links for 2008-05-17
Saturday, May 17th, 2008-
seems like a great guy to have to work with
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Archive for May, 2008
First two months of The Damn Thing v2.0
Friday, May 16th, 2008The automated trading system has been running, without error, for two months now (starting on March 17). The month of May has been pretty choppy. We had a really good day today (+9.5R), but we are still only up 3.86R this month.
Here is a chart of the last two months:
It is interesting to see how the % and totalR are very in tune with each other at first, but they start to separate as we slowly increase the risk per trade.
We’re up 32.02 R, with an expectancy of 0.16R per trade and a win rate of 34.18%
21 stocks closed at all-time lows
Friday, May 16th, 2008“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil
| Symbol | Price | Volume | Avg. Volume | % Vol. Increase | |
| QMED | 11.23,10,9,8.14,8.69,9.3,8.69,8.98,8.4,7.4,8,8.5,7.17,10,9,8.9,9,8.86,7.11,8,4 | 0.04 | 4440999 | 150262 | %2855.50 |
| BE | 196,186,171,180,188,191,185,185,185,192,187,189,189,181,176,172,186,161,163,155,154 | 1.54 | 3056287 | 1736860 | %75.96 |
| SLRY | 492,491,516,532,533,581,577.2,599,636,645,631,588,599,596,585,571,550,577,561,622,408 | 4.08 | 2833257 | 132301 | %2041.52 |
| GSAT | 352,344,331,330,347,331,339,339,324,333,325,323,323,319,330,323,326,320,311,309,292 | 2.92 | 1356116 | 537907 | %152.10 |
| PRZ | 6.1,5.01,5.5,5.5,5.02,5,5,5.5,5.8,5.26,5.28,5.86,5.79,5.38,4.96,4.9,3,2.44,1.94,2,1.97 | 0.0197 | 1074016 | 417706 | %157.12 |
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173 stocks closed at all-time highs
Friday, May 16th, 2008“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil
| Symbol | Price | Volume | Avg. Volume | % Vol. Increase | |
| XLE | 8233,8359,8454,8458,8392,8172,8288,8302,8115,8175,7996,8147,8265,8484,8326,8493,8477,8430,8568,8470,8582 | 85.82 | 28653452 | 23556700 | %21.63 |
| COP | 8389,8434,8489,8448,8289,8357,8444,8545,8615,8664,8688,8718,8874,8791,8945,8871,8859,8862,8854,8931,9198 | 91.98 | 16706518 | 11663000 | %43.24 |
| CVX | 9318,9270,9403,9448,9240,9269,9250,9474,9615,9494,9532,9562,9687,9528,9744,9739,9736,9773,9772,9849,10038 | 100.38 | 16278195 | 11689800 | %39.25 |
| PBR | 12549,12549,12882,12763,12618,12205,12333,12276,11679,12142,12195,12442,12654,13029,12675,6378,6460,6570,6735,6627,6827 | 68.27 | 13326001 | 18386300 | %-27.52 |
| EWZ | 8776.99,8942,8920.9,8865,8639,8760,8713,8393,9032,9182,9340,9385,9440,9141.8,9240,9288,9471,9502,9425,9682.8,9954.5 | 99.545 | 12163262 | 14241900 | %-14.59 |
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Provigil: The best cognitive enhancement drug for day traders and startup founders
Friday, May 16th, 2008
I am seriously considering taking Provigil after reading this article.
I picked up a book about quantum physics and super-string theory I have been meaning to read for ages, for a column I’m thinking of writing. It had been hanging over me, daring me to read it. Five hours later, I realised I had hit the last page. I looked up. It was getting dark outside. I was hungry. I hadn’t noticed anything, except the words I was reading, and they came in cool, clear passages; I didn’t stop or stumble once.
Perplexed, I got up, made a sandwich – and I was overcome with the urge to write an article that had been kicking around my subconscious for months. It rushed out of me in a few hours, and it was better than usual. My mood wasn’t any different; I wasn’t high. My heart wasn’t beating any faster. I was just able to glide into a state of concentration – deep, cool, effortless concentration. It was like I had opened a window in my brain and all the stuffy air had seeped out, to be replaced by a calm breeze.
The age of cosmetic neurology is coming.
From wikipedia, here are the known side-effects:
* Common
o Headache (34% vs 23%)
o Nausea (11% vs 3%)
* Uncommon
o Nervousness (7% vs 3%)
o Insomnia (5% vs 1%)
o Anxiety (5% vs 1%)
o Anorexia (4% vs 1%)
o Dry mouth (4% vs 2%)
* Rare
o Chest pain (3% vs 1%)
o Hypertension (3% vs 1%)
o Tachycardia (2% vs 1%)
o Vasodilation (2% vs 0%)
o Dizziness (5% vs 4%)
o Paresthesia (2% vs 0%)
o Pharyngitis (4% vs 2%)
Even if you don’t use it regularly, it seems like it would be a good idea to have some on hand in case of an emergency.
links for 2008-05-16
Friday, May 16th, 2008BBC-Horizon: The Six Billion Dollar Experiment
Friday, May 16th, 2008These BBC podcasts are cool:
Human v2.0
Thursday, May 15th, 200820 stocks closed at all-time lows
Thursday, May 15th, 2008“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil
| Symbol | Price | Volume | Avg. Volume | % Vol. Increase | |
| BE | 178,196,186,171,180,188,191,185,185,185,192,187,189,189,181,176,172,186,161,163,155 | 1.55 | 2112804 | 1734050 | %21.84 |
| PRZ | 6.25,6.1,5.01,5.5,5.5,5.02,5,5,5.5,5.8,5.26,5.28,5.86,5.79,5.38,4.96,4.9,3,2.44,1.94,2 | 0.02 | 1311941 | 396980 | %230.48 |
| USS | 1090,1095,1098.99,1127.25,1116.99,1097,1125,1155,1178,1168.99,1147,1196,1248,1275,1305,1314,1305,1295,1173,820,702 | 7.02 | 905806 | 131762 | %587.45 |
| ROX | 98,86,85,85,84.48,82,88,85,94,94,95,98,100,99,97,86,77,80,79,68,64 | 0.64 | 747618 | 41255 | %1712.18 |
| TKO | 62.85,62,63,62,63,61,62,63,62,61,60,58.02,52.1,47,50,48,52.98,47.99,45,47,44 | 0.44 | 357600 | 171580 | %108.41 |
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111 stocks closed at all-time highs
Thursday, May 15th, 2008“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil
| Symbol | Price | Volume | Avg. Volume | % Vol. Increase | |
| BTU | 6659,6667,6883,6856,6580,6240,6401,6385,6050,6113,6046,6240,6381,6581,6531,6921,6860,6880,7320,7102,7659 | 76.59 | 14150462 | 6213860 | %127.72 |
| CVX | 9199,9318,9270,9403,9448,9240,9269,9250,9474,9615,9494,9532,9562,9687,9528,9744,9739,9736,9773,9772,9849 | 98.49 | 13434446 | 11628300 | %15.53 |
| CVS | 4042,4058,4012,3988,4064,4075,4093,4103,4127,4037,4079,4043,4181,4151,4153,4152,4134,4119,4113,4219,4319 | 43.19 | 13058070 | 8937040 | %46.11 |
| XLB | 4422,4400,4424,4435,4400,4331,4268,4390,4365,4221,4231,4201,4244,4340,4375,4326,4400,4345,4434,4459,4484 | 44.84 | 10426240 | 14295200 | %-27.06 |
| EWZ | 8778.99,8776.99,8942,8920.9,8865,8639,8760,8713,8393,9032,9182,9340,9385,9440,9141.8,9240,9288,9471,9502,9425,9682.8 | 96.828 | 10368643 | 14367500 | %-27.83 |
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