by Tom Alexander | Dec 27, 2012 | Public Post, Trader Education
I’m sitting in front of my trading screens for the first time in a few days. I have always warned clients to be really careful about trading this time of year because of low volume and because of the end …
by Tom Alexander | Dec 22, 2012 | Market Profile, Public Post, Trader Education
Most market activity is “noise”. This is a necessary function of the trade facilitation process of an auction market. The “filter” is the larger degree of development in which the noise is occurring. From a trader’s perspective the...
by Tom Alexander | Nov 12, 2012 | Market Profile, Public Post, Trader Education
As I write this just after 9:00 PM, EST, the stock indices are selling off and are trading below their respective day session lows. The ES needs to trade and stay above 1382 to signal any chance of a bounce...
by Tom Alexander | Jul 11, 2012 | Public Post, Trader Education
I have been trading, in front of a screen, for twenty-eight years. I always emphasize “in front of a screen” because it is a totally different animal than floor trading. Some of the mistake traders commonly make are concepts that...
