A Systematic Trader's Journal

Hi all, The article below is a short introduction to Robert Prechter's work. In my opinion, he is one of those passionate market people that you cannot come across for years. His work has really been useful to my trading for the past decade, and I urge you to take a good look at their freebies, either events held annually or distributed as ebooks. Have a good read below.. February 4, 2009 This article is part of a syndicated series about deflation from market analyst Robert Prechter, the world’s foremost expert on and proponent of the deflationary scenario. For more on deflation and how you can survive it, download Prechter’s FREE 60-page Deflation Survival eBook , part of Prechter’s NEW Deflation Survival Guide. The following article was adapted from Robert Prechter’s NEW Deflation Survival eBook , a 60-page compilation of Prechter’s most important teachings and warnings about deflation. By Robert Prechter, CMT Myth 1: “War Will Bail Out the Economy” Many people argue that war wil...

Hi all, Wishing everyone a happy lunar 2009, and may you prosper in the year of the Ox. In the first place, I would like to thank many readers here who have shown their care and concern by sending me greeting messages and emails over the past 2 months. I am greatly encouraged by the support I am receiving from readers here, and you are all wonderful people. So what really happened to me lately? I was really procrastinating initially as to whether this should be posted, but I just thought, what the heck, let's all be very honest with each other. In October 2008, the hedge fund that I was working for, got wound up, and so, in October and November, I felt a little lost and worried because of the job loss. So I started hunting around for another trading job, and probably as expected by many, this was a bad time. I realized that the financial sector, in general, is going through a challenging time. So what's my plans? So in November, I believe I finally calmed down and gave it some ...