://phantasmix.com/setting-stops-properly.html#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:51:29 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3304

Stops must accurately reflect volatility and range. Stops must never, ever be based on what the trader can afford to lose. They must be placed where they ought to be and we reduce our trading size as required to manage risk to capital. This is our definitive edge.

Teresa Lo, Invivo Analytics

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/setting-stops-properly.html/feed 0 William Eckhardt [A Quote] http://phantasmix.com/william-eckhardt-a-quote.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-eckhardt-a-quote http://phantasmix.com/william-eckhardt-a-quote.html#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:44:05 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3258

“Anyone with average intelligence can learn to trade. This is not rocket science. However, it’s much easier to learn what you should do in trading than to do it. Good systems tend to violate normal human tendencies. Of the people who can learn the basics, only a small percentage will be successful traders.

If a betting game among a certain number of participants is played long enough, eventually one player will have all the money. If there is any skill involved, it will accelerate the process of concentrating all the stakes in a few hands. Something like this happens in the market. There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you have to act like the minority. If you bring normal human habits and tendencies to trading, you’ll gravitate toward the majority and inevitably lose.”

William Eckhardt, from The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America’s Top Traders

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/william-eckhardt-a-quote.html/feed 1 $BEE, Long Trade Idea http://phantasmix.com/bee-long-trade-idea.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bee-long-trade-idea http://phantasmix.com/bee-long-trade-idea.html#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:22:48 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=3166 (BEE: 6.09 -0.33%), Strategic Hotels & Resorts

Long BEE.
Risky trade, so playing it small.

Company has $0.92 per share in cash, book value $9+.
Volume pattern is positive since mid-July to present.

Negatives: insiders and institutions are selling.

Hat tip for the idea to Jelly Bean Trader.

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