In keeping with the mission of this blog to give a glimpse behind the scenes,  here’s a blooper of a video on my new trading web site, www.truthaboutmacd.com  .  The funny bit is at the end of this 75 second clip.

Tags: Humor, MACD, video

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Found a new fun and useful toy on the internet: BuzzDash. It allows you to create surveys real quick and easy. The survey comes with instructions to insert in your blog or website. If the BuzzDash folks think the survey is interesting to a wide audience, they run it on their website too.

Here’s my public survey for investors. I really wish I had before and after data for the latest events on Wall St to see if more people opt for trading over buy ‘n’ hold. Please vote now!

Tags: buzz dash, investors, trading

I created another blog, Backtesting Blog, to focus on historical testing of (stock) trading stategies.   I also plan to post other trading-related articles at that site. Click the link to check it out and vote on your favorite market to trade.

Tags: backtesting, backtesting blog, stock trading, trading

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After Dr. Alexander Elder’s Traders Camp in Cyprus 2005, a few of us who wanted to see the rest of the island threw in together and spent the next three days exploring.   See earlier posts for descriptions of the class — this one is all about sightseeing.

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Tags: Alexander Elder, Aphrodite's Birthplace, cyprus, greek, paphos, trader's camp

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The 2005 Trader’s Camp with Dr. Alexander Elder officially ended on Friday.   Saturday turned into a bonus day with an impromtu invitation from Alex to sit in on his weekly top-down analysis of the markets, a.k.a. “homework”.    Now its one thing to be told how to do market analysis, a better thing to get ready-made spreadsheets for it, and best of all to look over the shoulder of a seasoned expert who can articulate his thoughts in real time.    We got all three as best-selling author Dr. Elder sorted through over 130 market indices and 237 sub-industry groups to find candidates stocks for the trading  week ahead.

Looking over Dr. Elder's shoulder

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Tags: Alexander Elder, cyprus, Sell and Sell Short, top-down market analysis, trader's camp

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“Don’t take pictures of the checkpoint.”   “Watch out - its under military occupation.”   “You’re only allowed in for one day.”   In 2005, at Dr. Alex Elder’s Trader Camp in Cyprus, we knew these rules when we voted to venture, as a group, to Northern Cyprus, a territory controlled by the Turkish army and unrecognized by the United Nations.  A few campers had strong opinions about the unfortunate Greek vs Turkish conflict that cost thousands of lives on each side and declined the trip.  They spent their free day on the Greek side of the island.   The rest of us chipped in for the motor coach that took us for an unbelievably action-packed day.  

Kyrenia Castle, Northern Cyprus

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Tags: Alexander Elder, cyprus, Green Line, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, St Hilarion, trader's camp

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At Dr. Elder’s Traders’ Camp 2005, the class hours were time for serious study and the dinner breaks were time for serious fun.  With 30 people total, it would have been far easier for Dr. Elder to just turn us loose to eat on our own or have the hotel buffet each night.   Instead, he arranged for us to indulge in the best of the local villages, which meant some wonderful meze feasts!   We set out in daylight to enjoy the sights on the way.

Alex Elder and Class Strolling Before Dinner

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Tags: Alexander Elder, cyprus, Greek food, meze, Paki Pedi, Pini, Platres, Taki's, trader's camp, Travel, Troodos, Viona

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In Sept 2005,  I attended a week-long stock and commodity trading camp by Dr. Alexander Elder and Mr. David Weis on the island of Cyprus.  I learned two vastly different methods of technical analysis for trading, plus money management and all-important trading psychology.   The camp structure and side trips also helped me to meet other traders and create friendships that last to this day.   This post in the Cyprus series focuses on the seminar itself.

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Tags: Alexander Elder, cyprus, David Weiss, Investing, learning to trade, stock trading, trader's camp, trading, trading camp, trading class