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Traders & Investors Club Meeting - 15th July 2008
The Right Indicator For The Job
Is the market in a trend or is it in a trading range? The answer to this question is very important as it will determine which indicator(s) you should be considering for inclusion in your trading strategy. The market trades sideways 75% of the time. How does a trend-following strategy perform in such a market? Experience tells us that the outcome is generally not a happy one. How can we tell if the market conditions have changed? One of the most widely-used trend identification indicators is simply not up to the job. How can we adapt our indicators to deal with changing market conditions?
Kevin Barry of the Traders & Investors Club will be discussing how we can objectively determine the prevailing market conditions and suggest how we can adapt our trading strategy accordingly.
Buy! Buy! Buy!.....Sell! Sell! Sell!
How do you know if you've found that elusive needle-in-the-haystack??? Building upon Kevin’s insights on technical analysis, Bob Bleczinski of the Traders & Investors Club will lead an interactive exercise analysing specific trading opportunities. We will form break-out groups in order to study specific stocks on our watchlist and brainstorm observations around the dominant trend, potential long and short trading opportunities and discuss where to place trade entries, exits, and stops. Regrouping at the end of the exercise, each group’s spokesperson will debrief us on their findings.
Trading is largely an art. By observing how your fellow traders interpret the charts, you will be empowered to see the market from a different angle. And we need your input too!
Meet The Market Wizards
This is the first of a ten-part series that will be presented exclusively at the Traders & Investors Club during which Simon Dixon of Benedix will be unravelling the strategies and trading/investing styles of top institutional fund managers.
This month, Simon will discuss George Soros’s hedge fund trading style known as Global Macro. Simon will begin with an overview of the hedge fund management industry and reveal what the major players actually do. You will learn what Global Macro fund management is and what the Global Macro markets are. We will also uncover the relationships between the Global Macro markets and become acquainted with Simon’s own Global Macro trading strategy.
Finding The Trade And Pulling The Trigger
Susan Marmor is one of our most experienced private traders whose specialities include intraday scalping and corporate bond strategies.
This evening, Susan will be demonstrating how she identifies her longer-term trading opportunities and times her entries and exits with the help of technical analysis. Susan regularly outperforms the market with both her short-term and long-term portfolios. This is a great opportunity to get an insight into how she does it.
Market Roundup And Open Forum
In order to be a successful trader in the modern world, you must be aware of how the price of wheat or an after dinner speech by Ben Bernanke will affect your stock and property portfolios. Kevin Barry will present a brief summary of the recent global market action and throw the floor open to the audience for their take on the current trading environment.
Our Month In The Market
Members are encouraged to share their successful, or just as importantly, not so successful, trades with the Club. Have you discovered a strategy that works for you or would you like to learn how other traders have become successful? Bring your trades along and perhaps get a different perspective on how to best manage them.