I laughed. On a side note, I will be away from the blog until Wednesday, so I will try to get a few new charts up mid-week. I hope everyone has a productive and profitable week!
I watched Stewart grill Cramer last night and was surprised at how Cramer acted. He took a beating, and hardly argued or disagreed. I am not sure what his (CNBC's?) strategy was here.
9:30 edit - OK, I think I have the blog back to about 80%. I will work on the other 20% tomorrow.
I am not done with "Blogs I Read" yet - if you think you should be on it, leave a comment.
AND VOTE IN THE TEST POLL IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER...there have been over 1,000 page views and 14 votes? Come on people!!!
Poll edit - OK, polls are not too popular. And the Cardinals won the poll, but the Steelers won the game. I probably won't be doing many polls in the future!
Some time in the next few days I will be upgrading the blog. It has been a long time coming - if I remember correctly, Blogger has been trying to get me to upgrade since 2007.
The process should be simple, but it will take some time to get everything back in its proper place. The good news is that once I upgrade, I should have access to some cool new features.
note - special thanks to Trader Jamie for his tutelage on upgrading.
So if things on the blog look strange between now and February 1st, it is because I am in a transition phase. Keep checking back.
It is important to note that I am doing all of this for you - the reader - but I do not plan to raise my prices. You will still get the great Trader-X wit and a site packed full of random thoughts and semi-valuable content for the low, low price of...nothing. Unless you are Dinosaur Trader - I have him convinced he has to pay $29.99/month.
Also, I can't ignore the possibility that things will go terribly wrong during the upgrade process, and the Trader-X blog will disappear into cyberspace never to be seen again. If that happens, just know I enjoyed the ride and I wish you all a long life filled with happiness and prosperity. In the immortal words of Carl Spackler:
I received an email from TradingMarkets (they are still around?) trying to sell me a "Professional Daytrading for Success" course for the price of $7,500...and it is limited to 15 qualified traders, so first come first serve!
I was going to write a post about the absurdity of it, but then I decided it was not worth the time.
I entered a long position when price broke through the retracement zone and pulled back to test that level as support. I sold at the previous day's high.
David from The T.A.D. Principle (check out their blog during the week for motivational quotes!) turned me onto a cool site - Memiary.
If you have ever wanted to keep a "diary" or record of events, this is the site for you. It is simple, quick, and easy to use - just enter up to five things you did for the day and in the future you can look back on any given day to see what happened. It is a great way to catalog memories, thoughts, and events. And best of all, it is free! Try it out.
And fans of Family Guy and Wall Street will love this:
Finally, there are a lot of questions in the "comments" section that can be answered by clicking on "WELCOME, LINKS TO KEY POSTS, RESOURCES" at the top of every page. Check it out.
DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY OR SELL SECURITIES; I JUST POST MY THOUGHTS, TRADES, AND OPINIONS. DO YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE - YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR TRADES, INVESTMENTS, AND DECISIONS. ALL CHARTS ARE COURTESY OF REALTICK. ALL TIMES INDICATED ARE NY (EST).
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