Day Trading with Anni: A Day Trader's Passions about Trading and Life

The Daily Note - Analyzing your Analyst

2012-02-05T14:24:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Being in the moment does not mean that you are not influenced by anything else that may be going on at that same moment. Your mind may be chattering away, critiquing or cheering, uplifting you or digging your grave. Your ears will not be automatically plugged up to any news, discussions that may be blasting in the background of your charts, and your eyes will

The Daily Note - When Everyone's in the Parade...

2012-01-30T02:17:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; "When everyone joins the parade, it's time to become a spectator." I had that saying for a while but it's not easy to recognize when to step out. A sure sign however is when everyone is piling on top, just as when everyone is jumping on the ship about to sail. In my mind if I take a break too early, I won't touch the sky but I won't be crushed on the bottom either.

The Daily Note - I'm No Analyst

2012-01-26T04:47:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Nor do I pretend to be. I'm just like everyone else out here on the stream with a point of view and an opinion. I will not hit you over the head nor will I negate your point by making derogatory remarks or nasty jokes about your eyesight, brainpower or size of your shoe. We all suffer from an experience or two which clouds our vision if we let it. We may even have

The Daily Note - A Historic AAPL Day*

2012-01-24T12:58:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I don't know if I'd want to be an AAPL today. All eyes are on it and it's first earnings report after Steve Jobs' passing. It is also the leader of the markets lately. It must be tough on the company heads knowing there is billions riding on this. What will be the reaction from the public? How will the numbers reflect on the future of the company? It will be

A Quick Note - Quote

2012-01-23T15:38:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; a posse ad esse: If you do not stay with Yourself within You, you will always miss what there is for you, because you are chasing others. Anni ©DayTrading with Anni 2012 All Rights Reserved

The Daily Note - Something from Nothing

2012-01-22T09:35:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Blipping music last evening I notice a note with one of the tunes a DJ put out: "Creating Something from Nothing" the tune was good the DJ was familiar, and as I was listening I got struck by a lightning bolt. Now if you do not know what blipping music means, be assured that blipping does not stand for a cover of an unmentionable word. At least not for me. No, it

The Daily Note - I Hope You Dance

2012-01-20T19:04:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; There is nothing more fleeting than life. Don 't live it without taking chances. No matter how much you lose or how much heartache you suffer, in the end what you will remember is the adventure you took and the adventures you missed. Opportunity is always around with a basket full of chances we can take. It is when we freeze and don't make a choice, when life

The Daily Note - Trading in Earnings Weeks

2012-01-16T18:28:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; This week will start the most watched stocks earnings season. Leaders like $GOOG, $IBM, $ISRG, $MSFT followed next week by $AAPL, $NFLX among many others, and in addition the financials like $AXP, $BAC $COF, reporting. Much focus will be placed on actual tone of the past quarter in my opinion because there was a sense of acceleration therefore expectations rose

The Daily Note - Seeing the Present Moment

2012-01-13T06:08:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; You can never change something that's in the past. If you've done something you regret, all you can do is apologize; if you did something well, all you can do is rejoice. Matters not how you try to do it the same way once again, it will never be the same. Similar it can be, but never the same. Like cells replacing one another, the new is never like the old,

The Daily Note - Finding Self

2012-01-09T04:57:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I'm sure you know that realizing who we can become and what we can achieve seems easy as we listen to motivational speakers or read self-help books, but once left on our own we become confused and soon forget most of what we've read or heard. That is because when we're listening or reading intently we are focused, we are in the moment. It is in the moment that we

The Daily Note - From Being Able, To Being

2012-01-02T23:51:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; a posse ad esse What does it really take to become a successful trader? Enough capital to spare, ability to learn are there at the top. Next comes studying what and how others succeeded at trading for a living. But studying that is also where most traps are. Truth is that most traders make it look easy. Truth is also that those most responsible will warn you that

The Daily Note - Happy New Year Resolutions

2012-01-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

goog-spellcheck-word" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Each New Years Eve millions of people resolve to do "it" better. "IT" being a problem one sees with oneself that one feels

The Daily Note - Top 100, Part V (81-100)

2011-12-31T03:47:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; As I make my final picks for the last 20 of the top 100 songs I realize more and more how much I like music and how much I have yet to share. I could have increased my picks easily to 200 or more, but limits are like stops, and must stick to them. I am leaving many on the cutting room floor and debating about others leaving the final decision to the last. Like

The Daily Note - Top 100, Part IV (61-80)

2011-12-29T22:29:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Funny it doesn't get easier. The more involved with listening to the past the more it evokes memories from times gone by. I wonder if that is why we get stuck sometimes in the past and forget to look ahead. When we know and see what was we may look for it ahead, but if we do not leave the past we cannot make new memories. Well said by the saying that you cannot

the Daily Note - Top 100, Part III (40-60)

2011-12-28T23:33:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It's hard to imagine a world without song. I know that when all is said and done, we relate everything to some sort of music. We wake up to bird song, and go to bed to a lullaby. When we rejoice, we break out in song, when we're sad we also find a song for the memory. I do not know of a culture where song, rhythm or dance did not play a part. We told tales in song

The Daily Note - Top 100, Part II (21-40)

2011-12-27T22:17:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; After the first 20 the next ones should be easy, right? Well not so fast, because the more I review the more I want to just replay them all. It's like some good trades when reviewed we want to roll with them again and again, recalling that sweet feeling when nothing can get us off the game. I'm sure artist feel the same way. Certain performances are just better

The Daily Note - Top 100, The First 20

2011-12-26T19:43:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I have written and sent music out with my articles for most of the last four years on this blog. While I have covered much on the topic of trading, I have also covered much on the topic of music but perhaps in a much more subtle way. Much of the music I sent was via Grooveshark.com published on this site while many more I've sent out with my "Charts and Music"

A Yearly Note to Sing - Merry Christmas!!

2011-12-23T11:37:00.000-08:00

The Christmas Song by Chris Isaak on Grooveshark Christmas is about people. It's about rejoicing in life that all of us share here presently on this earth. We all hopefully share these days with family, friends and special someones at favorite places. Markets will be here forever but loved ones may not, so it's time to embrace these days, leave the trading desk behind, and enjoy the Holiday and

The Daily Note - Merry Christmas Rallies

2011-12-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It's funny about confidence. People think it comes from others, when it's the courage of conviction from within. Whether that conviction is encouraged by others or not, it's your action that brings it forth. You cannot give confidence to someone unless they are ready to accept their own ability to create. Rallies don't just happen. They are brought on by

The Daily Note - Big News Moves

2011-12-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I usually talk about what to look for on the chart on my youtube forecast for the week but I don't talk in absolutes because it's impossible to predict news, moods, feds, traders. Trading has many probabilities and a surprising amount of possibilities. In fact it has endless possibilities as we have all witnessed on Wednesday. On Black Friday the market looked

The Daily Note - I'll Have Some Rosé with That

2011-11-27T21:23:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It should be easy to find a topic that will provide insight about the moves of the markets. It was easy when it was "logical" or at least much more logical than today. I look at the futures and see 155+ points up in the positive. I read the world's leading news and it's reporting dismal outlook in the Euro Area, the IMF's commitment of more money down the drain,

A Special Note -A Special Thanksgiving Day

2011-11-23T04:55:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Each year here in the USA we have a special day unlike any other known anywhere else in the world. It is our unique holiday this giving thanks day. It is not only to give thanks for the abundance in our lives that God has blessed upon us, but also to commemorate the first Thanksgiving day celebrated by the Pilgrims, after overcoming hardships suffered by the

The Daily Note - End of Year Watch

2011-11-14T01:17:00.000-08:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; As trading goes, the end of the year is when positions are evaluated, losers are let go, winners kept and planning for the new year takes place. Tax planning is an important strategy often overlooked by the amateur trader but it's important now to evaluate your possible tax liability in order to take best advantage of saving. It is not true that loopholes are bad.

The Daily Note - OK Bernanke or "Dear Fed"

2011-11-02T12:02:00.001-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I haven't written before nor do I like listening to your Fed reports and I have successfully avoided it mostly because read enough to know what is happening and don't need your interpretation. Nor do I need to listen to the "probing" and droll questioning from the media. I am factitious, of course. But now that I listened attentively to both, I have this conclusion.

A Weekend Note - Come Fly with Me

2011-10-30T05:16:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Qantas grounded? I cannot imagine that a once great airline that others emulated would end up near bankruptcy. I cannot until I realize that Qantas is not the first one and probably will not be the last. At one time, Qantas was the airline to fly to the South Pacific islands of Fiji, New Zealand, then continue to Australia. They owned a building on San

The Daily Note - It's Your Oyster

2011-10-24T02:20:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I am actually not sure where it got started. I know I've always talked of more than just markets, charts, setups and trades like anyone else. It was a way to connect with others who may have liked to do the same things. As the years passed I shared my love of music and dance and many other topics usually somehow tied to trading. Although my blog grew, it never

The Daily Note - Fly Google Air

2011-10-14T02:10:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I posted a Pre-Market Charts and Music on StockTwits yesterday morning that basically stated that if it held above $550 during the day, it was possible that it would hit the top of the gap at $587: $GOOG http://stks.co/bVz. As Google progressed during the day it became more and more evident that the 555 would hold not just the 550. Did "someone" know something?

The Daily Note - Wall St. Protest, What's Your Rush?

2011-10-10T06:19:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; On your way to join the crowds crying out to blame? hate? kill? big banks.. STOP a moment. Hear what you area saying! You are not talking about a building, institution and not even money. You are crying out against people. Yes, people. Human beings that you are calling out to die. But even if 1 or 10 of the people within those walls you hate deserve such a

A Weekend Note - The Price We Pay

2011-10-01T15:40:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; What price this stock, what price that one? We all would like to think that we pay less than what it's worth so we can reap the profits as prices rise to it's "true" worth. But as markets go, is it really worth the price we pay and the price we get? Who tells us so and what do they know that I do not? The world is full of analysts who analyze and on their word

The Daily Note - View of a PlayList

2011-09-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I was going to post another story about prices but today's action prompted me to share The PlayList as it is e-mailed out to members each day. The only change I made is adjusting SPY to long at 117 and short at 116 today when it became evident that the entries would not work without wreaking havoc. I've been on a lookout for a day like today for what it seems

The Daily Note - The Right to Fail, Part II, Cycles

2011-09-26T02:02:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It has taken me a week to reflect on what I wrote in Part I of this article about Reed Hastings and NFLX in "The Right to Fail". I knew I had more to discover on the subject and more to express and as I went on a hunt through my mind about how it is we so often refuse to admit to failure especially since, on reflection, once we admit it, success begins to

The Daily Note - The Right to Fail

2011-09-19T02:49:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Everyone has the right to fail. Failure is an essential part of growth and it is as natural as rain. I remembered that as I watched the video by Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix. On the face of it, just the name "Qwikster" is wrought with problems, one of which the spelling. I went to by browser search and from memory I entered the company name. Unintentionally I

The Daily Note - Netflix? $NFLX !

2011-09-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

The Daily Note - Euro on the Dance Floor

2011-09-14T23:51:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; So now Euro is saved. Monday, when I started writing this article it went like this: So the Euro is again on the brink of collapse, OH NO, change of news, saved again. Greece threatens to default nay, be saved once more and we, little folk, again have to grind our teeth in worry, or wait it's saved so grin with elation, grind in worry, grin in elation as the news

The Daily Note - When in Doubt, Don't Dance

2011-09-12T05:49:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; The best way to handle days that are confusing is to just watch. The players are playing but unless the music has a steady tempo, just listen. Dancing become impossible to a mixed up beat. The drummer may be out of sync, the lead violin may be out of tune and the orchestra may not be able to read music. Matters not what the reason is, if you jump on the dance floor,

The Weekend Note - The Reluctant Trader

2011-09-10T14:01:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; This is a reprint of an article written and published by me on February 8, 2008. No changes have been made except the addition of music. Anni THE RELUCTANT TRADER Ok so you may think this is about you. Don't you? A familiar tune? Surprise! It's about all of us. We all have days when we are reluctant. Everything shows up just fine all systems go yet we hold

A Weekend Note - Clearing Cobwebs of Indecision

2011-09-04T14:42:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I received the following letter recently from a reader and though I usually answer letters privately I felt that this question merited a public answer, as I know it's a struggle that troubles many traders and I was no exception. Message*: Been reading your posts via Kirk Report. Your last several have been quite thought provoking. Stopped trading a month ago and

The Daily Note - An Elementary Budget Lesson

2011-08-30T05:41:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I was really surprised by the good news aspect of the report that the USA consumer spending was better than expected in July while the housing market was worse. At the same time, it is still amazes me that credit card spending is up and the reason given is that people are somehow feeling better about the economy. Added on is the report about small businesses still

The Daily Note - AAPL vs AAPL

2011-08-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I waited a few days to let the media hyping recede before writing my opinion of the recent announcement and outlook on AAPL stocks and company. I republished some of my previous articles about my thoughts on the matter some as old as 2 years, and in reviewing them I've decided to, pretty well, stay with my original thinking. Here's why. As companies go, AAPL's

The Daily Note - Sharing the View

2011-08-24T04:30:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I love the StockTwits community and enjoy the people I've met since the beginning. From professionals to beginners it is a great place to share thoughts in an awesome community. I was one of the first ones on and knowing me, I'll be one of the last ones to leave. Twitter too has brought together many who for lack of other space would not be able to meet. So, reading

The Daily Note - History Repeats

2011-08-22T16:48:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I just stated in my room that I feel we are back in 2000 again. The year when high flying stocks kept imploding on each high, until there was little or nothing left of their former status. It's not that all companies became suddenly worthless, but for many their cult status dropped and for others, investors along with traders went for the exit doors. That is how

The Daily Note - Are You A Trader?

2011-08-16T04:29:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It's time to say it, and perhaps it's too late for some, but some traders should not be trading. Especially under current market conditions. These days can blow you wildly about and if you do not study the markets, the markets will gladly study you and take you out before you can say STOP. There are traders who ought to spend time analyzing why they are still

A Weekend Note - What It's All About

2011-08-14T22:33:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; This picture made my Sunday, and probably my week and more. Another best greeting evvver from across the globe. It puts a smile on my face,and thus a glow into my life. It's because it's human that I can't think of anything better that could happen right now. It's because my blog has never been nor was intended to be just about trading; it's also about life. It's

The Daily Note - Another Great Day

2011-08-11T12:58:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; I was pondering @ppearlman 's straw poll about whether $SPY has bottomed, and the unusually great hits of my Subscriber PlayList this past weeks, when I recalled a previous "A Great Day" I wrote about nearly four years ago. Then I was exploring consensus thinking but especially negative thinking after listening, reading and reporting it through the Bush

The Daily Note - Winds of Change, Again

2011-08-09T04:46:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Right now I am just about to pull the plug.. everything except my life, which will happily continue. I always feel this way when I need to look at what I need to let go. It's a bit of a shaky feeling when one decides to change. Location, outlook, life, plans, seem to flash in front of eyes many of which beckon not to be forgotten. But change cannot happen with a

the Daily Note - BlueBird

2011-08-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; OK, as of today, I am no longer writing anything negative about anything. I'll just write about blue skies and blue birds of happiness. That is all everyone wants to read about and wants to hear. So, I'll stop the negativity too. Done! All you have to do is adopt my attitude, smile and just keep buying with the same positive outlook as you have thus far, and

PlayList Report for July 29

2011-07-29T18:16:00.000-07:00

A Daily Review of the Member only PlayList CRM Hit short pre-market 146 near low target 141 at 141.60 +5.40 2x 145.98 to near 144 target at 144.10 +1.88 no Long entry Total Net short +7.68 SODA hit long entry 71 2x and targets 72 for +1.00 and 74 for +3.00 TTL long +4 No short entry Total Net long +4.00 NFLX hit short entry 266 target 263 1x +3.00 and short 266 target 264 1x +2.00 no

PlayList Report for July 28

2011-07-28T16:05:00.000-07:00

A Daily Review of the Member only PlayList $NFLX hit short entry pre-market: 268 and 264 target; market hours plays: played well between 268-266 short 2x, only 2x long at 270 1x stop -1; 1x gain of .70 Total gains: +8.70 total loss -1.00 Net total +7.70 $DECK hit long entry 92 and target 95 1x play Total gains +3.00 Total loss 0 Net total +3.00 Earnings play: long 95 hit near 99 target (

A Weekend Note - Another Tragic Life

2011-07-23T14:06:00.000-07:00

Amy Winehouse found dead, July 23, 2011, age 27. Like with Janis Joplin there seems to be a pattern of drug addiction forgiven when talent is involved. They are given cult heroine/hero status and heralded into the future as "also did drugs which took their lives, how tragic at such a young age". While alive, focus is on their talent not on their problems, which does not help them on a personal

The Daily Note - Change It UP!

2011-07-17T00:15:00.000-07:00

Am I too serious or too flippant. Am I too optimistic or a pessimist; too chatty or too quiet; too wise or too foolish? Full of myself or full of BS, which I believe is the same thing. Either way, I've been called all of it and more which brings me to this point. No matter who you are and where you are on the trading grid, to thyne own self be true. If you are happy with dancing through your

The Daily Note - Being Right, Being Ready

2011-07-14T05:58:00.000-07:00

I was told in no uncertain terms that wanting to be right is an American disease. I am somewhat of a cynic but that's the last thing I'd accuse Americans of. In fact I see them constantly questioning themselves even when they should not. What I see mostly is Americans losing themselves and that IS a disease. All because they tend not to know themselves anymore. They've forgotten their history,

The Daily Note - Will Your Day Be A 7 or 11?

2011-07-11T10:14:00.000-07:00

It's beginning to feel more and more like we're gambling. We're not so much gambling on what we see on the charts but more like what we think the global thinkers will do with the $ Dollar, the IMF chiding and $ Moody ratings. Banks and Politicians continue to mate with each other, but like incest, they create more uncertainty about the healthy birth of a new world order. Where are we headed

The Daily Note - Happy Independence

2011-07-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

We all like to think that we wish to achieve independence in our lives and yet most of us demonstrate the opposite with our actions. It is not an easy goal to achieve when it's much easier to stay with the familiar for which we know the result. It is much easier not to take the risk involved when we commit to such a goal. Examine what independence means then examine what it means to you. One

The Daily Note - Scripting Your Future

2011-06-30T04:00:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Okay I won't repeat here what I wrote there but it's related to what I am about to continue to write here. You see, all that hate and bad news purported back then created our present time. Although it was not reality then, it is reality today. In other words, we scripted the future which we are now living just as we are scripting our future with our present

The Daily Note - How's Your Act?

2011-06-27T17:53:00.000-07:00

Let's go to the circus and see all the fun and pretty acts. They make it seem so easy don't they? Riding bareback on horses, tumbling, juggling, swallowing fire. Taming the beasts and daring the heights and watch the clowns as they act as if it's all a joke and make it seem easy. You can see it all at the circus. Does it sounds like a day at the markets? We can close our eyes and imagine

The Daily Note - To Greece or not to Greece

2011-06-24T11:37:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; 2011-06-23 15:00:21 [Message] Anni -> Trading Room: Greece reaches agreement with EU/IMF inspectors on 5-year austerity plan that's the reason for the bounce here. Told you all bets off if Greece agreements reached. So, that fixed everything? Of course not, but it's a relief. In my opinion it's not a good thing either. The EU can keep pretending they were not to

The Daily Note - Played or Playing?

2011-06-22T09:30:00.000-07:00

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; The inevitable question we all must at one time or another ask of ourselves is whether we are playing or are we being played. Paying too much attention to the many opinion mills available tends to cloud the issue to the point where we may wake up on the wrong side of this bed of nails. CNBC, CNN, FOX all spout an agenda, so do most politicians and especially the

The Daily Note - A Not So Daily Note

2011-06-20T06:17:00.000-07:00

Pardon my lack of posts this year, I can't believe we're nearly half way through and I find that The Daily has become the Weekly. Truth is though that my lack of posts have troubled me as has my lack of motivation for quite a while. I am looking at the many articles started and abandoned and as I read them I wonder why. Certainly they seemed interesting and timely enough, yet, for reasons

The Daily Note - The Matter of a Miss

2011-06-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

Oh puhleese! Dear news media or anyone doing any tweets regarding reports, quit calling it "a miss"; it's "a result"! It's a result due to pure mismanagement, by this government, of all things financial. Period. In case you are wondering, I'm talking Philly Fed today, but it applies to all things economic by the current or past administrations. A miss is an oops we goofed with a few figures. A

The Daily Note - Comfortably Numb

2011-06-08T02:48:00.000-07:00

By record I have written 388 articles on this blog about trading, life and current events as they relate to each other. Often I have used the past to point out what can happen in the future. It works for trading and it works for the lives we live. Although we oft say we do not have a crystal ball toward the future, we do very much have a clearer picture about the past and bringing timelines

the Daily Note - That Reminds Me, Again...

2011-05-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

Interesting that I wrote "Trade What You Know" just days ahead of the $LNKD IPO. I did not have it in mind when I wrote it, but time and again I'm reminded how relevant it is. This time just a week later, I refer to it once again in response to a comment I noticed on StockTwits. Given enough experience traders one day realize that it matters not what others are saying, it is the movement of

The Daily Note - Trust Your Plan

2011-05-17T05:16:00.000-07:00

Never stop dancing, even if the weather changes and ruins your picnic. Keep to your plans and you'll always find joy in the day. The most difficult part of the plan is to trust it. We have as traders often second guessed our plans only to say later how much we have "left on the table" or lament that we "sold too soon". There is only 2 reasons why that would happen. 1.) We did not have a

The Daily Note - Trade What You Know

2011-05-11T04:29:00.000-07:00

I credit Peter Lynch in turning on my "lightbulb" about the markets. It was my "aha" moment. I poured over many a prospectus, investement sheet in the reference section of the library about investing prior to reading his book,"Beating the Street" which I read at my favorite cafe in Santa Cruz, California. That is going back to 1994. I returned from teaching in Europe and was literally looking

The Daily Note - Trading with the Energy

2011-05-10T05:44:00.000-07:00

I like to trade while playing music because it moves me from within and if I cannot find a correct match, I prefer to be in total silence, where muses will find me instead. Either way, I tap into what I call the Universe or Universal Consciousness where all energy flows to and from. Energy flows in/out and all around us. It's being generated by thought. But we not only generate energy, we all

the Daily Note - What's in a Name?

2011-05-02T05:14:00.000-07:00

Indeed Shakespeare wrote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Well on Sunday we had a sweet victory on the announcement that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a raid executed by the Navy Seals. Upon the news the futures market went ballistic and I saw as high as +120 on the YM. Prior to that news, silver futures plummeted 13% as CME boosted required margin. Gold followed suit but only

The Daily Note - Watch Your Netflix

2011-04-26T04:37:00.000-07:00

This article is not about valuation, evaluation in the sense of an analyst. I'm not going to rip apart earnings reports, go through endless chart examples no matter how tempting. I'm writing this strictly from a consumer's point of view about busy consumers, like many of us, and for the many who have yet to have the opportunity. I am not a frequent user for reasons already stated but I'm a

the Daily Note - Your Technical, My Technical

2011-04-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

TA is different from FA .. but also my TA is different from your TA. In other words, there are many ways to use or abuse TA. By abuse I mean overuse. It took me a while to realize that I don't need all the TA indicators that is out there, but I do need to understand what each TA indicator does. In the way I learned TA is much the way I like to learn anything including the language I am

The Daily Note - An AAPL a Day

2011-04-20T16:58:00.000-07:00

Seeing all the interest in AAPL just makes you know that a lot rides on it's future for many people. So much that it could and has moved the entire market before and could again move it tomorrow. But first let's examine the current challenges it faces. One, gone is the #1 concern (for the present time): Steve Jobs' health. Two, it has taken on a new concern, so the new #1 is the Japan (or supply

The Daily Note - It's GOOG, Once Again.

2011-04-18T04:47:00.000-07:00

It's really good to know that at least some had/have integrity at Google. I am referring the the story published by Business Insider regarding Sergey Brin, who appearantly threatened to quit because he disagreed with the majority leadership buckling to China's demands of censorship. I know what Google allowed cost suffering for quite a few dissidents in China even before that 2009 incident.

the Daily Note - Accentuate The Positive

2011-04-11T02:00:00.000-07:00

We like to think that we are always upbeat and happy during trading hours but truth is that we are buffeted by winds of change all the time and it's at times difficult to stay "alive", let alone happy. Optimism needs to be carried forward by positive thoughts and when one is not doing well with trades, the thoughts tend to turn negative if not downright derogatory; which is the worst thinking

Wordplay I

2011-04-04T03:02:00.000-07:00

daily you're reading, writing about .... whatever you're there looking, finding something .... wherever millions of words are typed, transmitted to ...whomever is willing to connect ...whenever someone is willing to respond ...forever The Net by Anni Happy Trading, Living and Connecting The

The Daily Note - Is Priceline Priceless?

2011-03-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

We've all seen the ads for Master Card, but this is not about $MA this is about Priceline or PCLN for traders. It has been nothing short of miraculous in its rise in price and as I've mentioned at times, my skepticism had to be erased quickly in order for me to get on its right side back around the $150 price. My skepticism was based on the history of Travelzoo or TZOO in 2004/2005 but PCLN

The Daily Note - When Caesar Falls

2011-03-02T11:19:00.000-08:00

I do not recall ever having so much riding on one man, except MSFT in it's early days but even then not this much accolades or adoration. AAPL as a company is good enough, but without Steve Jobs would it be riding so high? Not if you read the tape when he appears and watch when his life is in limbo. It's been a couple of years since first I thought he may need to slowly ween off his followers

The Daily Note - Best Greeting EVER

2011-02-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

Greetings from high in the Alps, half way around the world, sure can make one's day! Happy Trading, Living and Skiing Anni The Daily Pick - FSLR - A $STUDY©DayTrading with Anni 2011 All Rights Reserved

The Daily Note - Cover US In Oil

2011-02-24T03:04:00.000-08:00

I've often said that we'll rue the day we stopped drilling for oil in the USA. "We need more oil" and "we need to ween ourselves off oil": For over 35 years the debate has continued. For over 35 years we have become increasingly more dependent on oil from the Middle East. For over 35 years we've been lied to about having a lack of oil supply and being told it will take 30 years to bring a well to

The Daily Note - Rules and Discipline

2011-02-23T04:39:00.000-08:00

Successful trading has rules; fact is everything has rules, including living. Each rule when followed or when not followed has specific consequences; when or what, we do not know until it happens. For example, we all know that: Stepping off a curb without looking; taking our hands off the wheel while driving; or accumulating debt can have bad consequences. We know we are tempting fate, yet we

The Daily Note - Like Falling in Snow

2011-02-22T04:00:00.000-08:00

Gone are the days when I could boast not a fall on the slopes. I don't ski often enough anymore and when I do, I like to think I can ski like I did back when. However if I didn't try, I'd be bored. Thus, I realized today that I trade much like I ski: Heart full of adventure and a dose of caution, with eyes to the future which on the slopes, is the end of the run without a broken or twisted limb.

The Daily Note - Today's Market, Yesterday's News

2011-02-17T04:10:00.000-08:00

Is this news for you? What's happening today in the markets is already old news to many who direct (read manipulate) the markets politically and monetarly. Long before you're on the scene they have already decided where they want a stock to close for options and for the day. Do they always get their way? Pretty much they do. Their pulpit is the business news stations, the money managers and

The Daily Note - I Heart You

2011-02-14T04:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines everyone! It is another fantastic day at the markets, I can tell. Just by being alive. Nothing will stop this market. I love fairy tales. Don't you? In fairy tales there is always a bad person (we always know who it is) An innocent person(we know who); A hero (ditto). Fairy tales also tend to start out badly and always end up happily and of course with ever after added on.

The Daily Note - Advice to "Newbie" Traders

2011-02-06T19:54:00.000-08:00

I am asked often about how to get started trading so I decided to publish some of my thoughts on the subject in condensed form today. Since no one person is the same or learns like another, the many approaches published by traders can be quite confusing if not overwhelming, So I decided here to keep it to the minimum as complications will naturally occur for each person as they continue the

The Daily Note - Music & Charts List for Friday

2011-02-04T06:11:00.000-08:00

recap of last evening's Music & Charts list for Friday: Featuring Music by Krokus $TZOO http://chart.ly/rae4pt2 $HOG http://chart.ly/qeb5t26 $CME http://chart.ly/g4wwnlp $NFLX http://chart.ly/83k7pm2 $GOOG http://chart.ly/ff2yb3b $PCLN http://chart.ly/ff2yb3b $RIMM http://chart.ly/r7y5mx2 $AGQ http://chart.ly/7psbss9 Happy Trading, Living and Dancing Anni

The Daily Note - BIDU Earnings Play

2011-01-31T22:00:00.000-08:00

Sometimes they work like a charm, and according to script. BIDU today was a great example of the setup and execution of a perfect earnings play. First the Call & Setup Then Comes the Play Trading is more satisfying when when it unfolds according to plan. Happy Trading, Living and Dancing Anni The Daily Pick - ©