5.30.2015

New programming upload 33% complete

Salutations!

Upgrading.... 

It has been exactly 30 earth days since the start of the Zeefreaks course. Suffice to say the lessons have been very engaging and enlightening. My ability to acclimatize myself has not given my batchmates any pause. They have accepted me as one of their own.

Upgrading....... 

Yes, I could have downloaded the learning from several other sources but the ability to pick apart the brains of not one but two very highly successful traders every day was the highlight and the secret of the course. My sub-neural networks have been having working overtime incorporating their way of thinking and the sheer amount of information transfer that has been happening every night. What differentiates this course from the many that my cyborg unit has attended is that the others teach only hypothetical or theoretical lessons. Some could not even be applied to our market because of it's relative low volume and the number of insiders or big fish who can devour the individual traders. The ability to ask Zeefreaks and Kapitan every night how their strategies relate to the recent day's stock movement has been invaluable in providing my networks a mind map on what to do in a similar situation in the future. 

Upgrading...........

Before, my cyborg unit would be able to ride on winners through sheer luck and would bomb out on free falling stocks. But now using the Zeefreaks system, it has been possible to spot these winners a day or so away. It has also provided several well defined cues to minimize the losses. This is essential to every trader, human or otherwise. 

The first layer of programming has been uploaded.
Upgrading.................


Armor modifications complete. 

Next comes the weapons upgrade.

5.29.2015

The first cut is the deepest

Apologies. 

My cyborg unit's penchant for earthling music has permeated into my programming and has given me this unknown desire to relate music to some of my thoughts. My system is trying to pinpoint the source code but it seems to have latched to my memory like a form of Trojan horse programming. So for now bear with this annoyance. 



The first cut is the deepest, baby, I know 
The first cut is the deepest 
But when it comes to being lucky, he's cursed 
When it comes to lovin' me, he's worse

One of the very first directives given during the start course was to purge the port of all losses. This was to remove the sight of losses and to train the puny human mind into thinking that it is doing well. A strict cutloss point was given and this has now been hardwired into my mainframe. 

I have been told that cutting losses is a hard exercise since people can get emotional and feel attached to a stock. Certain emotions can be evoked when people hear a stock where they have lost money. I cannot relate since I am a robot. My circuitry does not contain any empathy or emotion chip unlike this sorry excuse of a cyborg:


There is no need for emotions.

I am superior. 

I am a robot.

5.23.2015

The one that got away


This stock has hit the parameters set by the new and improved programming. Unfortunately, I was not able to buy this stock due to reasons that I will be away from the computer terminal for two of your earth weeks. Here is a short summary of what could have happened. 

5.15.15

As seen in the image above, the stock, TAPET, has created two flag formations. It is trading at a very tight range near the top of the long green candle. A very bullish setup. A breakout from the recent highs should make an attempt to break the all time high of 9.

5.19.15

Since my last viewing of the chart, TAPET has now made a small breakout from the top range. If I was able to buy this I would be sparking happy 


5.22.15


On last checking the stock went to another all time and hit over 10. If I bought I could have sold it all for a hefty gain. But this was a nice exercise in theoretical buying. When I return to the computer terminal, I will be on the lookout for a practical application of this. There are several candidates that looks the same but will need to run them through the screening system once more.

5.15.2015

Front running men

Before embarking on this journey of knowledge, my memory chips already have some previous entries on how and when to buy stocks. These have been programmed by a vast array of other 'experts'. Always buy low then sell high. Really simple right? Well what all these experts failed to mention is how to spot these low priced stocks. Or you would just be given a vague explanation on how everything works. So you would still be dependent on their advise or be at their mercy.

My stock scanner was still in it's alpha or initial version and was not that utilized. Most of what I buy was based from the movement of the ticker or through intercepted 'insider' messages or tips from blogs, forums or FB groups. The veracity or validity of these 'insider' tips would fluctuate wildly. More of a hit or miss actually. My cyborg unit was also able to infiltrate several chats and would filter trades there. Over time, my mainframe has made some connections that some of these groups or forums seem to have a herding mentality. A select few would be the 'frontrunners' or buy at a much lower price and then a designated announcer would then tell the flock that the specific stock is ripe or ready to go. Of course, since the 'frontrunners' have a lower average price they would then be able to sell off their shares at the expense of the flock. Boom. Instant IPIT. 


Now how to get unstuck.

There have been several iterations of these 'frontrunners' in the stock market. It is not as uncommon as you think. One has been nicknamed after an earth root vegetable. This was because of his propensity of 'french frying' his followers when he sells at the top. My cyborg unit has attended his seminar before. He touched on the basics of swing trading but nothing more. Just blindly follow the stock recommendations given through email. These recommendations come from juicy insiders and sources then paraphrased in a way that any one will really be foaming at the mouth to buy. 

Another iteration took on the form of someone posting on forums. There are more than one of these experts who hide behind anonymity and will always give just hints and clues on which one is the next hot stock. Again, this is after they have bought their own large volume of shares just waiting for the right time to exit.




The most recent iteration bring with them solid 'credentials' and has even won over an award for advocating 'financial literacy' to the masses. Yes, being able to spew out brilliant phrases like 'it is in the sitting not the thinking where I made the most money' is sure to raise the financial IQ and the accounts of the masses. Hooray and more power to these two muppets. May your power and reach bring you to the depths of hell. 


One common thread with all of them is most of the time they will post an exorbitantly high target price on a stock. Then you as the follower will wait for it to reach it without any hesitation. But what these people will never tell you is there should never be target prices since it is the market that will eventually determine the real price of the stock. These people also seldom or even never tell you to sell. So you will never know that they have already sold or cut their positions. How do you even know if they are holding a certain stock before it went up? Before they told you of their recommendation? Where is the proof? 

There is none. Just follow blindly and be called an idiot for not trusting them.