The purpose of this blog is to provide a comprehensive compilation of articles and posts which have been of great help to me in the past, or that I find very insightful, wise or containing a great deal of useful knowledge.

The original author of the text will be mentioned, so that those who are interested in the subject can explore it deeper.

The blog will consist out of several categories, some more theoretical, other containing charts and analysis.

Finally, this blog is, in a way, a continuation of the journal
I started in the public section on another site.

The Summer Doldrums? Posted 09-04-2008 at 10:42 AM by firewalker Summertime has been tough trading. I have been looking for explanations in several places, but it looks like the volume has been extremely low compared to other years. That, and the fact that many people talk about the Big Money not coming back until after Labour Day might explain why the price/volume relationship has been (at least for me) more difficult to read... From http://www.traderfeed.blogspot.com/: * Liquidity Drying Up - I see that Rennie Yang, author of the... Continue reading... firewalker

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	July 2008 Posted 07-22-2008 at 04:00 AM by firewalker Charts and comments included here: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...html#post43088 firewalker
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	Analysis 11: June 12 Posted 06-29-2008 at 08:16 AM by firewalker See post #27 of the 'How to Know End of Trend'-thread: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...43-post27.html firewalker
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June 2008: The bears are back Posted 06-27-2008 at 06:09 AM by firewalker Updated 06-27-2008 at 06:23 AM by firewalker May 19 looks like it set the end of the bear market rally. Having said that, by the beginning of June there was still not much downside coming, but thinks were definitely turning. Yesterday June 26, we have touched the January lows on the DOW Industrials, but it's remarkable how well the NQ is holding up. The ES is still above the March lows as well, albeit a whole lot closer. ... Continue reading... firewalker

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Analysis 10: June 20 ('bouncing ball idea') Posted 06-21-2008 at 06:22 AM by firewalker If ever there was a day "screaming" to go short, it was this day. First, we need context. This was provided in the "How to end a trend" thread, post #27, see here. The initial idea would be to buy the (potential) selling climax on support, if you were confident enough to buy when the trend is down. You would then notice, that there was a very strong rejection of resistance couple of days later, on June 17. The next day, we ended up... Continue reading... firewalker

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