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Upon thinking about the differences between the highly successful traders I recently talked with and their less successful counterparts, fiv...

I very recently had the pleasure of meeting with a group of professional traders who have been very successful, but who are also looking to ...

Friday we saw the S&P 500 (SPY) up on the day by over .40%, but the NASDAQ 100 Index (QQQQ) down by more than -.90%. Since March, 2003 (...

We made a three day high on the Dow on Wednesday with a VIX reading below 12. So I decided to investigate what happens three days later. Sin...

I want to thank Dave Mabe of Stock Tickr for taking the time to post an interview with me on his site. You'll notice Stock Tickr is on...

A couple of VIX observations for today's market: We were down about -.40% on SPY during Tuesday's session. Since March, 2003 (N = 79...

I'm at work creating an indicator that tracks upside and downside momentum within a basket of large cap issues as a way of gauging overa...

Most of my posts on this blog have focused on the S&P 500 Index, which is what I predominantly trade. There is no reason, however, why h...

I've updated my Trader Development page , adding quite a few new links to worthwhile blogs, services, and websites. Also included are li...

Here is what has happened over the past 25 trading sessions: S&P 500 (SPY): Up .09% Long Bond (TLT): Down -4.85% Real Estate Stocks (IYR...

With the big moves in oil and gold and crosscurrents in the stock indices, it's worth taking a look at how sectors move relative to one ...

Yesterday's market was unusual in that the Dow (DIA) was up more than half a percent, but the Russell 2000 (IWM) was down more than half...

Note: The Web seminar for Woodie's CCI Club will be at 4 PM Central Time and is free for all participants. The link to the online room ...

Note: Tomorrow (Thursday, 4/20) at 4 PM CT I will be doing a free online lecture for Woodie's CCI Club . Their chat room link is on thei...

Ten Lessons I Have Learned From Traders Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D. www.brettsteenbarger.com Note: This article is taken from the reading ...

Quick update since my posting: a look at up:down volume in NYSE is bullish for the next day; check out the most recent Weblog posting . Th...

It turns out my Trading Markets article was more topical for today's trade than I could have planned...Thanks for the many positive comm...

To more directly assess the impact of crude oil prices on stocks, I took a look at West Texas Intermediate cash crude prices vs. the cash S...

How does stock performance in the energy sector affect short-term performance in the S&P 500 Index? It's a relevant question, given ...

Does the price behavior of gold affect the future behavior of the S&P 500 (SPY)? I thought you'd never ask. I went back to November,...