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Friday, October 24, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
HAVE A TREMENDOUS TUESDAY
IS YOUR PSYCHE READY FOR BULL MARKET?
The
psychological hardwiring that helped us survive in primitive times also make us
vulnerable to dangerous errors and biases when handling our investments in both
bull and bear markets. Read on to learn about the catch phrases to watch for in
a bull market, and some of the mental errors and biases they could signal.
"I know investment markets are going to pull back. I will put the money to
work then."
When you hear a
phrase like this, the investor could be suffering from "confirmation
bias." Confirmation bias is a result of our brains trying to avoid
cognitive dissonance, or having two conflicting thoughts. It occurs when
investors filter out relevant evidence about their investments that contradicts
their beliefs. With all of the information available about the direction of
investment markets and the economy, it is easy to latch on to what you want to
hear and filter out information that contradicts your past judgment. In a new
bull market this bias can cause investors to ignore information that the
economy and the financial markets are recovering. It would mean that they were
wrong about their recent decision to sell or not buy certain investments. It
can cause them to "sit on the sidelines" too long while investment opportunities
pass them by. It is always good to think independently when investing, but make
sure that you keep your ego in check and have an alternative plan if markets do
not go your way.
"I finally had a profit, so I sold that investment."
There is nothing
wrong with taking profits, but keep in mind that investors are constantly
fearing regret and seeking pride. This is what is called the "disposition
effect." It is a result of the pain of an investment loss hurting much
worse than the pleasure of a gain. Academic research has shown that investment
losses hurt about two and a half times more than the positive feeling you get
from an equivalent investment gain. Net of taxes, whether you have a gain or a
loss in an investment says absolutely nothing about its future prospects. In a
new bull market this bias causes investors to sell winners too early (seeking
pride). Also, the painful regret associated with taking losses can keep
investors from selling past bear market losers to buy new bull market leaders.
To help yourself avoid this bias, make sure that you have a process for buying
and selling investments that is disciplined, fundamentally sound and
repeatable. The bragging rights associated with quick gains are great, but the
future profits you may miss could have been even better.
"The market has gone up too far and too fast. We are due for a market
correction"
This phrase
could signal what is known as "anchoring" or "reference
point." Anchoring occurs when someone assigns a number, like a 52-week high or low, to compare the
price of an investment. Most academics and investment professionals would agree
that the stock market is at least weak form efficient, meaning that past price
movements are poor predictors of future price performance. Long-term investing
using past price patterns alone can be compared to driving your car forward
while using your rearview mirror as a guide.
In a new bull
market, anchoring can lead to "market acrophobia," where investors
believe that because investment markets went up quickly from their lows they
are due for a large correction. It can also give investors a false sense of
value and lead to excessive risk taking in the initial stages of a bull market.
Because investors have a tendency to believe that an investment is "cheap"
or not as risky if it has already fallen a lot in price. Keep in mind that
prices and investment fundamentals are constantly changing. Whether or not an
investment has risen or fallen in the past tells you very little about its
current fundamental valuation and long-term investment prospects today. (To
learn more about the different levels of market efficiency and what they mean
see Working through the Efficient Market Hypothesis.)
"I will never buy stocks again"
This phrase
could signal the "snake bite effect." Snake bite effect occurs when
investors take large losses in a certain asset class, like stocks, and become
more risk adverse. The emotional toll from their past bear market losses can be
so great that they feel the need to reduce exposure to the asset class or
abandon it all together. It is important to think about your investment
objectives, risk tolerance, and capital market expectations, and invest
accordingly. In a new bull market this bias can lead to an under-diversified
portfolio, or a portfolio that does not match the investor's objectives. It may
stink, but if it meets your long- term investment goals sometimes you just have
to hold your nose and buy.
Conclusion
Famed investor
Benjamin Graham once said, "Individuals who cannot master their emotions
are ill-suited to profit from the investment process." Mr. Graham knew
that having control over your emotions when investing can mean the difference
between success and failure.
It is important
to understand that, because we are all humans and not computers; we will not
always make perfectly rational and timely investment decisions. Knowing some of
the catch phrases to look for and the mental errors and biases that they may
signal can help you make more rational investment decisions and suppress your
inner "Captain Caveman" when investing in a new bull market. (To
continue learning about investor behavior read taking a Chance on Behavioral
Finance and Understanding Investor Behavior.)
- David Allison
NIFTY FUTURES UPDATES (OCT 21)
high of 7932, slides upto 7882 and managed to close @ 7893
Today, if trades below 7908 for 15 minutes see an intraday slide
upto 7870-53-35
Suppose if cuts 7909 & trades above the level for 15 minutes,
See a sure hike
upto 7930-45
INTRADAY RESISTANCES
@ 7910 – 31 – 46
INTRADAY
SUPPORTS @ 7869-52 – 36
Now ‘a million
dollar’ question before traders is
A GAP DOWN
formed on OCT 10 @ 7984
Or
THE GAP UP formed
yesterday (OCT 20) @ 7814
Pls trade carefully with the mentioned time and levels
ALL THE BEST
(By the time this post was updated
S&P CNX Nifty Futures was
trading @ 7919 )
இன்றைய சந்தை அடிப்படை (OCT 21)
இந்திய நேரப்படி இன்று காலை 6:00 மணிக்கு வெளியாகும்
(ஆஸ்திரேலிய
டாலரை பாதிக்கவல்ல) Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes மற்றும் சீன
காலாண்டு GDP
(YoY & QoQ ) அறிக்கைகள், வருடாந்திர தொழிற்சாலை உற்பத்தி போன்ற
தகவல்கள் சந்தையின் தொடக்கத்தில் பாதிப்பைக் கொண்டு வருமென
தெரிகிறது!
தொடர்ந்து மாலை 7:30 மணிக்கு அமெரிக்க டாலர் குறியீட்டை நேரடியாக
பாதிக்கவல்ல
தகவல்களான (செப்டம்பர் மற்றும் மாதாந்திர) கையிருப்பு வீட்டு
விற்பனை விவரங்கள் இன்று சந்தையில் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்ததாகக்
கருதப்படுகிறது!
இன்று தங்கம், கச்சாஎண்ணெய், இயற்கை எரிவாயு,
வெள்ளி மற்றும் காப்பர் அதில் கவனமாக செயல்படவேண்டிய நேரம்…
10:00 –
10:45 PM; 7:15 – 8:00 PM
வெல்க!
DISCLAIMER
THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE HERE DO NOT CONSTITUTE AND OFFER TO SELL OF A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES/COMMODITIES OF ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS WHATSOEVER MENTIONED. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED WILL BE PROFITABLE OF THAT THEY WILL NOT RESULT IN LOSSES. READERS USING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. SURFING OR USING ‘tradersharmony.blogspot.com' DEEMS THAT THE SURFER ACCEPTS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE DISCLAIMERS AND DISCLOSURES.THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE PURPOSE ONLY AND THE USER/READERS SHOULD TAKE ADVICE OF HIS/HER ADVISER BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISION FOR BUYING, SELLING OR OTHERWISE DEALING WITH SECURITIES/COMMODITIES OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT WHATSOEVER.
Monday, October 20, 2014
HAVE A MARVELOUS MONDAY
A Day in the
Life of the Momentum Trader
A good way to
illustrate momentum trading is to look at a typical day of a momentum trader:
He gets up an
hour before the market opens, switches on his computer, goes online and
immediately logs into one of the popular trading chat rooms or message boards.
When looking at
these boards, our hero focuses on stocks that are generating a significant
amount of buzz. He looks at stocks that are the focus of trading alerts based
on earnings or analyst recommendations. These are stocks rumored to be in play,
and they are anticipated to provide the most significant price movements on
high volume for that trading day.
While surfing
the web, he will also turn on CNBC and listen for mentions of companies
releasing news or positioned to undergo significant movement.
He eyes the
morning equity options pages to find stocks with significant volume increases
in calls. Any increase in calls written indicates that a price increase or
decrease above or below the option premium is expected.
Once the market
opens, he watches his initial list of stocks in relation to the rest of the
market: Are his stocks going up when the market goes down? Are they
significantly increasing in price in relation to the rest of the market? Are
they behaving consistently with his expectations based on his pre-market
assessment?
He will then
narrow his watch list to include only the strongest stocks: those increasing
more rapidly on higher volume than the rest of the market, stocks trading
contrary to the market and stocks with movements clearly propelled by external
factors.
Analyzing the
Charts
Next, a momentum
trader will analyze the list of stocks he has chosen to focus on by examining
their charts. The primary technical indicator of interest is the momentum
indicator - the accumulated net change of a stock's closing/ending price over a
series of defined time periods. The momentum line is plotted as a tandem line
to the price chart, and it displays a zero axis, with positive values
indicating a sustained upward movement and negative values indicating a
potentially sustained downward movement.
That upward or
downward momentum indicator often immediately portrays a breakout for the
stock, which means that even a period or two of sustained momentum will propel
that stock in the direction of the breakout. While watching the momentum chart,
he has his Level 2 screen up, looking for evidence of a push, where bids start
to line up (indicated by the presence of market-maker limit orders) and offers
start to disappear.
When the trader
believes he has identified a breakout, he does not necessarily need to jump
immediately into the stock. He is not generally worried about missing the first
one or two breakout ticks, but he has his hand on the buy trigger (or sell trigger
in the case of a short sale, but a short sale must be done on an uptick) for
one of the next momentum periods. And he is generally not too concerned about
hitting the bid either, as he will have an easier time getting in at the market
price. Then he places a market order.
Momentum Trader:
In Position
Once he has
entered into his position, the white-knuckle ride and nail-biting begins. Will
the stock continue to move strongly in the direction of his momentum line? Or
will it immediately change course, proving the momentum chart wrong and perhaps
pointing to a trap set by the market maker? Or will the breakout fizzle
quickly, providing some limited upside but not enough profit to make the trade
worthwhile?
Whether the
momentum fizzles almost immediately or continues to build, the trader remains
glued to his screen. He is looking for a saturation point, where orders start
piling up on the offer and bidding slows or thins at the market price a few
levels back on the Level 2 screen. The saturation point does not mean an
immediate end to the momentum, but it may signal that the top is near. So the
trader sells his position (or covers his position in the case of a short sale)
and takes his profits to pack it in for the day or to move on to the next stock
on his list.
NIFTY FUTURES UPDATES (OCT 20)
Nifty Futures, on Friday after having traded above the level of 7780 for 20 minutes, zoomed as predicted exactly upto 7843 and much more than
that and managed to close
@ 7814
Today if cuts and trades below 7813 for 15 minutes see an intraday slide upto 7792-82
Suppose if cuts 7838 & trades above the level for 20 minutes,
See a rocket
hike upto 7860-80 & 7900
INTRADAY RESISTANCES
@ 7862 – 82 & 7902
INTRADAY
SUPPORTS @ 7790 – 80
Trade carefully
with the time and levels
Beware of the GAP (DOWN) formed on OCT 10 yet to be filled upto 7984
ALL THE BEST
DISCLAIMER
THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE HERE DO NOT CONSTITUTE AND OFFER TO SELL OF A SOLICITATION TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES/COMMODITIES OF ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS WHATSOEVER MENTIONED. NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED WILL BE PROFITABLE OF THAT THEY WILL NOT RESULT IN LOSSES. READERS USING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. SURFING OR USING ‘tradersharmony.blogspot.com' DEEMS THAT THE SURFER ACCEPTS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE DISCLAIMERS AND DISCLOSURES.THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE PURPOSE ONLY AND THE USER/READERS SHOULD TAKE ADVICE OF HIS/HER ADVISER BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISION FOR BUYING, SELLING OR OTHERWISE DEALING WITH SECURITIES/COMMODITIES OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT WHATSOEVER.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
WEEKLY REPORT FROM SHAREKHAN
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Market Outlook for the coming week! In the coming week, trend in global markets, Q2 results of India Inc., results of assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, investment by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), the movement of rupee against the dollar and crude oil price movement will dictate term trend on the bourses in the forthcoming truncated trading week. Stock market remains closed on Thursday, 23 October 2014 on account of Diwali Laxmi Pujan and again on Friday, 24 October 2014 on account of Diwali Balipratipada. However, the stock exchanges will conduct a special live trading session on Thursday, 23 October 2014, on account of Muhurat trading on Diwali. Trading will begin at 18:30 IST and will conclude on 19:30 IST on that day. Results of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be announced on Sunday, 19 October 2014. Various exit polls released after assemble elections held on 15 October 2014 showed that the BJP is set to wrest power from the Congress party in Haryana and will emerge as the single largest party in Maharashtra. BJP's strong showing in assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana could boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ability to carry forward legislative reforms. Among global economic data, China will publish third quarter GDP data on Tuesday, 21 October 2014. HSBC and Markit will announce a preliminary reading of their China manufacturing purchasing managers' index for October on Thursday, 23 October 2014. On the same day, Markit Flash Eurozone Composite PMI will be released. Focus will also be on Fourth Plenum, an annual meeting of China leaders which may offer clues about plans to address a slowing economy, to be held from October 20-23. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) next undertakes a monetary policy review at a two-day meeting on 28-29 October 2014. |
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