2008-08-20T20:15:29Z http://blog.vcmtrading.com/atom.aspx Quick Blog tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2008-01-25:a6468d3b-7243-42e1-815f-5fd73e3ac181 Oliver Velez 2008-01-25T20:07:03Z 2008-01-25T19:48:00Z tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2008-01-23:e2414b32-8150-4620-ac99-7fccc29842d1 Oliver Velez 2008-01-23T19:49:31Z 2008-01-23T08:51:00Z tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2008-01-02:b037e731-e037-47fc-8a59-0a4492e22ea1 Oliver Velez 2008-01-02T02:01:47Z 2008-01-02T01:49:00Z tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-11-28:4f52a5d8-dac6-4c04-b0e6-2bec210ae087 Oliver Velez 2007-11-29T00:11:47Z 2007-11-28T22:57:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. VelezDear Traders:In my last post, I decided to show the monthly result for one of my Black Boxes, which as you now know, is an algorithm, programmed to trade the market each day without any human intervention. This robotic form of trading is truly the new area and will increasingly become a more important part of every professional trading firm's operation. As I revealed to you, I intend to grow my current number of 14 Black Boxes exponentially. After all, these robotic systems are traders too. What's more, they never slack ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-11-26:27f59342-7a83-4dab-80d7-9d1d68daa769 Oliver Velez 2007-11-26T01:16:57Z 2007-11-26T00:22:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. VelezQuestion: Which former post of mine do you think has won the popularity contest so far? In other words, which one do you believe received the greatest number of comments, questions, and inquires? Answer: The most recent one, entitled, A No Lose Trading System. Of course. I'm not surprised. Are you? Well, you shouldn't be. Anytime someone uses catchy phrases like "No Lose," "Money Back Guarantee," "100% Accurate," etc., they draw a lot of attention. Should it be this way? No. But we are a gullible species. There is no other ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-11-23:d2ce6043-e732-4ac2-8560-e0e5a05a9f54 Oliver Velez 2007-11-23T01:35:30Z 2007-11-23T01:21:00Z From The Trading Desk of Oliver VelezThere are several facts about trading systems that are highly unrecognized by traders. And when they are recognized, they are rarely believed. Let’s look at two of these facts: 1) Your trading system or method does not have to win more than it loses to make a lot of money. Its wins simply must be consistently larger than its losses. Some of the most profitable systems ever created only won about 38% of the time. The losses were greater in number, but the profitable trades were much larger than the ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-11-21:7f3f59e9-0021-4481-86dc-70f2732b315d Oliver Velez 2007-11-21T04:38:30Z 2007-11-21T04:20:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. VelezMost active market participants (we'll call them traders) are ceaselessly looking for certainty, albeit in the wrong places. They are looking for more certain techniques, information that is more certain, systems that deliver more certain results, reports that offer more certain assurances, analysts that spit out more certain predications, etc., etc., etc. All of this searching, while admirable, is really for naught, because the only thing certain in this world of ours (besides death and taxes) is LOSS. And even death and taxes are a form of loss, as I'm sure ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-11-05:4a2d3713-09e7-4acd-a2c4-327d20cba67e Oliver Velez 2007-11-09T14:59:42Z 2007-11-05T20:51:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. Velez/images/100026-92750/Podcast.jpg" width=673 border=0>Those who have followed my work for even a cursory period of time know that I am not a big fan of using a ton of indicators to analyze stocks. Money Flow, RSI, Stochastics, Momentum, On-Balance Volume, MACD, Bollinger Bands, Gan Lines, Fan Lines and the like, while not entirely useless, really do more to confuse traders in my opinion, rather than help. Some traders look at so many indicators that they can no longer see the underlying stock they are analyzing. How productive is that? Their computer screen ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-10-20:ed6f7e7e-208e-4c97-beda-26dfbefb24b0 Oliver Velez 2007-11-25T01:20:56Z 2007-10-20T07:37:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. Velez/images/100026-92750/blog_2.jpg" width=700 border=0>Wide Range Bars (WRBs) come in two varieties: 1) Igniting WRBs and 2) Ending WRBs. The above chart demonstrates the former. Igniting Wide-range bars represent one of the clearest indications that a stock is highly likely to continue moving in the WRB's direction...by a substantial amount. Let's not forget that institutional buying and selling still account for roughly 85% of the market's daily volume. And in order for us (regular individual market participants) to profit, we need a healthy degree of institution money flow to come into a stock ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-10-05:49a397ff-6b5b-4c0d-9a4f-0eeb65ef4501 Oliver Velez 2007-12-02T03:30:27Z 2007-10-05T17:36:00Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. Velez This upcoming December will mark my 21st year as a trader. When I look back, it amazes me how fast this long period of time sped by. When I was a child, I seemed never to be able to stick to anything for any considerable period of time. Initially, a spark of interest would feverishly drive me head-long into a particular activity. I'd devour every book I could find on the topic, read every article, tap every resource and speak to every person even remotely associated with it. I dove ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-10-05:30c5bf69-d71c-4167-b936-c54c9ff9048a Oliver Velez 2007-10-05T18:46:09Z 2007-10-05T01:10:00Z A wise man was known for frequently saying, "Finding the right stocks to play each day is 80% of the battle." Well, my traders will automatically tell you that I'm the author of that statement, as it is one of my most repeated axioms. Consistently pick the right horses (stocks), and the wins happen automatically. In fact, one does not even need a good deal of trading skill to win more often than not if the right "stocks in play" are chosen. So make no mistake about it. It's more about the stocks you choose, and ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-10-05:0a50654c-c225-4213-b022-824bb96d8259 Oliver Velez 2007-12-18T10:21:36Z 2007-10-05T00:42:00Z tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-10-04:4f6fbdff-9285-4b9d-bd7c-28c230799cac Oliver Velez 2007-10-05T20:38:33Z 2007-10-04T15:52:55Z From the Trading Desk of Oliver L. VelezIn this podcast, Oliver reveals how to guage the potency and strength of the sellers in a downtrend. ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-09-29:de5eab24-e32b-47ed-bb8e-dcf6b1dcb839 Oliver Velez 2007-10-04T15:58:11Z 2007-09-29T14:49:00Z This 5-minute chart of Nvidia Corp (NVDA) displays several items that we regard as absolute musts:1) Color Coded Volume - While volume today is lkargely an overrated indicator, at specific times it is a very power sign of a shift or change in ownership of a stock. And as all VCM Traders know, a change in the ownership of a stock leads to a change in the direction of the stock. I like the color-coded variety which makes it visually easier to identify the volume associated with up, down and neutral bars.2) Color-coded Candlestick Bars - This ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-09-29:fa855f80-901b-4409-9ac3-327434ef8d94 Oliver Velez 2007-09-29T13:35:51Z 2007-09-29T13:02:43Z This Podcast represents the audio version of the message below. Enjoy! ...]]> tag:blog.vcmtrading.com,2007-09-28:e9819ee8-5045-4792-8cba-b6aff4bf53a6 Oliver Velez 2007-09-29T13:02:29Z 2007-09-28T01:29:00Z