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Volatility of Emerging Markets

Volatility of Emerging Markets

0 / January 23, 2012 7:28 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog The (EEM) iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund exemplifies the outperformance this sector has had recently over the S&P500 benchmark that many use (3.25% above over the last 21 trading days). Also [...]

Gold’s Connecting Flight (It Just Landed)

Gold’s Connecting Flight (It Just Landed)

0 / January 5, 2012 4:22 pm

by Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog I am writing this on 12.29.2011 during Thursday’s regularly scheduled session. There are few interesting things lining up that I have observed worth sharing about gold. These line up the odds [...]

Adding Precision to Intuition: Examining Correlation

Adding Precision to Intuition: Examining Correlation

0 / December 15, 2011 9:31 pm

by Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog We’ve all had that gut feeling when seeing high correlations among assets – that it might not be good – but perhaps without having a way to measure its effect. Some [...]

Projecting All Time Highs/Lows Using VBTA

Projecting All Time Highs/Lows Using VBTA

0 / December 2, 2011 9:14 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog There have been some interesting behavioral finance studies that are shedding light into the mindsets of crowd behavior. That, in turn, gives newfound significance to technical analysis concepts. One example and [...]

Why does application performance monitoring fail?

Why does application performance monitoring fail?

0 / November 25, 2011 5:40 pm

…And more importantly, how can you avoid it? In this next video in our series from TradeTech Architecture back in October, I caught up with Rodney Morrison, VP of Products at SL Corporation, who produce software monitoring solutions to find out [...]

Out of the Box: Trading Based on an Option Contract Price Chart

Out of the Box: Trading Based on an Option Contract Price Chart

0 / November 18, 2011 9:10 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog I always like to blog about something I don’t see very often, and topics that make people think. So I was doubly excited to get this idea after having our tools [...]

Is the future of High-Frequency Trading wireless?

Is the future of High-Frequency Trading wireless?

0 / November 16, 2011 12:06 pm

High-frequency trading (HFT) companies typically trade a huge volume of contracts operating on the tiniest of margins. This means even the smallest of price movements can essentially be make or break for business. This makes choosing the right technology an [...]

“Banks are like landmines” says Chris Skinner

“Banks are like landmines” says Chris Skinner

0 / November 14, 2011 11:44 am

Chair of TradeTech Architecture, owner of The Financial Services Club, voracious blogger on TheFinansier.com and all-round financial guru, Chris Skinner joined the TradeTech Blog at the Architecture event in London in October. In this interview we discussed why taxing the [...]

TT’s Top Headlines: Groupon IPO, Euro Crisis Continues and oh, that whole MF Global Thing…

TT’s Top Headlines: Groupon IPO, Euro Crisis Continues and oh, that whole MF Global Thing…

0 / November 4, 2011 9:02 pm

The financial world has been anything but boring lately, even for consumers who may not follow with as much careful attention as we naturally do. Unfortunately the more attention we’re getting, the more likely it is that turmoil and volatility [...]

Where Do We Go Now? Ow ow ow.

Where Do We Go Now? Ow ow ow.

0 / October 31, 2011 6:42 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog We are at a major inflection point. Major. Currently, we are at multi time framed resistance, near 1250. The very good news, is that once a trend begins, you’ll have great [...]