In light of yesterday's post, note the downside break in the Oil VIX. The weak dollar/strong commodity trade continues to support higher stock prices, as world growth outlooks trump inflation concerns for the time being.
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About Me
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D.
- Author of The Psychology of Trading (Wiley, 2003), Enhancing Trader Performance (Wiley, 2006), The Daily Trading Coach (Wiley, 2009), Trading Psychology 2.0 (Wiley, 2015), The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies (APPI, 2018) and Radical Renewal (2019) with an interest in using historical patterns in markets to find a trading edge. Currently writing a book on performance psychology and spirituality. As a performance coach for portfolio managers and traders at financial organizations, I am also interested in performance enhancement among traders, drawing upon research from expert performers in various fields. I took a leave from blogging starting May, 2010 due to my role at a global macro hedge fund. Blogging resumed in February, 2014.
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- The Dangers of Going on Tilt
- When Trading Dreams Seem to be Fantasies
- Important Reading to Start the Weekend
- More Volatility, More Weakness
- Signs of a Trend Day to the Downside
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- Morning Briefing for October 30th: Some Renewed D...
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- Thursday Items on the Radar
- Signs of a Trend Day to the Upside
- My Visit to SMB Capital
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- A Jump in Stock Market Volatility and Its Implicat...
- The Essence of Trading Psychology
- A Look at Recent Market Weakness: Technical Damage
- Midday Briefing for October 28th: Reversing the R...
- Idiot Trades and Trending Markets
- Morning Briefing for October 28th: Dipping Below ...
- Tuesday Market Perspectives
- Three Reasons Traders Don't Make More Money
- Morning Briefing for October 27th: From Support t...
- Understanding Market Movement With VWAP
- A Look at Lagging Segments of the Market
- Midday Briefing for October 26th: Persistent Selling
- Indicator Update for October 26th
- Weekly Pivot/Profit Target Numbers and Using the N...
- Sector Update for October 25th
- A Few Thoughts on Life as a Projective Test
- Unstructured Time as the Best Projective Test
- A Few Good Weekend Reads
- The Psychology of Position Sizing
- A Look at Recent Sector Rotation
- Views to Start the Weekend
- Thoughts on Taking Profits
- Resource for Identifying Significant Price Levels
- Creating What-If Scenarios to Frame Trade Ideas
- Morning Briefing for October 23rd: A Fresh Look a...
- Keeping Grounded as a Trader: How to Avoid Going ...
- Two Performance Applications for Traders
- Trading Journal Resources
- Midday Briefing for October 22nd: Intermarket Cor...
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- Three Creative Ideas From Quant Bloggers and Resea...
- Fresh Market Views
- Price Levels and Market Breakouts
- Cracks in the Bull Market Foundation
- Morning Briefing for October 21st: Some Deteriora...
- Avoiding Confirmation Bias in Trading
- Readings on the Radar for Tuesday
- Inertia and Opportunity in Markets: A View From B...
- Midday Briefing for October 20th: Return to the M...
- Relative Weakness in the Financial Sector
- A Creative Collaboration Among Quant Bloggers
- Morning Briefing for October 20th: Trying to Sust...
- Regional Banks: A Look at the Stock Market Laggards
- Dow TICK ($TICKI) and Short-Term Sentiment
- A Global Look At How Stocks Are Trading
- More On Weekly Price Targets and Swing Trading
- Indicator Update for October 19th
- A Look at Preopening Trade
- Sector Update for October 18th
- Considerations in Selecting Educational Programs f...
- Ten Characteristics I See Among Successful Traders
- Quick Look at Commodity Strength
- Weekend Views and News
- Proactive and Reactive Trading
- Another Perspective on Tracking Large Traders in E...
- Assessing Relative Volume for Individual Stocks
- Visualizing the Market's Trend Status
- Midday Briefing for October 16th: Breaking the Range
- Morning Briefing for October 16th: Watching Ranges
- Volatility Continues to Decline in the Stock Market
- Thursday Potpourri
- One Observation Regarding the Distribution of Trad...
- Break in the Oil VIX
- Morning Briefing for October 15th: Back to the Range
- Talking Trades Aloud: The Value of Private Speech
- Watching Large Traders on a Breakout Move
- A Longer-Term Glance at Oil
- Midday Briefing for October 14th: Digesting Gains
- Ocean Tomo: Intellectual Property as Emerging Mar...
- Adjusting SPY Price Targets for the ES Futures
- Tuesday Perspectives
- Identifying Range Markets
- Midday Briefing for October 13th: Back Into a Range
- Thoughts on Trading Choppy Markets
- Market Metaphors and Perception
- Working a Market Sell Signal
- A Look at Today's Advances and Declines
- Update RE: Divergences
- Another Look at Volume and Volatility
- Update on Tracking Large Trades
- Using NYSE TICK to Gauge Institutional Participation
- Assessing Risk Appetite for Stocks
- Retirement Planning for Traders
- Passing the Plate: An Experienced Prop Firm Trade...
- Indicator Update for October 11th
- Weekend Reading: Markets and More - Volume Two
- Sector Update for October 10th
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