Yearly Archives: 2014

Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios Featured in Stocks & Commodities Magazine

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

My new book Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios: A Revolutionary New Approach to Optimizing, Adjusting, and Trading Any Option Income Strategy is featured in the Books for Traders section of the current (September 2014) issue of Technical Analysis of … Continue reading →

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Overcome the Odds

Posted on August 14, 2014 by

I heard something remarkable this morning that reminded me just how ill-suited the human brain is for making investment decisions. The inherent decision-making deficiencies that we all share are well documented in decades of behavioral economics and behavioral finance studies, … Continue reading →

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Recession Model Forecast 08-01-2014

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through July 2014. Please note that two new explanatory variables were added to the Trader Edge Recession Models in July.  For more information, … Continue reading →

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07-31-2014 AAR Strategy Update Posted

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

The July 31, 2014 AAR Strategy update is now available on the AAR Subscribers page.  If you are not currently a subscriber and would like to learn more about the strategy, there is a detailed description on the AAR Strategy … Continue reading →

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Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) Model Forecast – July 2014

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

This article presents the Trader Edge aggregate neural network model forecast for the July 2014 non-farm payroll data, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM EDT.

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Recommended Reading 07-24-2014

Posted on July 24, 2014 by

Readers repeatedly ask me for book and article recommendations, especially new traders who are interested in learning more about trading and investing.  Here are four new book recommendations from my personal finance library, all written by Jack D. Schwager. A … Continue reading →

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Two New Improvements to Trader Edge Recession Models

Posted on July 17, 2014 by

After personally suffering the costly effects of ECRI’s notoriously ill-advised recession call in 2012, I embarked on the journey to create my own recession models. Since developing the initial models in late 2012, I have published the model forecasts shortly … Continue reading →

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Recession Model Forecast 07-01-2014

Posted on July 10, 2014 by

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through June 2014.

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