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Entries for January, 2008

The Terror Threat of 1/31!

Picture courtesy of Digital Fury.
If you think the picture is funny, then you probably remember the idiotic “government” overreaction as being pretty damn humorous, too. Just remember, it wasn’t the “guerilla marketing campaign” that thrust Boston into pandemonium, it was the “official response” that caused the chaos, blocking traffic, flooding news media […]

TRPITS, Part III

TRPITS stands for “Turning a Research Paper Into a Trading System.” This paper by Andrew W. Lo and Pankaj N. Patel, 130/30: The New Long-Only (PDF), was intended to promulgate an index, or grouping of stocks, that is transparent, liquid, and mechanically implemented, in order that it may be used as a benchmark index […]

Making the Political Sausage in Louisiana

No, I’m not talking about Bill Clinton’s appendage, since he never held office in Louisiana, and I’m not talking about Blaze Starr’s “day job” with Earl. I’m talking about the nuts and bolts of politics, which, like sausage, is something that you never look at the same way again once you’ve seen it done.
Since […]

Know Your Leverage, Know Yourself

Two of the defining characteristics of day-trading index futures vs. day-trading the index ETFs are the ability to trade frequently and the ability to use massive amounts of leverage. I’ll examine the second point, first, and the first point, second.
Know Your Leverage
The ES is the CME’s E-mini S&P 500 contract. This is a […]

TRPITS, Part II

TRPITS stands for “Turning a Research Paper Into a Trading System.” This paper by Andrew W. Lo and Pankaj N. Patel, 130/30: The New Long-Only (PDF), was intended to promulgate an index, or grouping of stocks, that is transparent, liquid, and mechanically implemented, in order that it may be used as a benchmark index […]