“Imagine yourself at a Gestapo tea party where Hitler and other villains, dressed in shiny black vinyl, are seated around the table daintily sipping from tiny little pink rosebud teacups.” Whenever my dance teacher begins a new choreography, he starts by explaining exactly what the scenario is in his mind. (As you can see, they’re […]
Cynthia Sarver
Black Swans, Carrier Pigeons and Other Scary Birds
With the recent popularity of the M3, I’ve noticed an alarming increase in the number of people saying that you can’t really lose all your money trading an M3. The arguments usually go along one of a few lines, mostly that it performs well even in market crashes (true) including the flash crash (true) and […]
Kids, Don’t Try This At Home
It seems that whenever anyone asks me how to do something – anything! – my response is quite often prefaced with “I really don’t recommend this for anyone else but what I do is…”. Do as I say, not as I do. It’s the chorus of my life. Some of this crazy stuff works for […]
If You Can’t Be Good…
At the Trading Triangle in Maui…oh, wait. No. Sorry. Habit. In one of the recent Locke Options Community Premium PLUS Skype chats, we were discussing how to improve execution. As you would expect, there were many excellent suggestions, starting with how to estimate pricing. We all agreed accurate pricing ability was critical but opinions on […]
Music Soothes the Savage Trader
I have absolutely appalling taste in music. Seriously. Those “explicit lyrics” tags on albums were probably made specially to warn those around me who might be within earshot. (ed. by husband: 100% truth.) When I’m visiting my mother, I have to make sure I have headsets on so that she can’t hear the lyrics. (She […]
Piloting Your Trade
At the Trading Triangle in Maui, I was having a pleasant tropical breakfast with three other traders when I realized, with horror, that I didn’t fit in! Not because of my trading ability or my gender (yes, I was the only woman there – where are you, ladies?!?) or even my hair (festively colored for […]
