We can all relax now... the recession will soon be behind us as we head into a depression. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pilosi put together the finishing touches on their latest "stimulus" bill. This week, after putting off for three d ... Read more

We can all relax now... the recession will soon be behind us as we head into a depression Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pilosi put together the finishing touches on their latest "stimulus" bill. This week, after putting off for three ... Read more

The World's Shortest Book Someone suggested to me that it might be the "Complete Guide to French Military Victories". They claim it contains only one page: And it's blank. But I decided to investigate further. How to Pleasure a Woman - by Mike Tyson Word's I Never Mispernounced ... Read more

Often it's small things that can have large effects on our bottom line. Here is an example which uses a trade I'm currently in. I shorted AAPL earlier this morning and stopped out, later it gave another entry and so I am now short AAPL again, this time from $86.80. My risk is $1.25 on this trade, ... Read more

So my sister got me one of those Easybuttons from Staples and I decided that I would give it a try this weekend. I decided that I was not going to do much, I'd rely on that Easybutton instead, and I'm sad to report nothing got done. Begads! Foiled again in my attempts to make something from while pu ... Read more

Between 1998 and 2005 I made a lot of money, certainly more than the average person. The website's tradingfrommainstreet.com and swingtrader.net made between $130,000 and $410,000 each year, averaging around $220,000. My own trading account, which I started in 1998 with $20,000 in and only ... Read more

Hey guys I just got done making a new market update video for you and I put it on Viddler. In it I explain why I think that right now we might have, at the very least, a short term buying opportunity in the market. Enjoy the video and please let me know what you think of it too.  http://www ... Read more

I've been very suprised to see the market down so little on the AIG news. I would have expected another 500 points, but the market seems more relieved to have it out of the way than it does scared that another one bit the dust. My sense here is that if the market can take out the high that it esta ... Read more

  Every now and then my mind slips and it feels like 1999 to me and I just have to DAYTRADE, or at least feel like I am. Whenever you read a book on Technical Analysis they tell you that you should use multiple timeframe analysis. That's all well good and true, but ... Read more

  Its unlikely that I will ever be the best fundamental analyst in the world. I have a hard enough time if my ATM balance is different than my checking balance, so getting too far beyond that and I am in a grey area. However, as a trader I do think its important to have some understanding ... Read more