ES Emini Futures Trading Morning Session Review 11/09/09
The only analysis there is today is that equities is going up as the dollar goes down. Not sure about the rationale of a recovery without improving employment. However, on a day like today, don't try to stand in the way of a freight train.
Well, I've seen this day before. I learned the hard way that it is foolish to fade this type of market.
My grandfather worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad many moons ago. Sometimes, when my grandmother wasn't looking, he would let me stand with him about 10 ft from the tracks as a fast moving freight train would passby. One of his jobs was to examine the axles of the train. If he saw an axle overheating, he would radio the engineer, and let him know about it.
I learned that neither he or I could stop the train. That was the decision of the engineer. We simply observed, and collected information. Trying to stop the train without the controls is fatal. Without the controls, we simply have to accept that a train will go in a specific direction at a certain speed. Same with the market.
Here is another lesson that I learned from my dad on that same train track. Call it Dad's Lesson
" I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra
"There is nothing like losing all you have in the world for teaching you what not to do. And when you know what not to do in order not to lose money, you begin to learn what to do in order to win. Did you get that? You begin to learn!" Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin LeFevre
"Creative persons differ from one another in a variety of ways, but in one respect they are unanimous: They all love what they do. It is not the hope of achieving fame or making money that drives them; rather, it is the opportunity to do the work that they enjoy doing." Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
"Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out." Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
"I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex." Erma Bombeck
Good call!
ReplyDeleteHi Awais,
ReplyDeleteWell, I've seen this day before. I learned the hard way that it is foolish to fade this type of market.
My grandfather worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad many moons ago. Sometimes, when my grandmother wasn't looking, he would let me stand with him about 10 ft from the tracks as a fast moving freight train would passby. One of his jobs was to examine the axles of the train. If he saw an axle overheating, he would radio the engineer, and let him know about it.
I learned that neither he or I could stop the train. That was the decision of the engineer. We simply observed, and collected information. Trying to stop the train without the controls is fatal. Without the controls, we simply have to accept that a train will go in a specific direction at a certain speed. Same with the market.
Here is another lesson that I learned from my dad on that same train track. Call it Dad's Lesson
Charles