Harvey’s Day Trading Blog
Trades
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We Are Always Learning
I’m often asked about program trading, and whether computers make better traders than people. The theory seems sound. If execution is everything, and if our own psychology is our biggest barrier to success, then why not remove the human element…
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Four Figures In Five Minutes
Just one chart today, because it’s a lovely one: ROKU was up from the off, and presented at least three excellent setups. There was even more in the afternoon for anyone who trades that part of the session. For me,…
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A TRIP Through Some ‘dot-com’ Trades
A couple of nice trades on what we used to call ‘dot com’ stocks back in the day. You know, when the internet was the new hotness and you could buy anything with dot com in the name and make…
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Trades, Tuesday 7th May 2019
Here are a couple of trades from quite a busy day. First up MYL: All standard stuff, with a textbook entry and an exit at a logical place when the momentum dried up. The rapid descent in the price returned…
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Another Tesla Trade
I don’t have time to post today, so no explanations or preaching about how taking the easy middle can make for a comfortable living. Just a quick chart of TSLA: I will say that this was late in the morning…
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Trades — Thursday 2nd May 2019
Since the Easter break I’ve posted a few big winners, so I thought it was time to post a couple of bread and butter trades again, the sort we can expect to find every day. Because let’s face it, two…
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Shorting Tesla (For 5 Minutes)
If you have even a passing interest in a) the stock market and / or b) electric cars, then you probably know how Elon Musk’s Tesla is being shorted like no other stock. Not just by the big players either,…
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Disney’s Double Bottom (That I Didn’t Trade)
Here was a nice little trade on Disney, a stock I don’t watch that often, though I probably should. With speculation and the eventual announcement of their streaming TV service, plus a lot of M&A rumours and news, there’s always…
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Easing Back In After Easter
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted any trades here. As I wrote previously, we’ve had guests staying over the Easter break so I’ve mostly been away from screens, not trading and not posting. It’s good to take…
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A Terrible Trading Error
I mentioned yesterday that I have guests for the next couple of weeks so wont be doing much trading or posting. I did end up with some trading time available on Wednesday though, so although I skipped the pre-market research,…