Doug Green

This 2 hour Presentation of ZoneTrader from 11/16/2009 is a fairly deep look at the features and options (see also outline and announcement). ZoneTrader is available from TraderUSA.

This event has already happened --- Video and Outline available here

Come see what I've been working on in all my spare cycles over the last year! I'm excited to show it off!

On Wednesday 11/16/09 I'll be presenting in HotComm TTROOM at 4:30pm EDT, password is "trading". HotComm is the preferred chat client for traders. Get the HotComm free trial if you don't already have it.

I just received a viral email from a friend. In my analysis, the email is a political ploy to spread misinformation. While the email is titled "regardless of political affiliation," it has everything to do with political affiliation. More below the fold...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) production launched technical changes last week (10/5/2009) that affect traders using tick-charts.

I currently trade the E-mini ES and use three charts, a short term tick chart, a medium term tick chart (four times the short term), and a volume chart that is roughly equal to the medium term tick chart. I use the medium term charts for direction, and sometimes get better setups on the volume chart. When the medium term tick and volume charts get too far out of sync, it's worrisome.

On Wedneday, after the CME unbundling change, I was having a hard time determining direction. The medium term tick and volume charts were way-out-of-sync, which gave me pause. I now understand what happened. After the CME unbundling change, my tick chart became too fast and got out-of-sync with the volume chart.

The conventional wisdom is that you should multiply your tick charts by 2 or 2.5. The number to use partially depends on what days and times you trade. I've concluded for my style of trading that the multiplier for me is between 1.8 and 2.

Below the fold, ... how I came to that conclusion:

I've wanted to get dual monitor support working for some time, and I was pretty sure that my hardware would support it. I have a Thinkpad T60p with a Mini Dock. I bought my T60p almost two years ago in a retail store (as opposed to directly from Lenovo), so it has some non-standard hardware, such as the ATI FireGL video cards.

I've been learning how to Day Trading since January, 2009. I was introduced to Mark Douglas's teaching soon after starting. But at that time, I was just learning the technicals of trading. And his teaching didn't seem all that important or difficult. But now that I have and understand a system the I like, I'm finding that the Mark Douglas psychology is my next big hurdle.

More after the fold...

Before He Trades - Parody of Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats from Underground Planet.

If you're lyrically challenged, like me, the lyrics are worth reading...

CivicActions isn't really a tech company. We're a socially aware business. And as such, we have an amazing array of talent, including several musicians. One of my partners at CivicActions, Ian Rhett, decided to move out to Nashville to jump start his music career. This vid is kinda new, but not well watch, and IMO, raw music goodness. Be one of the first to pass it on!

If you're reading this, you either found my using google, found it because you follow me on twitter, or you're a friend or family member who's just reading my blog. If you're in one of the first two groups, just read this, it's funny:

• All Dogs go to Heaven

However, for those who don't know about snopes, or who pass emails without fact checking them, misinformation and lies can do harm, to you and others, read on...