Using iPhone SIM in PDC09 Acer laptop

November 22, 2009

At the Professional Developer Conference 2009 (PDC09), all attendees were given an Acer laptop that had been specially built for Microsoft. It has Windows7, 64 bit dual core proc, 250GB hard drive, wireless, bluetooth and 3G. Now it seemed to me that a good percentage of attendees were also carrying around an iPhone – hard [...]

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Trader's Expo Las Vegas 2009

November 20, 2009

Here at the 2009 Las Vegas Trader’s Expo, taking a look around at the old and new products and listening to the hype. The Expo seems smaller this year, and also it is now on the 2nd floor instead of the 3rd. Makes choosing the escalator over the elevator more practical. This morning I took [...]

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PDC Windows 7 Boot Camp

November 16, 2009

Spent the day at the LA convention center attending the pre PDC workshop ‘Windows 7 Boot camp’. Online this workshop was listed as Sold Out, but the auditorium was really less than half full. Not sure if that is because people signed up for this free workshop and then were’t concerned about dropping out later, [...]

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Insights from John Bollinger

November 15, 2009

I recently watched a video in which John Bollinger, the creater of the Bollinger Bands discussed the creation of the bands and gave some insight on how he uses them. I hadn’t previously heard John Bollinger himself speak and so it was very enlightening.  Here’s the link incase you are interested: https://tdameritrade.omnovia.com/archives/37667 You’ll have to [...]

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Force Index Pullbacks – Is there an Edge?

October 29, 2009

The Opportunity I was fortunate enough to be asked to present EdgeRater at the semi-annual HGSI seminar in Palos Verdes, LA. The seminar is a 3 day event where Ron Brown and Ian Woodward present market analysis and techniques for using HGSI (an excellent trading tool BTW). On day 2 I had the hour before [...]

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Statistical Edge

April 8, 2009

Statistical analysis of shorting the top percentage gainers every morning and closing positions at end of day

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Level The Playing Field

March 31, 2009

As self-directed traders/investors we are constantly trying to exploit our edge in the markets, but how do we even begin to look for an edge when the professional traders seem to have a head start? Let’s assume that you are a regular person, maybe you have a regular job or some other time consuming activity [...]

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