Full Speed Ahead: Why Successful Trading Isn't About the Future

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Traders are always looking forward. That’s a given. The trading world is about going full speed ahead, finding the next trade and trying to not think about anything that didn’t pan out.
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4 Lessons I Learned About Options (So You Don't Have To)

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When it comes to trading and investing in the markets, I think most people would accept that there’s a natural order to the learning process. Most people start with stocks. In many cases, the first trades are in smaller-cap stocks. Then, as they start to get a handle on their objectives and how the markets work, they might consider other vehicles. Index trackers like the QQQs and DIAs and SPYs are one logical step. Options usually come second, and then things like futures/commodities if traders’ educational thrust takes them down that path.
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Swing Traders Take Notice: Relying on the Right Options Tool is the Secret to Success

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The first few years that I traded stocks, I made decent money. I wasn’t playing with a lot of money, but on a percentage basis, I beat the market every year. For a long time I really didn’t spend much time analyzing my returns because I knew that I was beating the market, and what else can you ask for?
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International Active Traders Bank on Tradesight.com to Trade U.S. Markets

Phoenix, Arizona April 7, 2004--Tradesight.com, an international online stock analysis and market education website, has earned the respect and praise of many international active traders - including a large group from Israel.
"We have subscribers from all over the world," says Chris Mercer, lead analyst for Tradesight.com. "But to have DayTrade.co.il refer their students to us is an incredible honor and one we take seriously."
Tradesight.com's twice-daily intelligence reports talk about real trades, real successes and failures, and how to use market indicators effectively. Subscribers find the whole package incredibly helpful, from beginning to advanced traders. Tradesight subscribers come from countries as far-reaching as Israel, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, and Canada.
"As a subscriber of Tradesight.com for some time myself, it only made sense for me to recommend it to my students," says Meir Barak, owner and instructor for DayTrade.co.il, located in Caesarea, Israel. "Tradesight.com doesn't dance around tough questions or add a lot of fluff, they just get right to the trading picks and educational material. More importantly, we've found the success rate of Tradesight.com plays is higher than 80% and we've proven it to our students time and again. Our goal is for our students to make money and learn to do it correctly in any market. Tradesight.com is our tool of choice," added Barak.
About Tradesight.com. Tradesight.com was founded in 2002. The site offers information and education about the U. S. stock markets and individual securities and is designed for active investors and traders. While the newsletter/intelligence report is primarily intended for swing traders and for general market directional guidance, there are trading ideas for day traders and small cap players as well. Tradesight's stock market analysis is 100% independent of all brokerage houses and comes from 85% technical analysis and 15% fundamental analysis. Chris Mercer is a guest analyst in the Firetraders.com Internet Radio Chat room five days a week and is a guest column writer for various stock market industry publications. He has been seen on Alexander Haig's World Business Review and featured in several U.S. papers. For more information visit www.tradesight.com or call 480-857-8637.


Tradesight.com Reports Women Hedge Over Men in Swing and Day Trading

Phoenix, Arizona May 27, 2003--Tradesight LLC, an international, on-line stock analysis service has taken distinct notice that when it comes to swing and day trading - women have definitely cornered the market!
In a largely male dominated industry, it is interesting to see the significant number of women entering into day and swing trading - an aggressive form of investing. In fact, since 2000 the number of women traders continues to rise, and they seem to be gaining the upper hand when it comes to making money. Why?
"I think much of their success has to do with their ability to control their egos - especially during this difficult market," says Chris Mercer, Stock Analyst and owner of Tradesight.com. "Sure, trading requires consistency, hard work, and technical skill, but - bottom line, traders that do well must remain unemotional. The women that I've seen trading tend to have a more abstract quality."
Mercer has found that Tradesight's female subscribers, in general, are able to avoid having strong opinions about any one stock, which helps them remain more focused and consistent in their strategies. They are more apt to ask questions and admit when they make a mistake. They know when to get in, when to cut their losses, and when to call it a day. Mercer and others agree that women are much better at keeping egos and emotions in check.
Many of Tradesight's women subscribers are stay-at-home moms who have an interest in the market. Some have financial backgrounds, a few are professional, advanced traders, while others are new to trading and the market. Subscribers to Tradesight.com have proven you don't have to have years of experience to make money as a swing or day trader, but having self-discipline and a bit of humility is paramount. "I'm watching a couple of our stay-at-home moms that are new traders and they're doing phenomenal," adds Mercer. "I'm so pleased to be advising them and I am immensely proud of their success."
About Tradesight.com. Tradesight.com was founded in 2002. The site offers information and education about the U. S. stock markets and individual securities and is designed for active investors and traders. While the newsletter is primarily intended for swing traders and general market directional guidance, there are trading ideas for day traders and small cap players as well. Tradesight's stock market analysis is 100% independent of all brokerage houses and comes from 80% technical analysis and 20% fundamental analysis. Chris Mercer is a guest analyst in the Firetraders Internet Radio Chat room five days a week and is a guest column writer for various stock market industry publications. For more information visit www.tradesight.com or call 480-857-8637.


Tradesight.com's Direct Style Has Subscribers Hooked - Over 75% Sign up for Small Cap Report

Phoenix, Arizona August 4, 2003--Tradesight.com, an international, on-line stock analysis service launched their small cap on-line newsletter last month to an eager and waiting audience. In less than 30 days over 75% of their current subscribers had already signed on!
"The incredible response we've had from the small cap newsletter confirms our suspicions that traders are hungry for quality information that's delivered without the fluff," says Chris Mercer, Stock Analyst and owner of Tradesight.com. "What we give them is the straight skinny about stock picks, what's happening in the market, and why. It's daily education without a lot of flowery messages or hype."
His no-bones-about-it style has become so popular with traders, he has been asked to teach an on-line seminar about his philosophy of trading. The seminar's title is 'Brute Force Trading with Clean Charts.' "Let's face it, trading is not for everyone," continues Mercer. "However, I see people making it much harder than necessary. 'Brute Force' was written for traders who want to clean it up for a positive trading experience." 'Brute Force Trading with Clean Charts' will be held on Saturday, August 16th, 2003, 7:00am PST at www.firetraders.com. Firetraders, an industry leader, will deliver the seminar using the latest browser technology for a clear, on-line audio and video presentation. Advance registration is required. "These on-line seminars are great," says Mercer. "People from around the world log in to listen. Geographic location is no longer an obstacle to giving people top-quality educational experiences."
In spite of a down market, Tradesight.com still has some impressive numbers. As of June 30, 2003, the site had locked in 64.80 points in official swing trading gains in the trailing twelve months. Almost half of their daytrading ideas that triggered in the same period ran for $0.50 or more intraday.
About Tradesight.com. Tradesight.com was founded in 2002. The site offers information and education about the U. S. stock markets and individual securities and is designed for active investors and traders. While the newsletter is primarily intended for swing traders and general market directional guidance, there are trading ideas for day traders and small cap players as well. Tradesight's stock market analysis is 100% independent of all brokerage houses and comes from 80% technical analysis and 20% fundamental analysis. Chris Mercer is a guest analyst in the Firetraders Internet Radio Chat Room five days a week and is a guest column writer for various stock market industry publications. For more information visit www.tradesight.com or call 480-857-8637.


World Business Review with Alexander Haig

World Business Review with Alexander Haig recently featured Tradesight.com Lead Analyst Chris Mercer.
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Forex Special Weekend Report Topic Log

10/10/2010 - The Final Tradesight Forex Educational Report and the Launch of Tradesight 4.0
10/03/2010 - September Forex Results
09/26/2010 - Daily Chart Breakouts
09/19/2010 - Competing Timeframes
09/12/2010 - CFTC 50:1 Ruling and It's Implications
09/05/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/29/2010 - iPads and More
08/22/2010 - Trade Walkthrough Series Part 2
08/15/2010 - Trade Walkthrough Series Part 1
08/08/2010 - Dull Market Trading Example
08/01/2010 - New FX Levels Tool, ADR Historic Tracking, and R3 and S3
07/25/2010 - A Discussion of Trade Robots
07/18/2010 - No Report, Weekend Educational Event in San Antonio
07/11/2010 - The Importance (Again) of Ranges
07/04/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/27/2010 - FOREX Volume - Summer is Here
06/20/2010 - Intro to Futures
06/13/2010 - Using Different Tools in Different Ways
06/06/2010 - Current State of the Dollar Index
05/30/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
05/23/2010 - Money Supply Discussion (Part 2 of 2)
05/16/2010 - Unemployment Discussion (Part 1 of 2)
05/09/2010 - Trading is About Probabilities
05/02/2010 - Additional Seeker/Comber Discussion
04/25/2010 - Tradesight Tools New Sound Alerts
04/18/2010 - Forex Ramblings
04/11/2010 - Guaranteed Stops in Forex
04/04/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
03/28/2010 - Post-Healthcare and the Market
03/21/2010 - No Report (Personal Vacation)
03/14/2010 - Average Daily Range Discussion
03/07/2010 - Two Key Examples with the Seeker Tool
02/28/2010 - Comparing Three Trading Styles
02/21/2010 - Short Term Analysis of the US Dollar Based on Higher Rates (post-Fed raising Discount Rate)
02/14/2010 - No report for Holiday weekend
02/07/2010 - Current State of the US Dollar
01/31/2010 - Thoughts on the New CFTC 10:1 Proposal
01/24/2010 - Technology Update (Trading Computers)
01/17/2010 - No report for Holiday weeked
01/10/2010 - Some Uses of the Seeker Tool
01/03/2010 - 2009 End of Year Recap
12/27/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
12/20/2009 - Overview of a Profitable Trading System
12/13/2009 - Back Side of the Wedge
12/06/2009 - Why Trading Less is More
11/29/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
11/22/2009 - Current State of the US Dollar and Forex Pairs
11/15/2009 - Find the Trade, Not the Pair
11/08/2009 - Not Reacting to Sunday Gaps
11/01/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
10/25/2009 - Tradesight Comber Review
10/18/2009 - Current State of the US Dollar
10/11/2009 - Putting in Early Orders
10/04/2009 - Introduction to Tradesight Seeker and Comber Tools for FX
09/27/2009 - Rich's Intro to Tradesight Comber Tool
09/20/2009 - Trade Entry Parameters
09/13/2009 - Seeker Counts and the Charts Going Forward
09/06/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/30/2009 - Current US Dollar Index Setup
08/23/2009 - Summer Term Review 5: Stop Adjusting
08/16/2009 - Summer Term Review 4: Minimum Risk with Spreads
08/09/2009 - Summer Term Review 3: Staggering
08/02/2009 - Summer Term Review 2: Fading
07/26/2009 - Summer Term Review 1: Setting the Level
07/19/2009 - Current US Dollar Index Setup
07/12/2009 - Intro to Timeframes and the Tradesight Seeker Tool in FX
07/05/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/28/2009 - Mid-Year All-Market Update
06/21/2009 - An Update on Forex Broker Execution
06/14/2009 - First Glimpse of the Tradesight Gann Tool
06/07/2009 - Classic 9-Bar Move Against an ADR
05/31/2009 - Fading Key Levels in the Summer
05/24/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
05/17/2009 - Three Key Terms and What They Mean
05/10/2009 - Other Reasons to Watch the Value Area
05/03/2009 - The Current State of the Market
04/26/2009 - Advanced Look at Tradesight Seeker Tool
04/19/2009 - The Psychology of Trading and Stops
04/12/2009 - No Report For Holiday Weekend
04/05/2009 - Tradesight FOREX Average Daily Range Tool
03/29/2009 - Technology Report
03/22/2009 - A Week of Risk/Reward Recaps
03/15/2009 - First Target Risk/Rewards
03/08/2009 - The Impact of Daylight Savings Time
02/29/2009 - The Pivot
02/22/2009 - EUR/USD Session Walk-Through
02/15/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
02/08/2009 - Federal Stimulus Bill
02/01/2009 - Website Moved Over Weekend - No Report
01/25/2009 - Tradesight Archives vs 6-Hour Course
01/18/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
01/11/2009 - The Importance of Spreads
01/04/2009 - 2008 Year in Review
12/28/2008 - No Report for Christmas Holiday
12/21/2008 - End of Year Trading Tools Advice
12/14/2008 - 9-bar Counts on 15-minute US Dollar Index
12/07/2008 - The Current State of the Dollar Index and the Market
11/30/2008 - No Report for Thanksgiving
11/23/2008 - The Importance of the US Dollar Index
11/16/2008 - Gaps in Forex
11/09/2008 - Signs of Life
11/02/2008 - Election 2008 Report
10/26/2008 - A Reminder of What We Do
10/19/2008 - Spreads in the Bank Crisis
10/12/2008 - No Report for Veteran's Day
10/05/2008 - Follow Up On "Going Full Size"
09/28/2008 - When To Increase Size
09/21/2008 - The Federal Bailout Package
09/14/2008 - Margin Leverage in Forex
09/07/2008 - Sitting Out
08/31/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/24/2008 - Current State of the US Dollar
08/17/2008 - Current Comparison of ECN versus Deal Desk Platforms
08/10/2008 - Why Don't We Call More Trades
08/03/2008 - The Big Three Economic Numbers Each Month
07/27/2008 - More room on Cross Pairs
07/20/2008 - Technology Leaps, Non-Market-Related
07/13/2008 - Value Area Follow-Up
07/06/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/29/2008 - Setting Expectations and Adjusting Size
06/22/2008 - Adapting to Slow Markets
06/15/2008 - End of Week Bank Moves
06/08/2008 - Taking a Retest of a Trigger
06/01/2008 - Using Common Sense in Combining Strategies
05/25/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
05/18/2008 - Analysis of US Dollar Index and the Ten Pairs
05/11/2008 - Dull Markets
05/04/2008 - Trade Size
04/27/2008 - Tradesight Messenger 2.0 Launch
04/20/2008 - Consolidation Patterns
04/13/2008 - Why I Love This
04/06/2008 - Tri-Star Levels
03/30/2008 - Status Update on US Dollar
03/23/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
03/16/2008 - Fading Key Levels Early
03/09/2008 - Demark Counts on the 15-minute
03/02/2008 - End of Week Bank Moves
02/24/2008 - Appropriate Triggers Based on Time Zones
02/17/2008 - President's Day Weekend (no report)
02/10/2008 - Trailing Stops Redux
02/03/2008 - Dual- and Tri-Star Levels
01/27/2008 - Current State of the Forex Markets
01/20/2008 - Martin Luther King Weekend (no report)
01/13/2008 - Daily Expectations
01/06/2008 - Why Average Daily Range Matters
12/30/2007 - 2007 End of Year Recap
12/23/2007 - Christmas Weekend (no report)
12/16/2007 - When To Trade Full Size
12/09/2007 - Current State of the US Dollar Index
12/02/2007 - Personal Comments About Working With EFX
11/25/2007 - Thanksgiving Holiday (no report)
11/18/2007 - Omega Part 4 -
11/11/2007 - My Strategy
11/04/2007 - Omega Part 3 - The New EFX Website
10/28/2007 - Omega Part 2 - The Quote Board and One-Click Trade Management
10/21/2007 - The NFA
10/14/2007 - Omega Part 1
10/07/2007 - TDFX, MBTF, and EFX
09/30/2007 - Key Point in the US Dollar Index
09/23/2007 - Trailing Stops
09/16/2007 - Waiting for a Candle to Close
09/09/2007 - Current Position of the US Dollar Index
09/02/2007 - Labor Day (no report)
08/26/2007 - Member Firm Net Capitalizations
08/19/2007 - Tradesight's General Mentality on Forex Trading
08/12/2007 - R2 and S2
08/05/2007 - Expectations of August
07/29/2007 - Current State of the US Dollar Index
07/22/2007 - Piecing Into Trades
07/15/2007 - Overtrading
07/08/2007 - Fourth of July Holiday
07/01/2007 - Differences between ECN and non-ECN charting
06/24/2007 - Tradesight History
06/17/2007 - When to Enter Your Trades
06/10/2007 - Poll Question about Which Pairs to Add to Levels Service
06/03/2007 - Tradesight Levels Policy with FX Ticker Trading Lab and Intro
05/27/2007 - Memorial Day Weekend
05/20/2007 - Intro to Tradesight - Redux
05/13/2007 - Current State of the Pairs
05/06/2007 - The Big 3 Economic Numbers - CPI, Trade Balance, Non-Farm Payrolls
04/29/2007 - Implications of Gross Domestic Product
04/22/2007 - Vacation
04/15/2007 - GBP/JPY
04/08/2007 - Good Friday/Easter Holiday - No Report
04/01/2007 - Demark US Dollar Index update
03/25/2007 - FX Ticker Introduction
03/18/2007 - The Other Trouble With Averaging
03/11/2007 - FX Ticker Market Page
03/04/2007 - Current Look at the US Dollar Index
02/25/2007 - Deal Desk versus Non-Deal Desk Charting
02/18/2007 - President's Day Holiday (No topic)
02/11/2007 - Current Status of Advanced Orders on EFX
02/04/2007 - Why "Errors" Seem to Never Work in Your Favor in Forex
01/28/2007 - Ranges in the Second Half of 2006
01/21/2007 - Playing Between the Breaks on the AUDUSD
01/14/2007 - Why We Don't List Trades for US Holidays
01/07/2007 - Tradesight changes related to FX Ticker launch
12/31/2006 - End of Year Summary of All Markets
12/24/2006 - Christmas Holiday
12/17/2006 - Chart Analysis #4
12/10/2006 - Chart Analysis #3
12/03/2006 - Chart Analysis #2
11/26/2006 - Thanksgiving Holiday
11/19/2006 - Chart Analysis #1
11/12/2006 - Current State of the Forex Market
11/05/2006 - Election 2006
10/29/2006 - Why You Should Never Average Down (especially in Forex)
10/22/2006 - Demark Studies and TDFX quotes
10/15/2006 - US Dollar Breakout and Current View of the Forex Pairs
10/08/2006 - Pivot Plays Continued
10/01/2006 - New Trade Type: Pivot Plays
09/24/2006 - What is a pip?
09/17/2006 - Subscriber Q&A
09/10/2006 - Measuring the Odds
09/03/2006 - Labor Day Weekend Break
08/27/2006 - Stop, Limit, and Stop-Limit Orders
08/20/2006 - The Spreads of EURUSD vs. USDCHF
08/13/2006 - Where To Start Entries Beyond the Trigger
08/06/2006 - Forex Pro Release and Update
07/30/2006 - Current Outlook on the Forex Market
07/23/2006 - Forex Pro Update and ECN Discussion
07/16/2006 - Oil and the Forex Pairs
07/09/2006 - Vacation
07/02/2006 - Three Types of Trailing Stops: Wide, Medium, and Tight
06/25/2006 - Trend Plays
06/18/2006 - Things to do if you are awake 24 hours a day trading forex
06/11/2006 - Trading one system for a year
06/04/2006 - Deal Desk Trading: A-list versus B-list clients
05/28/2006 - What the Tradesight/EFX Front End will have later
05/21/2006 - First look at Tradesight/EFX Front End features
05/14/2006 - Value Area Refresher and FXTicker.com
05/05/2006 - Why Forex is best traded with automation
04/30/2006 - Trading All Markets
04/23/2006 - New EFX Function: Measuring stops by bid or ask?
04/16/2006 - Two conflicting views on trailing stops
04/09/2006 - Current Outlook on the FOREX Pairs
04/02/2006 - The Tradesight Front End Preview
03/26/2006 - Trading Rangebound Markets
03/19/2006 - Trading "News Events"
03/12/2006 - Update on Trailing Stops - Part 2
03/05/2006 - Update on Trailing Stops - Part 1
02/26/2006 - Current State of the FOREX Pairs
02/19/2006 - Why Risking 50 to Make 10 is Wrong
02/12/2006 - Key Times of Week
02/05/2006 - Extra trading calls and hours in the Trading Room
01/29/2006 - FOREX Terms and Concepts That MUST Be Understood (Part 3 of 3)
01/22/2006 - FOREX Terms and Concepts That MUST Be Understood (Part 2 of 3)
01/15/2006 - FOREX Terms and Concepts That MUST Be Understood (Part 1 of 3)
01/08/2006 - Goals of the Tradesight FOREX Service
01/01/2006 - 2005 Year in Review link
All Reports Prior to January 1, 2006, can be found by clicking on the Forex link under Report Archive (Pre-2006) in the Navigation Menu on the left of your Tradesight screen and then going back to these dates:
12/25/2005 - Christmas Holiday, no report
12/18/2005 - Entering a trade late
12/11/2005 - EFX adds Stop Limit + Trailing Stop Orders
12/04/2005 - How much money you are using on a trade
11/27/2005 - Using tight trailing stops for extra pieces of the trade
11/20/2005 - Trade trigger proximity
11/13/2005 - Analyzing Ranges and Their Importance
11/06/2005 - The Importance of the Pivot
10/30/2005 - Complete discussion of Value Areas
10/23/2005 - Current state of the FOREX markets
10/16/2005 - Changing orders on EFX
10/09/2005 - Dual entry level trades
10/02/2005 - Analysis of one-year track record
09/25/2005 - Trading on Sundays
09/18/2005 - Trailing Stops
09/11/2005 - Why A 2-Rated Trade Can Work Better Than A 5-Rated Trade
09/04/2005 - Brief Topic: The Coming Weeks
08/28/2005 - August
08/21/2005 - Trade Entry Shorthand
08/14/2005 - Value Areas Continued, including Time of Day
08/07/2005 - My Pet Peeves...Hedging and Fixed Spreads
07/31/2005 - Intro to Value Areas in FOREX
07/24/2005 - Subscriber Q&A 20 Questions
07/17/2005 - Why the Pairs are Largely the Same Each Night Based on USD
07/10/2005 - Most Important Feature of the New Platform
07/03/2005 - Three Pieces of a Trade
06/26/2005 - Anticipating Spreads at Time of Entry for Order Placement
06/19/2005 - USD strength analysis
06/12/2005 - Three EFX Announcements
06/05/2005 - Scalping and USDCAD/AUDUSD trades
05/29/2005 - Holidays and Spacing of Orders Past a Level
05/22/2005 - How to Find 4- and 5-rated trade calls and what are Break levels
05/15/2005 - EFX New Platform Order Entry
05/08/2005 - Levels as Areas and Order Spreading
05/01/2005 - Further discussion of trade size
04/24/2005 - Order diversity/staggering entries and exits
04/17/2005 - Trade Call Format and the Reasons For It
04/10/2005 - Dual Level Areas
04/03/2005 - Brief discussion of cancelling orders ahead of certain economic news
03/27/2005 - Why no-range days our the worst for our style of trading
03/20/2005 - Time and Sales in FOREX
03/13/2005 - General comments on stops on 4- and 5-rated plays
03/06/2005 - Shorting against resistance
02/27/2005 - New platform versus old systems
02/20/2005 - Trade size versus trade rating
02/13/2005 - A discussion of range expansion
02/06/2005 - Percentage of account allocation
01/30/2005 - A few comments on narrow ranges
01/23/2005 - Update on EFX platform (LOL)
01/09/2005 - Putting in trades on all of the pairs
01/02/2005 - Intent to swing versus "willingness" to swing
12/12/2004 - Brief discussion of chart pattern plays
12/05/2004 - Raising size for the 4- and 5-rated plays
11/28/2004 - Bank Interventions
09/12/2004 - Specific comments about use of the service
07/11/2004 - 07/22/2004 - First Ten Reports, Overview


Stock Special Weekend Report Topic Log

10/09/2010 - The Final Tradesight Special Weekend Stock Report and the Launch of Tradesight 4.0
10/02/2010 - End of Quarter Window-Dressing
09/25/2010 - Stops and Partials
09/18/2010 - The Current State of the Market
09/11/2010 - Rich's Discussion of 9/11
09/04/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/28/2010 - Ipads and More
08/21/2010 - How the Lightest Volume of the Week Translated into No Action
08/14/2010 - Checking Volume Measurements
08/07/2010 - A Value Area of the Last Week on the Markets
07/31/2010 - Updated Discussion of Usefulness of Futures and Data We Track
07/24/2010 - The Current State of the Market
07/17/2010 - Rich's Discussion of the Flash Crash
07/10/2010 - Market Support Even on Gap and Go Days
07/03/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/26/2010 - The Summer Volume Game Has Shifted
06/19/2010 - Intro to Futures
06/12/2010 - The Current State of the Market
06/05/2010 - Why Market Direction Matters (A Reminder)
05/29/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
05/22/2010 - Money Supply (Part 2 of 2)
05/15/2010 - Unemployment Discussion (Part 1 of 2)
05/08/2010 - The VIX and the Strange Crash
05/01/2010 - GDP and Corporate Earnings: Post Earnings Season Analysis
04/25/2010 - Tradesight Tools New Sound Alerts
04/17/2010 - Recognizing Dullness
04/10/2010 - The Current State of the Market
04/03/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
03/27/2010 - Post-Healthcare and the Market
03/20/2010 - Rich's Trading with Clean Charts and a 10-period Exponential Moving Average
03/13/2010 - How We Count Winners and Losers in the Review Section of the Reports
03/06/2010 - Tradesight Comber in Action on a 1-Minute Chart for Trade Management
02/27/2010 - Comparing Three Trading Styles
02/20/2010 - Rich's Dow 10k and The Bond Market
02/13/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
02/06/2010 - Coming Back From Lunch - The Last Two Hours
01/30/2010 - The Current State of the Market
01/23/2010 - Technology Update (Trading Computers)
01/16/2010 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
01/09/2010 - How to Mentally Enter Your Trading Day and Make Adjustments
01/02/2010 - 2009 End of Year Report
12/26/2009 - No report for Holiday weekend
12/19/2009 - A Profitable Trading System
12/12/2009 - Outlook on Gold (The Bubble)
12/05/2009 - Rich's Using the VIX and Advance/Decline Figures for Intraday Trading
11/28/2009 - No report for Holiday weekend
11/21/2009 - The Current State of the Market
11/14/2009 - End of Year Tax Run-ups
11/07/2009 - How to Handle Gaps on the Main Trade Calls
10/31/2009 - No report for Holiday weekend
10/24/2009 - Indicator Overdose
10/17/2009 - Trade Exit Rules
10/10/2009 - The Current State of the Market
10/03/2009 - Introducing the Tradesight Seeker and Comber
09/26/2009 - Rich's Tradesight Comber Opening Discussion
09/19/2009 - Which Way Did They Buy Options Protection?
09/12/2009 - The Jobless Recovery
09/05/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/29/2009 - The Current State of the Market
08/22/2009 - The MOB (A Terrific Indicator)
08/15/2009 - Rich's Tradesight Seeker Opening Discussion
08/08/2009 - The Health Insurance Conversation and What It Means to the Market and the Economy
08/01/2009 - Some New Things at Tradesight
07/25/2009 - Market Guidance versus Stock Picking
07/18/2009 - The Current State of the Market
07/11/2009 - Review of Eight Days of Core Earnings
07/04/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/27/2009 - Mid-Year All-Market Update
06/20/2009 - Outliers: Manager versus Stock Picker
06/13/2009 - Current Time of Day Beat of the Market
06/06/2009 - Rich's Kondratieff Waves Report
05/30/2009 - New Page Layout for e-Signal
05/23/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
05/16/2009 - Gap Fills
05/09/2009 - Workshop Session
05/02/2009 - The Current State of the Market
04/25/2009 - Futures Average Daily Range Tool
04/18/2009 - Rich's Discussion of Gap Fill Thresholds
04/11/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
04/04/2009 - Tradesight's New E-Signal Tools
03/28/2009 - Technology Update
03/21/2009 - The Current State of the Market
03/14/2009 - Stock Settlement Versus Futures Settlement
03/07/2009 - Prioritizing Trade in This Market
02/28/2009 - The Three Parts of a Day
02/21/2009 - Current State of the Market
02/14/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
02/07/2009 - Stimulus versus Spending: The Employment Factor
01/31/2009 - Rich's Discussion of Rotational Rallies
01/24/2009 - What You Want an Up Market to Look Like
01/17/2009 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
01/10/2009 - 2009 Sector Update
01/03/2009 - 2008 Year in Review
12/27/2008 - No Report for Christmas Holiday
12/20/2008 - Rich's 2008 Year in Review
12/13/2008 - The Current State of the Market
12/06/2008 - Ranking Chart Patterns
11/29/2008 - No Report for Thanksgiving Holiday
11/22/2008 - Tops and Bottoms
11/15/2008 - The Triple Bottom
11/08/2008 - Discussion of Two Trades: AAPL and BIIB
11/01/2008 - Election 2008 Report
10/25/2008 - The Early Entry
10/18/2008 - Market Bottoms
10/11/2008 - Rich's Intermarket Analysis
10/04/2008 - The Current State of the Market
09/27/2008 - A Reminder of What We Do
09/20/2008 - The Federal Bailout
09/13/2008 - Margin Calls
09/06/2008 - Setting and Retaking a Trigger
08/30/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
08/23/2008 - Preview of the Last Four Months of 2008
08/16/2008 - The Current State of the Markets
08/09/2008 - Rich Derrick's "Tops Are Different Than Bottoms"
08/02/2008 - Firefox 3.0, Web 2.0
07/26/2008 - Chris' Comments on Rich Derrick
07/19/2008 - Trading Technology
07/12/2008 - Afternoon Play and July Earnings
07/05/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/28/2008 - What "Return to the Mean" Means
06/21/2008 - The Current State of the Markets
06/14/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
06/07/2008 - More Market Directional Analysis
05/31/2008 - Update on Market Directional Tool
05/24/2008 - Trade Management: AMZN
05/17/2008 - Rich's Calculating Measured Move Targets
05/10/2008 - A Perfect Chart Study: FFIV
05/03/2008 - Current State of the Markets
04/26/2008 - Tradesight Messenger 2.0 Release
04/19/2008 - Discussion on Earnings Releases
04/12/2008 - The Important of Volume
04/05/2008 - Q2 and Tax Season
03/29/2008 - Value Areas
03/22/2008 - No Report for Holiday Weekend
03/15/2008 - Update on the Market Directional Tool
03/08/2008 - Two Key Fibs in One Conversation
03/01/2008 - Rich's Introduction to His New Market Reports
02/23/2008 - What Counts in the Trade Summaries
02/16/2008 - President's Day Weekend (no report)
02/09/2008 - A Refresher on Market Direction
02/02/2008 - Tradesight 4.0 - New Changes to the Site and Reports
01/26/2008 - Current State of the Markets
01/19/2008 - Martin Luther King Weekend (no report)
01/12/2008 - Trade Execution
01/05/2008 - The First Three Days of a Year
12/29/2007 - 2007 End of Year Recap
12/22/2007 - Christmas Weekend (no report)
12/15/2007 - End of Year "Run-Up" Analysis
12/08/2007 - Current State of the Markets
12/01/2007 - Calling It From the Tape
11/24/2007 - Thanksgiving Weekend (no report)
11/17/2007 - Rich's Pressure Signal Differential Indicator
11/10/2007 - Interest Rates, Oil, and the Fed's Tough Spot
11/03/2007 - Current State of the Markets
10/27/2007 - The Factors in Buying Strength and Shorting Weakness
10/20/2007 - Volume and Holding Over During Earnings
10/13/2007 - Stops: The Basics
10/06/2007 - Construction
09/29/2007 - Fourth Quarter Discussion and Current State of the Markets
09/22/2007 - Triple Versus Single Expiration
09/15/2007 - Rich's Discussion on The Repeal of the Uptick Rule
09/08/2007 - Mentality of New Traders
09/01/2007 - Labor Day (no report)
08/25/2007 - Current State of the Market: Into September and October
08/18/2007 - The VIX and the Market's Future
08/11/2007 - The Global Credit Crunch
08/04/2007 - 3-Day Margin Calls
07/28/2007 - Current State of the Markets
07/21/2007 - NDX Floating Island
07/14/2007 - Tradesight Services Overview
07/07/2007 - Fourth of July Holiday
06/30/2007 - Rich's Mid-Year traders insurance Review: Things to Do More and Less Of
06/23/2007 - A Few Things You Might Not Know About Tradesight
06/16/2007 - Clean Charts to Skip
06/09/2007 - Volume Without Movement
06/02/2007 - Summer Doldrums
05/26/2007 - Memorial Day Weekend
05/19/2007 - Current State of the Markets
05/12/2007 - A Good Example of Automated Volume
05/05/2007 - NYSE vs. NASDAQ
04/28/2007 - Rich's How to Stay in a Position
04/21/2007 - Risking Your PnL
04/14/2007 - Technology Update
04/07/2007 - Easter Weekend (No Topic)
03/31/2007 - The End of a Quarter
03/24/2007 - Factors in Determining What is Bold in the List
03/17/2007 - Current Look at the Market Heading into Tax Day (One Month Out)
03/10/2007 - Is Shorting More Risky (A Personal Story)
03/03/2007 - The Wake-Up Call
02/24/2007 - A Look Back at AAPL and the End of Year Tax Run-Up
02/17/2007 - President's Day Holiday (No Topic)
02/10/2007 - Get Involved When the Trading is Good
02/03/2007 - Fed Funds and Tradesight Fed Funds Calculator
01/27/2007 - The Current State of the Market
01/20/2007 - The Windows Vista Factor
01/14/2007 - Different Types of "Range" Breakouts
01/06/2007 - Leveraged Instruments
12/30/2006 - End of Year Summary of All Markets
12/23/2006 - Discussion of Trading in the Last Week of the Year
12/16/2006 - Rich's CPS Discussion (Continuation Pressure Signal)
12/09/2006 - What It Takes to Begin Trading
12/02/2006 - The Mental Bliss of Never Being Buried
11/25/2006 - Thanksgiving Holiday
11/18/2006 - The End of Year Tax Avoidance Run
11/11/2006 - A Trading Day
11/04/2006 - The Election and Ramifications
10/28/2006 - Rich Derrick's Report on Daily Market Preparation
10/21/2006 - Triple Volume
10/14/2006 - Inflation and This Week's FOMC Minutes
10/07/2006 - Size Parameters
09/30/2006 - Examining a Trade – YHOO
09/23/2006 - How a Win/Loss Ratio Factors into Your Returns
09/16/2006 - Current State of the Market and "Looking Back" on a Bottom
09/09/2006 - Volume is on the Other Side of the Trigger (example)
09/02/2006 - Rich Derrick's Labor Day Top Ten Tips for Becoming a Successful Trader
08/26/2006 - The Fruit Stock (AAPL)
08/19/2006 - Sixteen Years
08/12/2006 - Current State of the Market and Overall Thoughts
08/05/2006 - Patience
07/29/2006 - August
07/22/2006 - Subscriber Q&A
07/15/2006 - When to Make Money in Which Direction
07/08/2006 - Rich's QQQQ Position Challenge
07/01/2006 - Vacation
06/24/2006 - Tips on Trading A Light Volume Market
06/17/2006 - Rich's Pattern Recognition - The 7/11 Candle
06/10/2006 - Priorities
06/03/2006 - High Beta Stocks
05/27/2006 - Rich's VIX and What It Means To Your Personal Trading Plan conversation
05/20/2006 - Trading with Indicators
05/13/2006 - Current State of the Market: Bubbles and How Crashes Start
05/06/2006 - Viewing Gaps
04/29/2006 - Trading All Markets
04/22/2006 - How to Use Scalp Ideas
04/15/2006 - What Do You Think I Can Make?
04/08/2006 - Current Market Outlook
04/01/2006 - Rich's Trading Reversals Discussion
03/25/2006 - The No-Danger Trades
03/18/2006 - Mapping Out a Quarter
03/11/2006 - Treating Longs and Shorts Equally
03/04/2006 - Targeting Money Goals Daily
02/25/2006 - The Back Side of the Wedge - Current Market View
02/18/2006 - Self-Contests
02/11/2006 - Viewing Risk/Reward in Terms of Odds of Success
02/04/2006 - Rich's Beta and Volatility lesson
01/28/2006 - Current market setup
01/21/2006 - Lock in the Gain or Play the Rules?
01/14/2006 - Volume, Volume, Volume
01/07/2006 - Saving Money on Triggers by Watching the 5-minute Bars
All Reports Prior to January 1, 2006, can be found by clicking on the Stock link under Report Archive (Pre-2006) in the Navigation Menu on the left of your Tradesight screen and then going back to these dates:
12/31/2005 - Year In Review...2005
12/24/2005 - Rich's Wave Analysis Intro, Part 2
12/17/2005 - The Learning Curve: Identifying Your Trading Style and Making It Work - Part 2
12/10/2005 - The Learning Curve: Identifying Your Trading Style and Making It Work - Part 1
12/03/2005 - The Current State of the Market
11/26/2005 - Rich's Wave Analysis Intro, Part 1
11/19/2005 - Limit buyers/sellers versus active buyers/sellers versus hidden buyers/sellers
11/12/2005 - Why You Shouldn't Use Hard Stops Unless You Have To
11/05/2005 - QQQQ Strangle concept
10/29/2005 - When to Take Early Entries
10/22/2005 - Rich's ADX discussion
10/15/2005 - Why Volume is So Important in Trading
10/08/2005 - Taking a Little extra size to improve your trading
10/01/2005 - Optimizing Tradesight
09/24/2005 - Partial entries and Overcoming the "shorting" hurdle
09/17/2005 - The Current State of the Market
09/10/2005 - Trading for a Living
09/03/2005 - Rich's Discussion on Setting and Testing Levels
08/27/2005 - What Makes the TSR Go to 5 or -5
08/20/2005 - Relying on the Chart
08/13/2005 - Risk versus Reward
08/06/2005 - Current State of the Market
07/30/2005 - Building Positions on Active Stocks
07/23/2005 - Preparing for the Trading Day
07/16/2005 - Rich's Time Frames Discussion
07/09/2005 - Current Outlook on the Market
07/02/2005 - The Intent to Swing and Size Part 2
06/25/2005 - Swing Trading
06/18/2005 - Oil, Interest Rates, and the Market
06/11/2005 - Rich's Reciprocal Range Play Examples
06/04/2005 - Subscriber Q&A
05/28/2005 - No report, working on lengthy subscriber Q&A
05/21/2005 - The Meaning of Options Expiration
05/14/2005 - The "Noise" Zone
05/07/2005 - Size and Percentages
04/30/2005 - Rich's Four-Bar Termination Candles
04/23/2005 - Chart Pattern Discussion Part 2
04/16/2005 - Chart Pattern Discussion Part 1
04/09/2005 - Building a trade log
04/02/2005 - Current Market Overview
03/26/2005 - Panic Selling and the Big Picture
03/19/2005 - Rich's Absolute Fibs
03/12/2005 - MB Trading order entry modules in E-Signal
03/05/2005 - Chris' Screen Layout
02/26/2005 - Mark's Value Area Description
02/19/2005 - Trade Management
02/12/2005 - Rich's "Market Internals"
02/05/2005 - The Coming 24-Hour Marketplace
01/29/2005 - How much do specialists and market makers mess with your orders?
01/22/2005 - Trends, Confirmation, and Your Trading
01/15/2005 - Rich's Nine-Bar Runs
01/08/2005 - What you should and shouldn't do without market support
Prior to the Beginning of 2005, the weekend reports are in the Recap Archive after the Friday closing report
12/31/2004 - 2005 recap
12/24/2004 - No report for Holiday, preparing for end of year report
12/17/2004 - Charting and the pivot series
12/10/2004 - Rich's VWAP discussion
12/03/2004 - The Tradesight Eyeball and a discussion of the three questions used at Tradesight to determine market direction for trading
11/24/2004 - Top Ten Things Unsuccessful Traders Say...Link to this Weekend Report Log for easy reference (posted Wednesday due to Holiday)
11/19/2004 - Current market environment and Fed comments about interest rates, inflation, and the trade deficit
11/12/2004 - Subscriber Q&A, about 25 questions
11/05/2004 - Rich's description of different trade types, including time of day analysis for counter-trend trade calls
10/29/2004 - Advance comment on Election 2004 and its impact on the market
10/22/2004 - Report skipped in preparation for the lengthy Election report the following weekend
10/15/2004 - Why trading during the 8 days of core earnings is harder than any other time of the quarter
10/08/2004 - Rich's report on market price gaps, gap fill thresholds, and market on close orders and their usefulness
10/01/2004 - Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer
09/24/2004 - Combining trade management with the use of the Tradesight Messenger
09/17/2004 - Out of town, no report
09/10/2004 - Purpose of Tradesight: What it does and what it doesn't do and how to learn the top-down approach to the markets
09/03/2004 - Short selling and covering part 2 - Naked shorting
08/27/2004 - Short selling and covering part 1 - What it is and how it affects chart action
08/20/2004 - August doldrums...why market volume matters for breakouts and breakdowns
08/13/2004 - Why do markets often rally into Presidential elections?
08/06/2004 - How rallies suck people into "buying dips"
07/30/2004 - Month-end window dressing
07/23/2004 - Current market outlook and commentary
07/16/2004 - All trades are not created equal...combining market action and chart patterns to adjust trade size and stop levels
07/09/2004 - No report...FOREX report launches
07/02/2004 - How to overcome the fear of increasing trade size
06/25/2004 - Analyzing market volume
06/18/2004 - A good example of how market volume affects trading intraday
06/11/2004 - Patterns that seem to work with a high degree of success don't always translate into winning trading strategies
06/04/2004 - Why sloping trendlines don't always help pick winning trades
05/28/2004 - Different types of trading that people do with the Tradesight reports
05/21/2004 - Tradesight introduction to FOREX
05/14/2004 - Why is volume getting lighter?
05/07/2004 - Oil prices and my Toyota Prius
04/30/2004 - Current market outlook and commentary
04/22/2004 - Why the market rally with the Fed announcement? (Report posted on a Thursday because of holiday)
04/16/2004 - How do you trade something like TASR?
04/07/2004 - How does Tax Day affect the market (Report posted on a Wednesday because of holiday)
04/02/2004 - Follow-up Q&A from subscribers...5 extra questions
03/26/2004 - Subscriber Q&A including retriggers, the three questions to determine market direction, and "clean" trading days
03/19/2004 - No report...prepping for the Q&A next weekend
03/12/2004 - Playing the short side after a period of long side play
03/05/2004 - Troubles with the unemployment number
02/27/2004 - Gap fills
02/20/2004 - A discussion on part of the mental aspect of becoming a trader
02/13/2004 - Brief discussion about options (Part 2)
02/06/2004 - Brief discussion about options (Part 1)
01/30/2004 - Share size versus account size...a conversation
01/23/2004 - Current look at some of the "bigger name" stocks in the market...the Generals
01/16/2004 - How long do you follow a pattern that never triggers?
01/09/2004 - Size needed to make a living trading
12/31/2003 - End of year report combining two weekend reports into one
12/19/2003 - End of year economic discussion...deficits
12/12/2003 - Year end tax-selling
12/05/2003 - Current market outlook and commentary
11/28/2003 - Why I created Tradesight
11/21/2003 - Chart discussion for breakout plays
11/14/2003 - Analysis of recent economic numbers
11/07/2003 - Swing trading breakouts
10/31/2003 - Top-notch chart patterns
Before this point, the weekend reports were attached to the beginning of the Monday Today's Picks
10/27/2003 - How to analyze your results
10/20/2003 - How "late" you can take an entry
10/13/2003 - How "early" you can take an entry (cheating)
10/06/2003 - Why we started offering "first targets" instead of just "swing targets" in a changing market
09/29/2003 - Why you want to pay taxes as a trader
09/22/2003 - Is this another market bubble?
09/15/2003 - Charting (Part 2)
09/08/2003 - Charting (Part 1)
09/01/2003 - What is the Tradesight Swing Rating (TSR)?
08/25/2003 - Real estate
08/18/2003 - No report (out of town for seminar)
08/11/2003 - Average volume requirements for trading
08/04/2003 - Current market outlook and commentary
07/28/2003 - Trade size on small caps
07/21/2003 - Pure discussion about the three questions for determining market direction
07/14/2003 - Current market outlook and commentary for Q2 2003 earnings
07/07/2003 - 2003 Mid Year Update and Analysis
06/30/2003 - Economic data analysis
06/23/2003 - Subscriber Q&A session
06/16/2003 - Top FIve Things Successful Traders Never Think
06/09/2003 - Learning to trade yourself
06/02/2003 - VIX (Old VIX)
05/26/2003 - The psychology of selling winners early and holding losers too long
05/19/2003 - Current market outlook and commentary
05/12/2003 - The "retail rush" at the open
05/05/2003 - A few trading notes, including the importance of partial profits
04/28/2003 - A critical "area" of the market
04/21/2003 - Options trading for "less risk" than stocks
04/14/2003 - New traders and trade size
04/07/2003 - Comments about general use of the site for new subscribers
03/31/2003 - Current market outlook and commentary
03/24/2003 - Monday Morning Quarterbacking in the market
03/17/2003 - No report (out of town for a seminar)
03/10/2003 - Being a market maker
03/03/2003 - Purpose of Tradesight
02/24/2003 - Taking losses to make you a better trader
02/18/2003 - Macroeconomic influences on the market (on a Tuesday because of the Holiday)
02/10/2003 - The pre-war market...volume troubles
02/03/2003 - My trading system, circa early 2003
01/27/2003 - Answers to questions about the "trading learning curve" and "option size allocations"
01/21/2003 - Top-down approach to trading the market (on a Tuesday because of the Holiday)
01/13/2003 - Trading the small cap stocks
01/06/2003 - Discussion of the "fiscal stimulus package" proposed to Congress