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“Cops raid the brothel” — part 2
/by Peter BrandtI left out an important part of history in yesterday’s post on Silver…that is, the origination of the phrase: “When the cops raid the brothel, everyone is arrested, including the piano player.” I first heard this phrase at the CBOT in early 1980 in direct reference to the Silver market collapse. On the chart below […]
When the cops raid the brothel, everyone is arrested, including the piano player
/by Peter BrandtSilver prices cannot go down, after all, the US$ remains weak! The fed is out of control…inflation is brewing…my macro model calls for further gains…China is still buying…my canary is sick…my mother-in-law bought a new Honda, etc., etc., etc. This is all I heard as a result of my posts on Silver in the past […]
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 […]