A Systematic Trader's Journal

Hi all, As seen on the site, Barack Obama is now the America's new elected President. The facts and figures of this election could be seen on the page.  So what could be expecting next for the economy? Here are views from a few news articles that I had came by over the week. Day after election  and Bulls, Bear, Donkeys and Elephants A small titbit to mark today, as the market rallied the past few days, and the election is just over, the above is an illustration of the current yields at the present moment. Lastly, the video below is an interesting scene captured today from CNN, where they are the first to implement Hologram TV, seems like the technology for media and telecommunications have made another big step ahead, even though we had seen this 20 years back from Star Wars. I wonder what other media enhancements we may witness in time to come. Enjoy...

Continuing from my previous blog, how did I fair in the market as a trader today, after the market has adopted to the tight spreads and no commission trading environment? I made money, that is my humble answer. Is it a lot? Is it that simple? Some may ask, but the answer is no. It was never easy. Simply, what is the difference between trading on the current environment versus an environment that requires you to make back wide spreads and huge commissions from the market? Well, in my opinion, the difference is just that other than being able to allow you to exit at a price that could end you up with lesser losses, if not it will end you up with a small profit. But if you relook at it again, do you think the market has also became less trendy over the years? If time allow, it would be excellent if you could take a close look at the Average Daily Range data on some of your favourite currency pair that you trade on frequently. You will discover that right after when trading became more e...