Last Week’s Market Moving Economic Data

Posted by jmot in Monday, April 30th 2007 under: General No Tags

Instead of listing the pre-market events that can be found in most blogs and financial portals, from this week onwards, I will be value-adding by capturing if the economic data is significant enough to move the market. I will be using the Dow Jones to track the overall market and OIH to track the energy’s […]

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Preparing for the Week: 16-Apr-07 to 20-Apr-07

Posted by jmot in Monday, April 16th 2007 under: General No Tags

This week is heavy both on the economic and earnings calendar. Time to make some money friends!!!

Date
Day
Time (ET)
Release

Apr 16
Mon
0830
Retail Sales / Retail Sales ex-auto / NY Empire State Index

0900
Net Foreign Purchases

1000
Business Inventories

Apr 17
Tue
0830
CPI / Core CPI / Housing Starts / Building Permits

0915
Industrial Production / Capacity Utilization

AMC
YHOO (likely)

Apr 18
Wed
1030
Crude Inventories

AMC
EBAY (likely)

Apr 19
Thu
0830
Initial Claims

1000
Leading Indicators

1200
Philadelphia Fed

AMC
GOOG […]

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Modeling - The Secret to Success

Posted by jmot in Wednesday, April 11th 2007 under: Books, Inspiration No Tags

Trading can be the best job in the world. No bosses to suck up to, no subordinates to worry about, no suppliers to be weary about, no office politics, no meaningless appraisal documents to fill in every year, not standard 9-5 etc…Don’t get me wrong. I am not suggesting it is the easiest job either. […]

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Getting Ready for the Week: 9-Apr-07 to 13-Apr-07

Posted by jmot in Monday, April 9th 2007 under: General No Tags

Earnings Season begin with AA coming Tue AMC. The market has almost recovered from the meltdown. This is getting more and more exciting.

Date
Day
Time (ET)
Release

Apr 10
Tue
AMC
AA

Apr 11
Wed
1030
Crude Inventories

1400
FOMC Minutes / Treasury Budget

AMC
RIMM

Apr 12
Thu
0830
Export Prices ex-ag. / Import Prices ex-oil / Initial Claims

Apr 13
Fri
0830
Core PPI / PPI / Trade Balance

1000
Mich Sentiment-Prel.

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Investor VS Trader

Posted by jmot in Monday, April 9th 2007 under: Books No Tags

I was reading Dr Alexandra Elder’s book titled Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading. A must-read for all budding traders. He brought up this concept of an Investor vs a Trader. A concept that we must be clear of so that our learning strategy can be geared towards the right path. […]

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