Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts

11.20.2015

The Stock Market Games

For the majority of traders out there who do facebook analysis (FA) or tsismis analysis (TA), don't you notice that most of the time the recommendations are always of entry points? Where to buy, what price to bodega, buy below this price, etc. So specific so detailed. 

But what about the exit or target price? This is where it gets a bit murky. Usually it's in a vague out of this world target of anywhere from 50-1000% percent increase. Such juicy and jaw dropping figures. Now, who in their right mind would want to miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime? 


I'm a cash cow. Moo

No one right? Why give up your measly 3-5% profit for the promise of the ceiling or baggers? If it's on facebook or a hot tip from everybody's lovable idyut or playbook master then it must be good. Well earthlings, sorry to burst your bubble but you've just been played. Welcome to the wonderful game known as the stock market. 

My system has done countless comparisons to numerous other earth systems, from carnival rides to sports, and it has come up with one game show that seems to resemble the stock trading experience the most. The name itself is a good indicator of what everyone wishes their experience or goal is. It's none other than the game show: 

Everyone's goal

Fitting isn't it? Everybody is in the stock market to earn and try to look for a way to get out of the rat race. To live a better life free from the daily grind, the endless traffic, to have more time to spend with their family or for those working abroad, to be able to come home and BE with their loved ones. Such simple human goals but oh so difficult to achieve. Being able to buy and strike gold in a basura stock is the ultimate goal. But usually this is not the case. Similar to the game show, not everyone can do it. This is where having a sound exit strategy comes in. Let's break it down some more. 


1) The money tree represents the possible profit that anyone can earn from a certain stock. So tempting. All the stock has to do is to go up. Simple right? Enter the next part of the game. 


2) Of course, as in everything in life, nothing is ever simple. To reach each new level of profits, there would be questions to be asked. Questions that get harder the nearer it gets to the top. In the stock market, these questions are known as the resistances. These are the lines that a stock has to break in order for it to be a bagger or more. 

Sample of a chart with resistances

Knowing how to plot these resistances is vital since it will give you a heads up for the next part of the game. 

3) In the game show, the host sometimes asks the contestant if they are happy with their current winnings and they can walk away with what they have or if they want to continue answering the next question with a wrong answer leading to the contestant losing it all or just taking home a reduced amount. This concept in stocks is where traders either take profits or cut losses. 


For some traders, the tsupiteros, they will disregard the ultimate target price and just look at the resistances and set their selling there, happy in the thought that they were able to earn X% for that trade. 

Others will look at the target price and be blinded by it. Even if common sense tells them that the resistances might be too strong, they will hold on with all hope that it will be reached. And this is where most people fail. In the same way that not everyone in the game show can win, the same concepts can be applied. Managing your greed and knowing your limits or a stock's limits can be the difference of your trade from winning or losing. 


Now, one of the key differences between the aforementioned earth game show and the stock market is the fact that on the game show, you are only playing in a vacuum. It is just you and the host. But in the stock market, there are thousands of others who are playing the same game as you. All thinking how to earn and where to sell. Remember, in a game, there will always be winners and losers. Plan your trades. Set your exits. 

May the best man or robot win.





6.03.2015

Melee Attack - CROWN

me·lee
ˈmāˌlā,māˈlā/
noun
  1. a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle.

This has been the first winner trade done during the Zeefreaks course. My port was holding two other stocks when my radar scanner picked up the anomalous activity on the ticker. With a quick check on the charts plus some fast pattern recognition done by my cerebral cortex, my mainframe sprang into action. Shown is a snapshot of the entry points that were executed. 


This was a melee attack since as stated earlier, there were two other stocks in my portfolio. Melee attacks are unplanned attacks and are the result of one stock rising above the rest, forcing you to drop laggard stocks to focus on it in full force. Think of it as an arena where many go in but only one survive. It brings to my memory one of my favorite earth games back in the day.

 Star Control 2

My system did some quick computations and calculated that the risk reward of the two other stocks were not as high so they were all switched to CROWN. The liquidity and momentum were just too great to miss out. CROWN was the overwhelming winner of the bloodbath that happened on that day. 

Today, after just a hold of one day, all signals pointed to my system having to dispose all my shares. In the past, my cyborg unit could still be holding on these shares or have waited too long. Although the shares were not sold at the optimum price, it was still a very acceptable range. My system is still ironing out the kinks and fine tuning itself. World domination does not come easy. 


My gratitude to my mentors.