The DIY Economist

The setup you see in the previous pic is the new scalping setup I am testing. Annotated for NQ: It uses essentially only two indicators, both developed by Tradethemarkets. Scalper, which identifies higher/lower highs and lows, and Squeeze, which is a combined indicator giving volatility and direction. Nothing else - no fancy calculations, no non-lagging MA's, ...

Like 4 more. I am trading the ES on a demo account here, and there's barely enough room for one chart and the trade book. I.e. Now that won't fit on my desk ... but LCD monitors are so cheap nowadays that I could probably get all that for less than a grand.

Announcing the USB missile launcher. Um... nice. Get a roll-up map, put it on the nearest wall, and start sending ultimatums to your favorite senators annoucing the imminent destruction of their .. um.. states. Yea. Brought to you by The Register.

It's ironic that I am reading a book about globalization (How the World is Flat by Mr. Friedman) while I am actually halfway across the globe in a vacation to .. what else? Japan and China. Even though the thick reference book is somewhat stale and somewhat "Dan Brownish" - Da Vinci readers, you know what ...

Currently trying to address readibility issues with the blog ... e.g. text kerning. Stay tuned. Completed: Updates to CSS styles - better fonts Using serif fonts partly for better effect Larger in general