Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading_13 doc

Appendix A Factor Trading Plan Signals Table A.1 contains the signals and trades of the Factor Trading Plan from December 7, 2009, through April 20, 2010. The results of the trades open as of April 20 are marked-to-market. Please read the disclaimers in the Author’s Note for a complete explanation of the performance reporting. TABLE A.1 [...]... site of Factor LLC The web site attempts to identify and report on the best examples of classical chart patterns in the commodity and forex markets Periodic chart stocks are also featured Mercenarytrader.com: This quirky and brilliant web site is written for professional traders by a couple of skilled professional speculators (using pseudonyms) Mercenarytrader provides unusual macro analyses of markets... www.nfa.futures.org/NFA-investorinformation/publication-library/opportunity-and-riskentire.pdf Schabacker, Richard W., Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits: The Real Bible of Technical Analysis Hampshire, UK: Harriman House, 1998 Schwager, Jack D., Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders Columbia, MD: Marketplace Books, 2006 Schwager, Jack D., New Market Wizards: Conversations with America’s Top Traders New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992 Schwager, Jack D., Market... Classical Chart Patterns Brandt, Sacramento, CA: Commodity Traders Consumer Reports, 1990 Chicago Board of Trade, Commodity Trading Manual New York: AMACOM, 1999 Edwards, Robert D., and John Magee, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, 8th ed Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2001 [Note: The author uses the fifth edition of this book for personal use.] Alexander Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics,... hand Author’s Note This book is educational and not intended to promote any product or service of Factor LLC now or in the future Monthly performance data for the period covered by the book represents a combination of data and not the trading activity of any specific account The combination of data includes: An exempt commodity pool managed by Factor LLC Periodic trades in a proprietary account Management... and global economics that break the mold of conventional wisdom The authors/traders frequently blow holes through the sacred cows of Wall Street Loaded with great insight on the things that really matter to be profitable Trade Navigator: By Genesis Financial Technologies, Colorado Springs, CO (800) 8093282 For the money this is the best and most user-friendly quote and charting platform available Actual... Actual trading can be executed from the platform through selected futures commission merchants (FCMs) Live customer support is readily available and extremely knowledgeable Commodity Research Bureau: I grew up as a trader with CRB products and services CRB has been serving the commodity industry with excellent resources for more than 70 years CRBtrader.com provides a multitude of valuable market research... Company, 1989 Lewis, Michael The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine New York: W.W Norton & Company, 2010 Murphy, John, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets New York Institute of Finance, Prentice Hall Direct, 1999 National Futures Association, Opportunity and Risk, An Educational Guide to Trading Futures, 2006, PDF download at www.nfa.futures.org/NFA-investorinformation/publication-library/opportunity-and-riskentire.pdf... Table B.2 lists the charts in the book based on the type of signal generated and the appropriate trade management strategy TABLE B.2 Charts by Signal Category and Trade Management Technique Appendix C Recommended Resources Barrie, Scott, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Options and Futures, 2nd ed New York: Alpha Books, Penguin Group (USA), 2006 Peter L (with Bruce Babcock), Trading Commodity. .. Management of trading signals according to the rules and guidelines specified by the Factor Trading Plan Because no specific account has fully reflected the signals and trades reported in Part III of this book, the performance data reported herein should be considered as hypothetical However, the performance reported in the diary portion of this book in Part III closely mirrors the trading performance... trading performance of the actual exempt commodity pool managed by Factor LLC Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results Factor LLC traded proprietary accounts from October 1981 through April 1995 From October 1981 through March 1991 the proprietary accounts were controlled solely by Factor LLC under the trading program or early versions of the trading program represented by this . Appendix A Factor Trading Plan Signals Table A. 1 contains the signals and trades of the Factor Trading Plan from December 7, 2009, through April 20, 2010. The results of the trades open as. the charts in the book based on the type of signal generated and the appropriate trade management strategy. TABLE B.2 Charts by Signal Category and Trade Management Technique