Tuesday, June 23, 2009

向投资高手学习—趋势大师篇

俗话说,读万卷书不如行万里路,行万里路不如阅人无数,阅人无数不如高人指路。站在巨人的肩膀上, 矮子也可以看得比巨人更远!

最伟大的股票和期货投机人杰西·利弗莫尔

业界地位:

20世纪初期华尔街最伟大的股票和期货投机人、交易奇才、熊市杀手。杰西的支持者与反对者只在一个问题上达成了共识:杰西确实是杰出的操盘手。

名言:

华尔街永不改变。钱袋会变,投机者会变,股票会变,但华尔街永不改变,因为人性永不改变。

警惕所有的所谓内部消息。试想,如果有那么容易挣到的钱,怎么还会有人让它掉进你的腰包。

股市只有一面,不是多头或空头的一面,而是正确的一面。

大盘价格的波动当然都有理由,但是大盘不会去管原因和理由,也不会花精神去解释。

买卖从来就没有任何差别。

我操作一种系统,而不是操作一支喜爱的股票,也不是操作支持我买卖背后的意见,我只知道其中的算术。

投机是世界上最刺激的游戏。懒惰的人、愚蠢的人、心智发育不平衡的人、妄想一夜暴富的人是不可能参与的。

利润会自己集聚起来,而损失却不会。投机者期望规避大的损失,就必须从规避一个个小的损失做起。

在我看来,投资者都是下注的赌徒。一旦下错注,他们就会输个精光。

绝不要摊低亏损头寸。

关心把事情做正确,而不关心赚钱。

证券界向来是顶级天才的汇集地和表演天才的大舞台。

他每天多次检查股票,将注意力集中在问题上,而不是成功上。

他立足于短钱,认为10%、15%的收益积累起来要比囤积股票来日待涨要可靠的多。他觉得这种所谓的长期投资的收益是比较虚无的,等到长期投资的股票赚到钱以后,短线上获利金钱已经摆在那里一年了。

犯错要尽早。下了决定立即实施,并不停地校正该决策。

永远做你喜欢的事来营生。走这样的路,你的执著才能够确保长期成功的幸福感,而非短暂投机后的空虚。

保持相对机敏。要随时研究能带来财富的一切领域,要比别人更早感知大势的变化。

即使信息不充分也要尽量做恰当的决定。许多信息都是无用的,关键是,怎么把握现有的信息,把焦点集中到最重要的问题上。

永远相信你的直觉。经验是一种财富,不得不承认,直觉也是经验的累积,关键是如何在直觉和经验间取得平衡。

不做小投资。人的时间和精力有限,冒险投资的时候,要确保回报足以补偿支出。

安德烈·科斯托兰尼

擅长投机的德国股市无冕之王安德烈·科斯托兰尼是德国的巴菲特、证券界教父、20世纪的股票见证人、本世纪金融史上最成功的投资大师之一。

他的投机生涯自从十向岁接触股票后开始,安德烈·科斯托兰尼就像染上毒瘾一样,从此深深的为投机的刺激和风险所着迷,有将近八十年的时间他都是在与各样的股票、债券、货币、期货等商品打交道,而且热此不疲,他也一直以投机者自居,且深以为傲。

在他一生当中共写了13本有关投资、证券、货币、财富、证券心理学的书,书中写了他在股市上的巨大成功也写了他的巨大失败,但都是要实实在在的告诉读者自己所走过的旅程。

发财和破产紧紧相依。

证券交易所:对某些人来说,意味着财富,对某些人来说,却意味着毁灭。言辞尖刻的人说,魔鬼创造了证券交易所。

许多外行人总是称证券市场是经济的温度计,其实不然。证券市场无法显示当前的经济状况,也预测不了未来经济的发展趋势。

他认为,长远来看,经济和证券市场的发展方向相同,但在过程中,却有可能选择完全相反的方向。指数有什么道理,这里一切取决于一件事,就看是傻瓜比股票多,还是股票比傻瓜多。每天,证券评论员都费尽心思解释当天指数的变化素却难以胜数。利率提高,股价下跌;然而影响指数上扬或下跌的因利润高过预期,XY的指数便可能看涨,而ABC的股票却下跌,因为尽管利润高过预期,专家却看到该企业面临艰困的未来。而下一份报纸的评论却指出,同一档股票指数下跌的原因在于获利了结。另一天,美元坚挺是指数上扬的原因,但第二天,在同一份报纸的评论中,美元是指数下跌的关键。对投机人士来说,这些评论完全多余,而且毫无用处。专家引用报章评论,寻找合乎逻辑的因素,但证券市场有自己的逻辑,和普通消费者的逻辑没有什么关系。

证券市场像漂亮的女人或天气一样任性,擅长利用各种光怪陆离

的魔术吸引猎物,大家对其不抱希望时,证券市场也一样冷淡对待。我建议大家应该冷静,不要在意证券市场喜怒无常的脾气,尤其不要为此寻找合乎逻辑的解释。评论员可能局限于三个因素,因为供过于求.证券交易走势疲软;或因为需求大于供给,证券交易行情坚挺,或因为供需平衡,证券交易没有变化。

从短期至中期来看,绝对不是好的股票一定看涨,不好的股票肯定下跌,情况可能完全相反。一家企业也许获利丰厚,可以支付红利,还有良好的发展前景,但只有需求大于供给时,才会在证券市场中看涨,这是证券交易逻辑的惟一条件。傻瓜、股票,谁多?直到今天,科斯托兰尼还清楚记得第一次到巴黎证券交易所时的情景。一位老先生朝他走来:“年轻人,我没见过你。你是谁?”“我第一次到证券交易所.我是X公司的实习生。"“你的上司是我的朋友,我现在教你一些非常重要的东西。你看看周围,这里的一切都取决于一件事,就看这里的傻瓜比股票多,还是股票比傻瓜多。”这条座右铭也成为他的信条,我们可以这样解释,行情趋势要看卖方卖股票的情况,是否比买方买股票急迫。如果股票持有者迫于心理或物质上的压力,被迫出售股票,而资金所有者虽然想买,却无购买压力,行情就会下跌。反之.如果资金所有者迫切寻找股票,而股票持有者并没有物质或心理上的压力,要出售股票,行情就会上涨。科斯托兰尼希望大家一直记住这条准则,一切取决于供给和需求。而他全部的证券交易理论都以此为基础。

名言

“有一个男子带着狗在街上散步,像所有的狗一样,这狗先

跑到前面,再回到主人身边。接着,又跑到前面,看到自己跑得太远.又再折回来。整个过程里,狗就这样反反复复。最后,他俩同时抵达终点,男子悠闲地走了一公里,而狗跑来跑去,走了四公里。男子就是经济,狗则是证券市场。”


“巴尔扎克在一篇关于高雅生活的文章里写到,世上有三种

人,工作的人、思考的人和无所事事的人。真正的投机家是思考的人,但很多人却认为投机家是不用工作的人。”

“有钱的人可以投机;钱少的人不可以投机;根本没钱的人必须投机。”

安德烈·科斯托兰尼的箴言是:“心理造就90%行情。”他认为影响股价(特别是短期走势)起伏的原因,主要并非受经济发展的影响,而是受制于投资者对消息的反应及心理因素。好消息未必一定令股价上升,大众对消息的反应才是影响股价的主要因素。

凡是证券交易所里人尽皆知的事,不会令我激动。经常有人问我,我的讯息和想法是从哪来的。我的回答很简单,其实,我不寻找讯息,而是发现讯息。

科斯托兰尼说过这样一句话:“职业投资者的工作,95%是在浪费时间,他们在阅读图表及营业报告,却忘记思考,但对投资者来说,这才是最重要的。”

整个图表系统哲学最终以一个假设为基础,谁要关心未来,就必须带着敬畏的心接受过去。

投机不等于赌博,投机是有想法,有计划的行为。只有少数人能投机成功,关键在于与众不同,并相信自己。投机家是以思考工作的人,看起来懒懒地躺在沙发椅,或许听音乐、或许阅读一本书,但是脑袋里忙得很,靠着自己追踪收集来的资讯作原料,运用过往的经验作工作进行分析,然后行动!想方设法从各种交易获利,这就是他对投机客的定义。在科斯托兰尼眼中,投机的目标在成为百万富翁——并不是说要累积多少财富,而是要:“不依赖任何人,以自己的资本,就能满足自我需要的人。百万富翁不用工作既不用在上司面前,也无需对客户卑躬屈膝。至于构成百万富翁的实际金额,就因人而异。他描绘的这种生活,自然吸引了许多想从数字变化中讨生活的人青睐。”

投机价值的升跌,有客观的因素,是可以通过分析,计算出来的,大家都看得中,就大家一起赚,大家都看错,只有你一人看中,你也一样可以大赚。譬如某种股票,在没有人看好之前你先入市,随后才有人大量入市,就会把价位堆高,你先人一步,就可以坐享其成。

总之,投机就是投机,不是赌博,这才是正确的投机观念。投机可以经分析作基础,制订计划,选择项目,这是一整套理性的过程。这个道理说着简单,却不得人人都明白,没有树立正确投资观念的人,他的投机可以说就是在碰运气,在赌博,将自己的人生交给了所谓的运气。成功的投机者会将赌博和投资分得清清楚楚。

多数的交易员因为缺乏纪律而遭致失败而非因知识不足而失败。

坚持自己的想法,别人的想法只是别人的,你所能用的只有自己的节奏,所以要不随波逐流。这样你才能在如流的人海中找到一块正真正属于自己的领土。

不要在太显著的讯号中操作,一个完美的形态往往导致最大最痛的亏损,如果它看起来不太好而不像是真的,它往往就不是真的。当你接收到一个完美的形态或信号时,小心!提防那只是美丽的陷阱。

不要忽视警讯——大的亏损很少没有警讯,不要在正在下沉的船中等待救生艇。

买股票时,需要想象力,卖股票时,需要理智。

各行业变动时,往往呈现出明显的、可测的增长或衰退的格局。这些变动与国民经济总体的周期变动是有关系的,但关系密切的程度又不一样。据此,可以将行业分为三类:增长型行业、周期型行业、防御型行业。

选择增长型行业的股票,是使你在股市中立于不败之地的法宝。

所谓逆向股是指在股票市场中,呈现逆向表现的股票。在逆向表现的股票中寻找赢利机会,是科斯托兰尼又一个技巧。

关键在于判断市场处于哪个阶段。

中短期走势与心理因素有关。这里一切取决于一件事,就看是傻瓜比股票多,还是股票比傻瓜多。如果股票持有者迫于心理或物质上的压力,被迫出售股票,而资金所在者虽然想买,却无购买压力,行情就会下跌。反之,如果资金所有者迫切寻找股票,而股票持有者并没有物质或心理上的压力,要出售股票,行情就会上涨。科斯托兰尼一直记住这条准则,一切取决于供给和需求。他全部的证券交易理论都可以此为基础。

货币+心理=趋势

投资者分两类,固执的和犹豫的,胜利者是固执的人。

绝对不要借钱买股票。

要有自己的想法。

大家在证券交易所里赚钱,不是靠头脑,而是靠坐功。

只有少数人能投机成功,关键在与众不同,并相信自己:“我知道,其他人都是傻瓜。”全部的技巧,就在于判断市场是处在哪个阶段。

在出现不利消息时,市场并没有下跌,就是市场出现超卖,行情已接近最低点的征兆。一般所谓成交量小时,行情下滑并不重要的看法。赞成这种观点的人会说,大众在这种情况下并没有抛售股票。但是这没有说明任何问题,重要的是,股票还掌握在犹豫的投资者手里,他们今天没有卖掉股票,并不表示他们不会在明天、1个星期后或1个月后,把所有的股票卖掉。

相反地,当成交量愈来愈大,股票还不断看涨时,也是前景堪虑。因为成交量愈大,表示股票市场愈容易受伤,因为这时证券市场刚好进入上涨的第三阶段。

反之,当成交量小时,如果指数看涨,这种情形就非常有利,事实是股票还一直掌握在固执的投资者手里,并没有转移到犹豫的投资者手中,所以指数肯定还会继续看涨,也会吸引犹豫的投资者,而固执的投资者就等着把股票卖给犹豫的投资者。

长期影响因素

对大势、长期走势而言,心理因素不再重要,而在于股票本身的基本因素和赢利能力,所以关键在于你能准确把握股票信息。

科斯托兰尼有一句比较经典的名言:“会影响股市行情的,是投资大众对重大事件的反应,而非重大事件本身”。在读报过程中,发现重要的消息,通常是隐藏在字里行间的讯息。

证券市场的反应常常像醉鬼一样,听到好消息时哭,听到不好的消息时却笑了。这种现象被称为既成事实现象,证券市场的逻辑和日常生活的逻辑,是无法相提并论的。科斯托兰尼认为如果你能准确掌握这些股票动态,在以后很长的时间里,你都将是无往不胜的。

股票投资是一门艺术,历史和哲学在投资决策时显然比统计学和数学更有用。

莫愁前路无知己,天下谁人不识君。

Monday, June 22, 2009

Market Overview on 23 June 2009

After the 3 month uncommon bull run (or perhaps the bear market rally?) for the global financial market by gaining more than 30%, I believe the bull market peaked on 12/06/2009. The mood in the financial markets can be as unpredicatable as the weather. Some important thing contribute to this bull are:-
1. A series of better than expected US home sales and factory orders data reported.
2. Fed to enhance the power of printing press by print new notes amounting 1.2 trillion.They will used this money to buy US treasury bond,
3. OBAMA's Government 1.2 trilion plan to clean up the toxic assets in the Bank's
balance sheet.
4. Better than expected result reported from finacial sector like Citicorp, Bank of America,Well Fargo.
5. G20 pledging a 1.1 trillion package to IMF to revive global economy.
6. US policy maker to relaxed the Mark to Market rules into the book of Bank.

I believe US market won't reach below 6547 due to the
below reason:-
1. FED is printing USD1.3 trillion to flood the banking system with liquidity. Subsequently, the inflation will be seen, inflation is bode well to the commodities, equity, property.
2. The risk of the bank to be nationalized waning due to 1.2 trillion toxic cleaning plan & easing of Mark to marked regulation.

But the Bull market won't come to town yet due to US economy not out of wood :
1. Umployment rate at the 30 year high 8.5%, expected will be reach 10% end of 2009.
2. Credit card crisis in the offing after 10% unployment got no money to pay the bill.
3. More foreclosures will be happen after 10% unployment.
4. 75% of the GDP of US coming from the spending of consumer, As far as i know,
American already swift from living beyond their mean to the conservative saving
lifestyle like Asian, In other word. The high saving rate of American not bode well for the economy which is highly depend on the domestic demand.
5. The effect of the wealth disruption due to deleveraging of global financial assets still not completely felt by man in the street. I mean some of the consumer still not fell the pain yet.

Although some of the economist & expert claim that the green shoot already seen in
the US, but I believe worst is over & I didn't expect good time already in town due to saving rate in US gradually increase from 0% to 4-5% at the year end, I don't see
any mamooth can be substitute the consumer of US at this moment...

Invest2rich

Trends

Why You Should Trade Trending Stocks

To consistently make money in the stock market, you only want trade stock trends! But what are the characteristics that make up a trend? I thought you would never ask.

Remember when we talked about stock market stages?

Well Stage 2 is an uptrend that is characterized by a series of higher highs (HH) and higher lows (HL).

Stage 4 is a downtrend that is characterized by a series of lower highs (LH) and lower lows (LL).

This creates a series of peaks and troughs on the chart that you can trade quite successfully.

Below is the the beautiful anatomy of stock trends:




Stocks Trends Vs. Trading Ranges

It is estimated that stocks only trend about 30% of the time. The rest of the time they move sideways in trading ranges. This is what a trading range looks like:



Yeah, trading ranges can get that sloppy! There is absolutely no reason to trade stocks that are chopping around like that when you can trade stocks that are in the trending phases. Trying to trade stocks in trading ranges (stage 1 and stage 3) is a great way to chew up your trading capital. Stick with trends!

Stock Market Stages


Stage Analysis on a Stock Chart

To trade stocks successfully, you must first understand the four stock market stages that individual stocks and the overall market go through.

These cycles tell you if you should be long, short or in cash.

Once you are able to identify what stage it is in, you can then trade accordingly to those characteristics.

After a while you won’t even have to think about whether you should be long or short. You will know, without question, exactly what you should be doing NOW. You will either be focusing on long positions, short positions, or you will stay safely in cash - just by glancing at a chart!

Here are the four stages that stocks go through. This happens in all time frames whether it is a monthly chart, weekly chart, daily chart, or an intraday chart.

market stages graphic

Ok, so I’m not the best artist in the world but I think it will serve our purpose here! What? You thought it would be more complicated that? My philosophy on the stock market is that if it is too complicated then it is just not worth doing. Now, we’ll look at the characteristics of the four stock market stages. I promise it will be painless!

Stage One

Stage 1 is the stage right after a prolonged downtrend. This stock has been going down but now it is starting to trade sideways forming a base. The sellers who once had the upper hand are now beginning to lose their power because of the buyers starting to get more aggressive. The stock just drifts sideways without a clear trend. Everyone hates this stock!

Stage Two

Finally stocks break out into Stage 2 and begins the uptrend. Oh, the glory of stage 2!! Sometimes I have dreams of stocks in Stage 2! This is where the majority of the money is made in the stock market. But here is the funny thing: No one believes the rally! That’s right, everyone still hates the stock. The fundamentals are bad, the outlook is negative, etc. But professional traders know better. They are accumulating shares and getting ready to dump it off to those getting in late. This sets up stage 3.

Stage Three

Finally, after the glorious advance of stage 2, the stock begins to trade sideways again and starts to "churn". Novice traders are just now getting in! This stage is very similar to stage 1. Buyers and sellers move into equilibrium again and the stock just drifts along. It is now ready to begin the next stage.

Stage Four

This is the dreaded downtrend for those that are long this stock. But, you know what the funny thing is? You guessed it. Nobody believes the downtrend! The fundamentals are probably still very good and everyone still loves this stock. They think the downtrend is just a “correction”. Wrong! They hold and hold and hold, hoping it will reverse back up again. They probably bought at the end of Stage 2 or during Stage 3. Sorry, you lose. Checkmate!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Elliott Wave


The elliott wave pattern is a structure that defines how a stock behaves. All stocks tend to move in a basic five wave structure that consists of a motive phase and a corrective phase.

For swing traders, the motive phase is what we are interested in. You will see that the elliott wave theory falls neatly into my favorite type of trade: The First Pullback Trade.

First, look at the following graphic to to get an idea of what the pattern looks like...

elliott wave

The Phases

The motive phase of an elliott wave cycle consists of five waves. You can see the waves labeled on the chart above numbered 1 through 5. Think of the motive phase as a detailed view of an uptrend.

The corrective phase is labeled on the chart above as Wave A, Wave B, and Wave C. This is the phase that "corrects" the uptrend. We are not really concerned with this phase, but I wanted you to learn the basic cycle!

Wave One

This wave breaks the previous downtrend and begins a new uptrend. This marks the beginning of the trend. You want to start watching for a pullback when this wave starts.

Wave Two

The pullback! Now you want to start looking for an entry using candlestick patterns. This sets up our First Pullback scenario. You are hopping on board at the beginning of an uptrend.

Wave Three

Wave three of an elliott wave cycle is the longest and the strongest of all five waves! That is why we want to get on board during wave two (the pullback) right as wave three is beginning to unfold.

When you can find stocks that are beginning a wave three, you want to hold on to your position for a longer time frame. Don’t treat is at a little swing trade, instead, treat it as a trend trade. You want to ride this powerful wave to completion! Why? Because you will make the most amount of money in the least amount of time. Ya, gotta love that!

Wave Four

This wave is pretty disappointing for those that bought this stock too late. The stock moves a lot slower and is a signal that the best part of the trend is over.

Wave Five

Again, this wave is usually sluggish and not near as dynamic as the third wave of an elliott wave cycle. This also marks the last burst of buying before a new downtrend starts.

Wave A, B, and C

These waves finally start the downtrend. You will notice that wave A looks like just a regular pullback. Nope. This is a bull trap. You will also notice that wave B doesn't get higher than wave 5. This is the first pullback of the downtrend and wave C is the third wave in a downtrend!! This is where you would look for shorting opportunities.

This is the basic structure of an elliott wave pattern. There is a lot more to elliott wave theory, but some of it can get very complicated. Also, sometimes it can be very difficult to identify exactly which part of the cycle a stock is in!

Here are some more Elliott Wave articles that you might enjoy reading...

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Jesse Livermore's Stock Trading Rules

*Markets are never wrong - opinions often are.
*Buy rising stocks and sell falling stocks.
*Do not trade every day of every year. Trade only when the market is clearly bullish or bearish. Trade in the direction of the general market. If it's rising you should be long, if it's falling you should be short.
*Co-ordinate your trading activity with pivot points.
*Only enter a trade after the action of the market confirms your opinion and then enter promptly.
*Continue with trades that show you a profit, end trades that show a loss.
*End trades when it is clear that the trend you are profiting from is over.
*In any sector, trade the leading stock - the one showing the strongest trend.
*Never average losses by, for example, buying more of a stock that has fallen.
*Never meet a margin call - get out of the trade.
*Go long when stocks reach a new high. Sell short when they reach a new low.
*Don't become an involuntary investor by holding onto stocks whose price has fallen.
*A stock is never too high to buy and never too low to short.
*The highest profits are made in trades that show a profit right from the start.
*No trading rules will deliver a profit 100 percent of the time.

十種趨勢投資法

一、每次升市領袖股都唔同。例如1998至2000年科網股,2003至2007年係國企股。如抱住過氣領袖股不放,處境有如2009年5月嘅電盈(008)小股東。

二、創五十二周新高價嘅股份,通常可進一步睇好。

三、10天線同50天線係有用嘅trading工具。如10天線重返50天線之上,即短期內股價仍上升;反之如10天線跌穿50天線,都係小心D好。

四、二線股份出現連續強勢數星期但指數卻唔上升,小心調整市好快出現。

五、公布業績後股價如上升10%(或以上),代表跌市方向改變;如公布業績後股價急跌20%(或以上),亦代表上升方向已改變。

六、一隻股份大升後出現窄幅牛皮(例如喺10%內),代表另一次較大升幅將再出現。

七、拆細通常代表股價快見頂,合併代表股價快見底。拆細代表企業大股東欲出貨,合併代表企業大股東欲收集。

八、大企業股價喺惡劣環境下可迅速回落。最愚蠢嘅投資係喺惡劣環境下買大企業股份〔最近例子例如喺2008年買滙控(005)〕。

九、股價走在消息之前三到六個月。唔好聽消息去決定買賣,請追隨趨勢而非走勢。利用timing買賣投資項目,而非評估該股嘅「價值」係多少。

十、响牛市中每次跌穿250天移動平均線乃入貨訊號;喺熊市中每次升穿250天移動平均線係出貨訊號。