Market View; World Stock Indexes & Trading Journal - page 7
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The way we trade have emotional implications, such as how our emotions impact our decisions.
To succeed in the financial markets there are rules that must not be disregarded. Emotional problems such as depression, anxiety and relationship conflicts, substantially interfere with our concentration and ability to deal the normal ups and downs of markets.
Additive patterns can be extremely harmful to the trader. Many trade of need and impulse, without being identified a real opportunity.
In case you are dealing more with your own problems than the markets, the best deal you can do is invest in your emotional well being, getting the right help.
The S & P 500 index is losing strength and has ended the string of five weeks of gains, with the idea that the Fed will raise interest rates sooner than expected.
The rise in retail sales was in line with the predictions of many economists.
The consumer sentiment index rose to 84.6 in September from 82.5 in the previous month.
The central bank, which meets on September 16-17, informed that the reference rates will remain low for a considerable time.
The S&P 500 closed at historical maximum in September 05, after a rally of five consecutive weeks, the longest streak of gains of the year. The index did not show a single sequence of four days of losses in all 2014, and the last time it fell more than 10 percent was three years ago.
Major industries in the S&P 500 fell today. Oil prices dropped on concern that global oil demand is slowing.
Investors await the disclosure of relevant macroeconomic data on Wednesday (17th September). The perspective of interest rates, to be announced by 19:00h will be crucial to further developments.
The markets are still suffering the effects from the decline in industrial production, and are aligned with the information disclosed through the financial media from last week.
It is speculated that the economy has made the necessary recovery to justify the increase in interest rates.
I am not convinced that the stock market has ended it’s correction, believing that it will keep falling until the the disclosure of relevant key data that may justify the rise to new highs.
The month of September showed us two very different weeks in the European markets, the first was a continuation of the “bullish” sentiment that began after the inversion from August 8th and the second week revealed a corrective movement that followed the strong rally.
As mentioned in the previous publication, and shown by the prices from recent sessions, the correction had not yet reached significant levels to justify any return to the rising of prices. However we may not say that this retraction will be largely expressed, therefore we can easily foresee a new attempt for the market to reach new highs, specially if we have in mind the incredible behavior of the “Locomotive” S&P 500.
Happy trading. :-)
With the aim of boosting the demand for credit and economic growth, the People’s Bank of China will inject liquidity into the financial system. The latest economic data have raised concerns about the growth of the world’s second largest economy.
The central bank of China joined the European counterpart in the decision to inject liquidity to combat weak economic growth, which highlights the divergence of policies among the largest economies in the world, to the extent that the United States is, on the contrary, reducing stimulus.
Chinese government has mentioned an injection of 500 billion yuan (about € 62.7 billion) in the five largest banks in the country.
Discipline – The key to profit from your advantage
The primary goal of the aspiring trader who initiates the first steps in the financial markets, should be to establish a trading strategy whose performance is consistently good.
The ability to create, maintain and improve this strategy, which in turn, will allow us to develop a career in this field, is directly related to consistency. Consistency in performance comes from the control and effectiveness of decision making in times of extreme pressure and emotion in the markets, nowadays very frequent, given the macro economic divergences we currently face.
Find your Edge: The Secret to profitable trading
One of the main characteristics of a neo-trader, who performs consistently good, is the ability to participate in the market when he identifies an Edge, and carefully selects high probability winning opportunities.
It is a priority then, to dedicate time and effort in developing our own Edge. We should then, provide prolonged observation and interaction with markets, in order to identify the techniques, approaches, types of trade, phases of the day, levels of relevant price and most importantly, market behavior that we strongly believe will provide the opportunity for regular and frequent profit, with quantifiable and limited risk.
Knowledge and involvement: Preservation Of Capital
Even if you have identified your “Edge”, one shouldn’t forget is competing in the global financial markets against other participants which can move the markets significantly (Ex: Central Banks, Primary Dealers, hedge funds, pension funds).
Commonly, inexperienced traders adopt an aggressive stance, attracted by the “potential” reward such behavior allegedly provides. In these cases, remaining out of the market, or if you have the knowledge, aligning with these larger “entities” rather than challenging them, will improve the chances of achieving a truly exceptional consistency, which will then increase your talent in the effective implementation of your “trading tools”. It is also recommended to be very cautious with extreme volatility. A “neo-trader” who is trading on the basis of his identified “Edge” has his chances drastically reduced in times of high volatility.
The relevance of Discipline and Self-Control
The essence of the success of this highly effective approach to maximize your “Edge” is the individual discipline in the face of apparently high profit opportunities. Only the repeated practice of self regulated discipline can reduce the tendency to act on impulse. For those who are not prepared to solve this problem, this tendency will never disappear and consistency will remain unreachable. So for the vast majority who were not born with the gift of self control, a powerful technique is to written record in the form of a daily trading plan which clearly define the goals and objectives. A disciplined routine analysis before the markets open, and the structuring of the trading day, are essential to avoid the temptation to trade on impulse. We intend to develop the instincts of profitable trading, that must be present during the selected trading period, so, with advance planning, we eliminate the need to decide on the spur of the moment, and this will previously allow us to know how, when and why shall we place a trade.
Here's a list of my favorite stocks from NYSE:
THE BOEING COMPANY
CATERPILLAR INC.
CHEVRON CORPORATION
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
THE HOME DEPOT, INC.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
MCDONALD’S CORP.
3M COMPANY
MERCK & CO. INC.
NIKE, INC.
PFIZER INC.
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
AT&T, INC.
THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
VISA INC.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
WAL-MART STORES INC.
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION