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So you want to be a money manager?
/by Peter BrandtThere are a lot of you out there on StockTwits. I get more questions via email from traders like you about the managed futures/forex world than about any other subject. It seems that a lot of you aspire to manage money in stocks, futures or forex. While I mostly have been a proprietary trader through […]
Turning a chart on its head
/by Peter BrandtSometimes a possible top gains clarity if one can flip the chart over and view it as a possible bottom. The easiest way to do this is to print a chart and flip it 180 degrees. But since I cannot do this with a blog post, I did the next best thing — convert a […]
Silver bulls, don’t worry, just draw a lower trendline
/by Peter BrandtBlogging vs. trading!
/by Peter BrandtWhat do the two have in common? An opinion is NOT a position. A position is NOT an opinion. In the final analysis, the two have nothing in common. Yet, be aware that in this blog I sometimes present opinions and market perspectives (and misc. things I find interesting at the moment) and other times venture […]
8 years of global Silver supply changed hands last week
/by Peter BrandtValue of Silver trading equaled 1.5 times the entire value of NYSE trading First off, before I say anything more, let me congratulate those of you who sniffed out the bull market in Silver and have made a killing. Whether your reasons for being a long holder of Silver (bullion, ETFs, producers) prove to be […]
Silver is a way to play the US$ — NOT!!!!!
/by Peter BrandtIf you are bearish on the US$, there are better bets to make. In recent days many a Silver bull has attempted to convince me that Silver is a play against the US$. I don’t buy it for a minute. Silver is a raw material commodity. End of story. That Silver is considered a semi-precious […]