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Old 10-12-2007, 12:34 AM
DcifrThs DcifrThs is offline
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Default Re: Trade Idea Generation. the process of writing and thinking..LETS D

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Barron, how much analysis do you generally think is necessary before executing trades like the one you mentioned? Like do you typically think idea synthesis is enough or would you plan on cranking numbers for these before executing?

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you can't execute anything w/o cranking #s imo.

you have to know what the volatility of that position could be...and what it could be if you're wrong by some % etc...in addition the corerlation to your other positions and the expected return (where you'd exit and why ...)

blindly going into any position w/o a good amount of research isn't smart imo.

my goal here is of synthesis of the global markets and thena deeper dive into a small number of trades coupled with a less deep dive into a larger number of trade ideas.

i'm building (and i guess have built) a very nice excel spreadsheet with a ton of data i've gathered from teh internetz. gunna be fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Barron
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