Trading Strategies Using Technical Analysis

Which date should the meet be held?

  • February 27th 2011

    Votes: 19 59.4%
  • March 6th 2011

    Votes: 8 25.0%
  • March 13th 2011

    Votes: 5 15.6%

  • Total voters
    32
  • Poll closed .
You may be right but I still dont believe in it 100%.. The chances are high but still what IF statement..

Regards
Raj
No one can be 100% sure about a security or market. Thats where you have SLs but everyone has his own idea of where to put one. For instance I personally wont exit my position in gold even if it went down by say 30-35 % But I might exit at 40%. Someone else may exit if it went down by even 5% down. Its more of a "to each, his own" thing.
 

AW10

Well-Known Member
Hi Raunak SK
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Wish you a nice weekend. By the way : This weekend we have one of the most spectacular and dangerous ski race which exist here in my mountains :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx0i5NSXBUc&feature=related

For those race, you not can use fear, as you some times have a speed of more than 120 km per hour just on skies. And watch the jumps you would have to make. WOW. Just like Nifty today :lol:

DanPickUp
Thanks for sharing the amazing video. For a speed lover like me, that is a dream.
Have fun and enjoy the race.
By the way, is the same piste available for regular sking as well. Maybe you shd ski there on sunday or later.

have great weekend.
 

DanPickUp

Well-Known Member
Thanks for sharing the amazing video. For a speed lover like me, that is a dream.
Have fun and enjoy the race.
By the way, is the same piste available for regular sking as well. Maybe you shd ski there on sunday or later.

have great weekend.
Hi speed lover AW10

The race is live going on now. Go to ""SF ZWEI"" if you have satellite TV.

Incredible picture and they even have a speed of more than 145 km per hour.

You even see live the Matterhorn in the background and Bernhard Russi, the most successful ski racer hero from Switzerland, comments the race.

Take care

Dan

Sorry my Indian friends if I talk here about an event from Europe. If you have the chance to see once in your live some thing like this, go and do it. Happens only once in a year. You surely have events in your country you would recommend to people like me and I am sure, I also would love it. So sorry for my enthusiasms for this sport.
 
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amit_15

Well-Known Member
Hi Raunak,

I am currently overweight on Banks, Auto, and Power in my portfolio. But, I really want to use this opportunity to invest in some other sectors for long term purpose (1 year) such as Pharma, Healthcare, IT, and Energy. The problem I am having is that many stocks in the Pharma and IT sector still haven't declined much to do any value-buying.

Which stocks would you recommend that have reported excellent earnings, low PE, and have declined significantly in the present scenario? If you can point some stocks, I will invest small portions and then re-invest at later intervals once the stocks decline further.

In addition to giving your list, please give me your opinion on the following stocks that I have come up with for investing (other than Banks, Auto, Power..).

AJANTPHARM
CROMPGREAV
EXIDEIND
FORTIS
BGRENERGY
ONGC
SPICEMOBIL
SUPPETRO
APOLLOHOSP
DELTACORP
LICHSGFIN

Thanks.

Amit
 
ONGC FPO likely in third week of March

Hi Raunak,

I am currently overweight on Banks, Auto, and Power in my portfolio. But, I really want to use this opportunity to invest in some other sectors for long term purpose (1 year) such as Pharma, Healthcare, IT, and Energy. The problem I am having is that many stocks in the Pharma and IT sector still haven't declined much to do any value-buying.

Which stocks would you recommend that have reported excellent earnings, low PE, and have declined significantly in the present scenario? If you can point some stocks, I will invest small portions and then re-invest at later intervals once the stocks decline further.

In addition to giving your list, please give me your opinion on the following stocks that I have come up with for investing (other than Banks, Auto, Power..).

AJANTPHARM
CROMPGREAV
EXIDEIND
FORTIS
BGRENERGY
ONGC
SPICEMOBIL
SUPPETRO
APOLLOHOSP
DELTACORP
LICHSGFIN

Thanks.

Amit
 
Rajesh said:
Dear Sk Just to remind you Whenever you have convenient.
Thanks
Rajesh
 

SwingKing

Well-Known Member
Posting something I read couple of years back about Linda Bradford Raaschke.

After spending six years trading on the floor, first at the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange and then at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Linda Bradford Raschke shifted gears and moved to an off-floor office in 1987. After trading her own money for several years, she moved into the money management side of the business in early 1993. Raschke, along with her partner Rick Genett, manage about $25 million.

Raschke calls herself strictly a technical trader. She doesn’t even have a news service in her office. Nonetheless, she says ‘it’s a trader’s responsibility to always be aware of background information. That may be a fundamental situation like shortages or seasonal tendencies or just general items like that. But, what actually makes me pull the trigger and enter a position is strictly technical."

While Raschke has been trading now for roughly 15 years, she still searches out the same type of technical patterns to trade. "I think the markets are the same they've been for the last one hundred years. They are the same in that you are going to have an impulsive move in the direction of the trend and you are going to have pullbacks ... there are still going to be climax patterns and consolidation patterns," she said. "My decision making and the patterns haven't changed one bit,” she added. She studies roughly 20 different markets, but tends to limit her trading to five or six markets at a time. "You get sloppy if you have more than five or six opportunities." Raschke looks for opportunities in both trending markets and those that are moving sideways.

"In trending markets you are finding conditions where an uptrending trade moves from the low to the high. The best buying opportunity will come, if not on the open, then in the first hour," she said. The trade-off for a greater reward in a trading market situation is "that the risk points will be further way .. but you have momentum in your favor and have a greater likelihood for success. "In a choppy (sideways) market you are going to be more conscientious in looking for fake-outs and whipsaws," Rascbke said, adding that one is able to use tighter stops in a sideways market.

Nonetheless, Raschke believes "you can always trade any kind of market-you just have to be clear on your approach.” She trades in several different time frames and lets the particular chart dictate the expected length of the trade. "If a pattem is there on the dailies, it might last anywhere from two to six days," she said as an example. However, "in the longer time frames
(such as weeklies or monthlies) there is a bigger risk and a bigger reward," she added. While some traders utilize specific risk reward ratios, ahead of trade implementation (risk one to gain three is common), Raschke doesn’t like to limit herself to only three on the reward side. "I don't believe in risking one to gain three, because you never know what the market is going to give you ... I've put on a particular trade and low and behold the market starts picking up momentum and I'm going to stay with it as long as I can. I'm not going to get out of it just because I hit my three-threshold level.'' On getting out of losers, Rashke says "it's the trader's responsibility to manage a trade ... when I'm wrong I know it. The market tells you.”

In terms of beginning traders, Raschke notes "if somebody is starting out trading--start out at a short-term time frame to control your risk better." In fact, even in her own trading, "if I'm going through a period that's not as good, I'll tighten up my time frame and build up capital," she said.
As an off-floor trader, Raschke said, "You can’t be as concerned with trade locations. You are going to pay up to get in and out of positions." Now that she has money under management and is trading much larger size "slippage is a problem.” “Liquidity can be a problem. Getting out of bad trades, that's where you can get hung out to dry," she said. For shorter-term trades in "coffee, I wouldn't put on a full position... because if I was wrong it could cost me four points to get out.” On how Raschke feels that she has evolved as a trader, "I would say if anything, I'm more risk averse now and that might be because I’m trading larger size ... when you are young and in your 20s there will be a lot more volatility in your account.” Also, now "I watch myself a little more. In the process of evolving as a trader, you learn to watch yourself more ... a lot of times the mistakes you make in the markets come from reactions and emotions ... when you lose at this game you are beating
yourself," she said.

“The difficult thing for people is that you have so many choices-time frames, different markets, to trade the trend or the countertrend-you can't do it all. You have to sit down and say I'm going to do this one kind of trading. A lot of people initially are trying to do it all," she said. Success in trading requires a lot of concentration, Raschke said. "You can get overwhelmed by the amount of information. I don't even have news in my office. There is so much noise out there-you have to filter out the noise.” Commitment is one of the main ingredients for success in trading, Raschke added. "You have to spend the time doing the necessary homework or preparation and don't let yourself get taken out of the game," she said. She concludes, "you have to have a long term time horizon ... on the floor there are a lot of months you just grind it out and eke it out and then you'll have a few glorious months. You just have to have patience and trust that all the seeds you are planting will eventually bloom."
 

Piuvbn

Active Member
Everyone in life is entitled to an opinion. Hence, I don't know who is right or wrong at the moment. I am also not here to debate where the markets might end up in coming days. Hence whatever opinion I have, it should not be perceived as contention to other's views on the same.

I am not a veteran in the markets and neither have I ever worked for any company in any capacity whatsoever. I might not be as smart as most of the analyst around and might also not be as visionary as most of the guys behind corporate desk. But, I am a highly Educated, hard working professional who knows how to read the Tape and the Annual reports with some accuracy. Hence, if you guys trust what I write, then please pay attention to what I am going to write below.

1. We have not entered a Bear market as of 14th January 10.56 PM

Anyone who is indicating that a Bear market/Bear phase has begun has absolutely no idea about how to interpret technicals and fundamentals. If anyone has this opinion, ask him to show it fundamentally and technically. Unless that's done, stop listening to anyone's opinion. Unfortunately, like some of the analysts, I don't have the ability to predict the future. Hence whatever information I am giving is based on the present.

2. Time to liquidate as markets might fall

Correction has no correlation with market liquidation. This is a myth. Obviously one has to distinguish between correction and bear market and at this stage that conclusion cannot be drawn. Hence, if the conclusion cannot be drawn, then the liquidation aspect of portfolio should not be considered.

3. Inflation is high and Economy is overheating

Can anyone tell me the "Economic progress" of our country during the previous Bull market? Or can anyone tell me the "Economic Progress" of a typical Bull market in any country? Or can anyone tell me how "U.S. Economy progressed" through 1960 - 2000? What were the typical Economic parameters during US Bull run, Asian Bull run and European Bull run? If none of you know this, then you have nothing to fear about what is going on right now. The reason is simple, you are "over thinking" about these parameters just because they are being constantly repeated. The truth is, the current Economic scenario is absolutely "Normal". The current Economic data is completely fine. Just be patient.

At this stage, all I can say is that everyone is being made to think for the short term. Don't be fooled by what is being said. Have conviction in our country, our growth and our people. India is going to grow leaps and bounds in coming decades and make sure to be a part of it. When I entered the stock market, I told myself, that "My growth is equivalent to my countries growth and if my country is going to fail, then I am ready to fail with it. But, I will never ever for a single day doubt the potential of my country in any form. Be it on a correction or after a bearish phase"

As of 11.22 P.m I still stand by it ....

Dream big and be resolute. Such days, such weeks and such months are nothing in front of what lies ahead.

With Respect.

Tc
Simply GREAT...........
 

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