* Finding Strengths Among the Intelligences - I recently posted on the topic of assessing your personal strengths and using these to enhance trading. Finding a market to trade and a trading methodology that draws on your strengths are important elements in finding a trading niche. Here's a different approach to strengths that draws upon the research on multiple intelligences: the questionnaire and scoring are anonymous and free of charge. My top three strengths were logic/math; self (having good sense of self, liking to spend time by myself); and social (learning from others, using social skills and intelligence). Makes sense that I'm a trading psychologist who studies and trades historical patterns! I strongly suspect that many traders do not succeed simply because they fail to find a niche that makes maximum use of their strengths.
* Acorns of Trading Insight - Charles Kirk finds more than a few in his links, including a comparison between the Shanghai index and the runup in the NASDAQ in 2000. See also the interesting perspective on why dividends matter.
* More Fine Links - Trader Mike updates his links, including a view of the damage done by the credit crunch. Abnormal Returns offers more great ideas, including a look at the yield curve and its forecasting of recessions.
* Risk/Reward - The market's current risk/reward characteristics are looking pretty good to Henry Carstens.
* All About Energy - Interesting information on the American Petroleum Institute site, including industry statistics, such as where U.S. oil is coming from. See also this video site devoted to energy policy.
* Squeeze Plays - StockPickr tracks 10 short squeeze candidates with high short ratios and reasonable P/E and PEG ratios.
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Brett
I find great logic in what you advocate about discovering your strength or Intelligence or niche to be successful.
I have been reading R Peterson's book: Inside the Investor's Brain (Wiley Trading), and one of the positive emotions he points out is to adopt a simpler process of information retrieval to become a better trader.
In other words, one could read widely but be able to filter what is relevant or irrelevant to consider fewer dimensions.
In a word, one must be able to find a niche or FOCUS.
My thinking.
Hi AnaTrader,
Great point; I think that's a very important idea: the ability to process information rapidly and effectively is so key to trading.
Brett
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