What Do You Trade, and Why?

[What Do You Trade, and Why?]

i agree - and Gold is one of the main commodities I trade

[Forget Gold ... Are You on the Silver Bullet Train?]

I still think there's more bullish potential for Gold

[Forget Gold ... Are You on the Silver Bullet Train?]

Silver has been the best trade for last 7 months, the following table makes the point...

 

Total return since August 27, 2010

Global Asset

140.4% Silver

75.1% Corn

39.0% Crude Oil

38.2% Russell 2000 Index (Broad Stock Market)

36.3% CRB Commodities Index

35.8% Coal

35.1% Soybeans

31.8% Nasdaq

30.1% Copper

27.2% S&P 500 (Large-Cap Stocks)

25.2% Dow Jones Average (Large-Cap Stocks)

21.1% Gold

18.3% Financial Sector SPDR Fund (Big Banks)

5.6% Producer Price Index

2.3% Consumer Price Index

-2.2% Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund

-2.6% 10-Year U.S. Treasury Bond Total Return

-10.6% U.S. Dollar Index

 

Are you in the trade yet?

 

Wow - Silver looks like the big winner here

[End of QE2 - How Are You Going to Trade It?]

USA will print more money...

 

and the economy will improve,

and everybody will be happy.

 

let the grandchildren's grandchildren worry about the debt.

 

This looks like the right analysis

[Debate: Hard stops or mental stops?]

Most of the time I place stops and limits on my trades

[What Do You Trade, and Why?]

A lot interests me in the markets these days.

 

Gold has caught much of my attention.

 

I also like to trade stocks with pair options, as I can trade freely in a market neutral environment.

 

I trade stocks via pair options almost daily, while looking for the weekly opportunity in Gold returns

[Index Futures Arbitrage]

"because they rule arbitrage against one of the trading rules."

What rules?

 

Many brokers forbid arbitrage, and it is often listed in their terms and conditions

[Index Futures Arbitrage]

Traders do often try to profit big from arbitrage on index futures on an individual level.

 

The outcome usually is your profits being confiscated by the brokers, because they rule arbitrage against one of the trading rules.

[Reading Charts in Real Time]

I'd like some feedback on my levels for the pound from any who would be willing to comment.

 

Particularly around 1.6100, there's a lot of wiggle room there--any thoughts on these?

 

Around the 1.6100 level there is a lot of wiggle because the GBP/USD pair is trying to find a clear direction with the bulls and the bears battling it out. As you see from the graph, the bulls eventually got the upper hand.

[Why Do More Than 90% of Traders Lose?]

One of the reasons that 90% of traders lose, especially with forex, is due to not trading/concentrating on 1 or 2 assets, such as the EUR/USD at 1 time, rather than 5 or more.

 

This approach would at least maximize your attention span on the top assets, increasing your chances of earning profit.

[Pair Options]

I have experience with pair trading, but I heard some online companies now allow you to trade Pair Options. If anyone knows where I can trade Pair options please let me know? :cheers: