Build on your strength It might look like a struggle with the markets when trying to participate in the money game. That isn't really the case though. It is a struggle with oneself. What to do when in doubt? Build [...]
Turning point entry timing A turning point in most cases isn't evolving from a down to up price movement. There is a sideways period, an entry zone rather than a specific price. Prices meander around for a period of time. [...]
Passive income flow, the ultimate joy It is clear that the holy grail of making money is passive income flow. Making money while you sleep should be the goal of any business venture. The quality of that sleep is determined [...]
Where to place stop orders The general principle with stops is:" either wide or tight". Anything in the middle gets stopped out. That is why all typical stop methodologies are sub par (chandelier, parabolic sar, swing stops, support/resistance, asf). Counter [...]
An early stab Participating in the markets is full of conflicts. This is due to the fact of the high variability of the market which has as such many choices and many moving parts. In this week´s case we have [...]
Silver shining in 2020 Why might this be a good year for silver? Let us look at some silver fundamentals and some general factors that influence the price of silver: 1. A wide range of industries have an ever-increasing demand [...]
Pre holiday opportunity timing We pointed out risk, reward and psychological abnormalities of pre holiday trading in our previous chartbook. One always should reduce size for this sort of trading. Taking part if opportunity presents itself in pre holiday trading [...]
Time exits: exposure is risk In our last chartbook we pointed out reasons for our very active participation in the precious metal sector at this time. We wanted to underline, that our approach has nothing to do with pyramiding. Avoiding [...]
Building positions, arriving at target loaded December markets are tricky. With the closing of the year come rollovers in futures markets, tax considerations, hedge fund portfolio allocations due to accountability and much more. Markets are a reflection of human behavior [...]
Aggressive participation, why? As much as we use a technical analysis dominated approach toward the markets, it would be foolish to not have those views guided by fundamentals. It is at this point in time a true confluence point of [...]
