The S&P sold off yesterday..... (more...)

The S&P closed off into the close yesterday....

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The FTSE was closed yesterday in observance of the UK bank holiday.... (more...)

The Eurostoxx retraced the best part of Friday's rally yesterday.... (more...)

The Dax Friday's moved higher yesterday..... (more...)

The Bund recovered from Friday's steep sell offs yesterday.... (more...)

Overview

Last week US equities continued to find themselves under pressure as poor data releases increased fears of a double dip. (more...)

Following last week’s theme of the use of sports psychology in trading, this week we will discuss the use of performance cues. In professional sports, like trading, there is a huge amount of information that must be processed at any one time. Some of this information is essential, some of it distracting. While most people will spend a lot of their time trying to ignore the distractions and concentrate on what’s important, sports psychologists have actually found this to be counterproductive. Instead of trying to block out noise such as the crowd, elite athletes will simply accept these distractions for what they are and instead focus their attention on a few key aspects of their performance. These points of focus are known as performance cues. For a tennis player it may be paying attention to the upper body of his opponent before a serve or for a skier it might be making a strong edge on their outside ski and keeping their hands forward. The key for a trader is to establish what the important performance cues are in their own trading environment. (more...)

The FTSE closed lower yesterday.....

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