Robert Colby's Weekly Top 10 ETF Rankings -- as featured in Forbes Magazine "My weekly Top 10 ETFs ranked by the Major Trend Relative Strength gained substantially more than the S&P 500 since August, 2004, in simulation."
Day
Trading Basics
"The appeal of day-trading and its overwhelming
popularity of late stems from its easy accessibility and
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) profits. Nothing
appeals to the masses more than the promise of easy money and
get-rich-quick schemes."
Playing
the Commodities Boom
"Commodities
have become an attractive investment in recent years, even for
those who may not know much about them but would like to
participate in the profit potential from dramatic price
advances posted by energy, grains, metals and other
commodities, lifting them to the highest overall levels in
more than 30 years."
Important
Rules of Technical Trading
"Here are some rules that are designed to help explain
the whole idea of technical trading for the beginner and to
streamline the trading methodology for the more experienced
practitioner."
Identifying
Breakout Moves
"Academic studies suggest that the price changes in
markets form a leptokurtic distribution—not the normal
distribution that we remember from our days in statistics
classes. A leptokurtic distribution is one with a very
tall peak at the (zero) center, quickly descending slopes on
either side of center, and then fatter tails than would be
found in the normal curve."
Being
Right and Making Money Are Not Equivalent "How
important is it for you to be right? Let’s say I
could guarantee that you would make money by the end
of the year—lots of money—but you would probably
lose money on 90% of your trades. Would you like
that?"
Why, When and How to Buy Options on Futures In this educational feature I will discuss trading options on futures--specifically buying puts and calls. You can also sell options, but your financial risk is not limited like it is when you buy an option.
