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What Is The Smart Money Thinking and Doing?

What Is The Smart Money Thinking and Doing?

By Lawrence W. Doyle

I chuckle as I write the title for this commentary for the very simple reason that it is a line heard so often on the sales and trading desks on Wall Street. We can get a sample of “what the smart money is thinking and doing” from a very recent Bloomberg Poll. Be mindful that...

Should You Spread Bet with Guaranteed Stops?

Should You Spread Bet with Guaranteed Stops?

By Benzinga

Spread betting is a risky game of trading in which you can lose more than you have in your account. That's because of leverage. Every time you buy or sell a market, you just need a small fraction of your total trade – a margin, which can be as low as 1-2%. If the market...

Play Defense with a Solid Portfolio

Play Defense with a Solid Portfolio

By Casey Smith

The pictures and stories from Japan have shocked us all. The human aspect of this country’s struggle to cope with the earthquake and tsunami tugs at our hearts. The same applies to those in Middle Eastern countries crying out for freedom and democracy only to be responded to with bullets and bombs. While...

Stop-Loss Effectiveness

Stop-Loss Effectiveness

By Frank Voisin

I’m sure everyone has been presented with the following logic: put in a ‘stop-loss’ at some arbitrary amount, say losing 1%. Then, your payoff distribution is tilted towards infinity, as shown above. It’s like the idea of going to Vegas, and saying you will stop when you lose $500, so...

What Is The Smart Money Thinking and Doing?

By Lawrence W. Doyle

I chuckle as I write the title for this commentary for the very simple reason that it is a line heard so often on the sales and trading desks on Wall Street. We can get a sample of “what the smart money is thinking and doing” from a very recent Bloomberg Poll. Be mindful that...

 
 
 
 
 
 

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