Tag: Contests & Games

December Drawing Update

Posted on by lindsay

You have until the first stroke of 2009 to answer the December MarketClub Trader's Blog question, "Will the 1st trading day of 2009 be controlled by the bears or by the bulls?" So far the results have shocked me, as I didn't think the results would be so even. So far 80 people have said bears, 96 said bulls, and well 18 people have either said that it's too close to call or they danced around an answer... so if you haven't answered already, what do you think?

If you haven't already entered, you can click leave a comment for this post giving your answer. It just takes just a second, and only 5 key strokes... either B E A R S or B U L L S.

Good luck and I will share the winner with you on Monday the 5th. I hope 2009 is your best year both financially and personally.

Best,

Lindsay Thompson

Director of New Business Development

INO.com & MarketClub

October Trader's Blog Contest Winner

Posted on by lindsay

There were 79 eligible entries for the October Trader's Blog Contest. Thank you for everyone who participated. I think that sharing your views of the market and certain specific aspects are a great help for all traders.

The lucky winner of 6 seminars from our INO TV digital library was comment number 66, Ray from the United States who said, "I like the candlestick formation and what they can tell me about the buyers and sellers as well as whether we are in an oversold area or not."

Congrats Ray, your discs will be shipped out today. Don't forget to enter our November Trader's Blog Contest sponsored by INO TV, where the question is, "What is your worst broker experience, if any?"

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Best,

The INO TV Team

Trader's Blog Contest For November

Posted on by lindsay

Isn't it hard to sit back and let someone else manage your money? If you are going take a loss wouldn't you rather it be your fault opposed to your broker?

Have you had an experience where you were talked into a overpriced mutual fund, paid an over inflated commission fee or been caught in a "churning cycle" where your broker is cashing in commission on pointless trades? What was your worst experience with a money manager or full service broker? I'm sure we have plenty of horror stories, so why not vent, share and win.

So the question is…

“What is your worst broker experience?”

Prize

Winner will receive 6 workshops on trader psychology from our authors in INO TV. These MP3s and digital PDF workbooks will be mailed to you courtesy of INO TV.

Slump Busting Techniques -Linda Raschke
How You Can Be Right When The Crowd Losses – Jake Bernstien
New Samuri Secrets for Trading: Motivation & Focus – Richard McCall
The Wyckoff Method – Using Principals of Mass Psychology – Hank Pruden
Developing the Psychological Edge to Maximize Your Trading – Robin Dayne
The Dynamics of a Trader's Mindset – Mark Douglas

How To Enter:

Comment on this post telling us about your worst broker experience. There are no wrong answers. We just want to you to share your thoughts and stories with our other visitors.

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Rules

1. This contest is open until 11:59 PM on November 30th.

2. No wrong answers, any participation counts as an entry.

3. One entry per email address.

4. Winner will be picked by random integer software.

5. Winner will be contacted on Monday, December 1st via email.

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Good luck!

Trader's Blog Contest For October

Posted on by lindsay

There is no one technical analysis indicator that will win 100% of the time. There is no holy grail of charting... and if there is, then someone is keeping one hell of a secret. However, technical analysis techniques can help you make educated decisions, putting the odds on your side that you are on the favorable direction of a move.

So the question is...

"Besides MarketClub's 'Trade Triangles', what is your favorite technical analysis indicator?"

Prize

Winner will receive 6 workshops on technical analysis from our authors in INO TV. These MP3s and digital PDF workbooks will be mailed to you courtesy of INO TV.

Construction & Application Of The MACD Indicator

The Theory of Momentum & Lane's Stochastic - George Lane

The Relative Strength Index Explained - Andrew Cardwell

Classic Technical Analysis as a Powerful Trading Methodology - John Tirone

Applying Fibonacci Analysis to Price Action 1 - Joe DiNapoli

Applying Fibonacci Analysis to Price Action 2 - Joe DiNapoli

How To Enter:

Comment on this post telling us what your favorite technical analysis study is and why. There are no wrong answers.

We want to you to share your thoughts and stories with our other visitors. Here are some responses from in the office to get you started:

Bob F. : I'm a fan of the MACD. I like to backtest various exponential moving average and signal settings for different markets.

Melissa P. : Average True Range is one of my favorites. I don't use this indicator for any other reason that to see activity. I can quickly see how much a stock has been moving throughout the day and leave the stagnant stocks alone.

Kenny S. : I have been trying to study up on the concepts regarding standard deviation. I'm still learning about Bollinger bands, but it's something that is very interesting thus far.

Lindsay T. : The MACD is one of my favorites too. I use the MACD crosses to confirm the "Trade Triangle" signals. When the market is moving sideways, I don't always follow each and every "Trade Triangle" unless I have a confirming back up.

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Rules

1. This contest is open until 11:59 PM on October 31st.

2. No wrong answers, any participation counts as an entry.

3. One entry per email address.

4. Winner will be picked by random integer software.

5. Winner will be contacted on Monday, November 3rd via email.

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Good luck!

Trader's Blog First Ever CONTEST!

Posted on by The INO.com Team

We've all been there....looking at a chart a year later and saying to ourselves "WHY, OH WHY, didn't I just pull the trigger!?!?!" The chart shows us the sad truth that if only we would have gotten long, we would have had 500% returns, an island in Fiji, and 6 cars!

But we didn't...

We here at The Trader's Blog, would like to know what trade would have been your best...if only you would have taken it? Did you see something special in Google at 100.00 in 2004? Was Spot Gold primed at 256 in 2001? What made you stay out of Wheat around the 500.00 mark? Whatever your story we want to hear about it!

We'll be giving away an Apple iTouch!

How you enter:

Comment today and tell us what that trade would have been...and what you would have bought with the returns!! Here are some trades that we in the office wished we would have done:

Bob F. "I wish I would have gotten long USO February of 2007, when Crude just started to move!"

Melissa P. "Playing the AMEX_SKF which is an ultra short financial ETF around April when Bear's crashed."

Lindsay T. "Shorted NASDAQ_TRMP on our last monthly Trade Triangle at 16.51 in January of this year...that would have been huge!"

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Here are the details:

1. This contest open for 2 WEEKS!

2. Winner will be picked randomly by software to remove human errors.

3. One entry per person!

4. Winner will be contacted via email.

5. No wrong answers, participation counts as an entry.

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iTouch and Apple are a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. All rights reserved. INO.com is not partner with Apple for this contest and do not hold any type of partnership.