August 2015 - Trading Game

Unfortunately, we live in an era where the ignorant dickhead is celebrated. The greater the ignorance or the more appalling the behaviour the more oxygen they are given. This is a sad consequence of the inevitable dumbing down of society at large and the rubbish fed to us by a media that is full of…

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China’s Market And Policy Timeline

Charting, Economy, Get Your Shit Together, International MarketsBy Chris Tate August 27, 2015

Bloomberg has created an interesting graphic looking at the various market interventions undertaken by the Chinese government. The part to concentrate on is the number of actions taken to stem the decline – none of which seemed to have worked. My feeling has always been that markets will go int he direction they want to…

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This has been a tough week for the 0.01% out there. For the world’s billionaires, this week is already proving rough. The Chinese stock market dropped 8.5 percent Monday, the biggest single-day decline since 2007, and the world’s 400 richest people lost about $124 billion collectively. Chinese billionaires lost more than $14 billion of their…

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I Am Fascinated By This

AspirationBy Chris Tate August 25, 2015

AMMO NYC is my new favourite YouTube channel. I am fascinated by this young blokes fastidiousness and professionalism. Every tradesman I have met for the past year has been the complete opposite – a total collection of fuckwits who are incompetent beyond belief. This gives me hope that out there are people who know what…

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Drawdowns

Australian Markets, Charting, Get Your Shit Together, History and Science, International MarketsBy Chris Tate August 25, 2015 1 Comment

I thought will the market currently going to hell in a handcart it would be instructive to generate a few drawdown curves for the main players. Moves such as the one we are undergoing are always instructive, if only for the illustrative effect of seeing how little the media actually knows about market. The issue…

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