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What My Puppy Taught Me About Life

May 16, 2019 by JC

Phil Pearlman has always been a good guy to talk to about a lot of different things. I know for a fact that a lot of your favorite fintwit personalities would agree with that.

Phil doesn’t do a lot of media anymore like he once did, but I do get to catch up with him quite often and we publish our conversations as The Money Game Podcast. You can check out all of those episodes on Technical Analysis Radio and iTunes.

Today we’re talking about what little Daisy Pearlman the puppy taught Phil about life: [Read more…]

All Star Interviews Season 2, Episode 23: David Zarling, Chartered Market Technician

May 15, 2019 by JC

David Zarling is a newly minted CMT Charterholder. He is Partner and Head of Investment Strategy & Research at Client First Tax and Wealth Advisors out of Wisconsin. David and I have gotten to know each other over the years and I really appreciate all of the things he is doing. In this podcast episode, David walks us through his process and how it has evolved throughout his career. He uses Technical Analysis to help manage money for clients and most importantly manage risk. I’ve seen a lot of him lately. He attended Chart Summit in Breckenridge, CO in February and then the CMT Symposium in New York in April. He talks about why he goes out of his way to get around like minded individuals to talk about the markets and find people to challenge his thinking. I also really liked the part about the analogies he uses when talking to clients about Technical Analysis and his process. I thought this discussion was a real value add. [Read more…]

I’m Coming To London, Athens and Amsterdam

May 10, 2019 by JC

In early June I’m coming to Europe to talk charts, meet with clients and try to learn as much as I can. I’ve been incredibly fortunate over the years to be able to speak at events and meet with investors all over Asia and around America. My trips to India, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines have been great experiences that help me throughout my process every single day. Learning and experiencing as much as I can has easily been the most rewarding investment I’ve ever made.

My goal on this trip is to finally get to meet with people I’ve been interacting with regularly for many years, catch up with old friends who live there that I only get to see in the States, and getting new perspective from local clients and colleagues. That’s the whole point. If you only hang out with people from New York, or the U.S. for that matter, you’re only seeing things from that same lens. I want to know how other people look at things. That’s how we grow.

If you’re in Europe and want to make the trip, or if I’m coming to your backyard that’s even better! I’ll walk you through my process using the Top/Down Intermarket approach and we’ll look at charts from around the world and discuss the most important themes and trading opportunities. [Read more…]

My CMT Program Experience

May 9, 2019 by Tom Bruni

From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting

Every few weeks I get a message from someone asking a question along the lines of “Should I enroll in the CMT Program?” As with most things, the answer is it depends on your individual situation.

While I can’t offer personalized advice to everyone, I can discuss my experience and the key benefits now that I’ve completed the process.

This post is going to be split into two parts; one where I explain my answer to the question that prompted this post, and the other where I summarize my actual experience in the program.

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All Star Interviews Season 2, Episode 22: Paul Ciana, Chief FICC Technical Strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research

May 9, 2019 by JC

Paul Ciana and I go way back to 2006 when him and I were studying for the CMT exams together. Today, Paul is the Chief FICC Technical Strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research. In English, that means everything outside of equities. It’s nice to see your friends succeed and watching him crush it is definitely one for the good guys.

In this podcast episode we dive deep into the FX world where Paul walks us through 3 important currency pairs that all stock market investors should follow. We talk about Crude Oil and Gold and other precious metals. The Dollar is a key focus right now for both Paul and me, so we get into what the implications are for stocks and other assets around the world.

I really enjoyed this conversation. It could have gone on for hours and hours. We’re lucky to have Paul come on the podcast. He speaks to the biggest PMs in the world on a daily basis and has been doing that for close to a decade and half. His unique perspective is a huge value add for sure! [Read more…]

How I Use Koyfin

May 8, 2019 by Tom Bruni

About eight months ago Patrick Dunuwila from The Chart Report introduced me to a new data visualization platform called Koyfin. Two month’s later I met Rob, one of the co-founders, at Stocktoberfest West. He walked me through the product and what they were doing and I was sold.

A few months later we had the opportunity to invest and we jumped at it. We loved the product and the team, so it seemed like a natural fit.

Today, Koyfin is an irreplaceable tool that I use alongside Optuma as my main tools for charting and analysis.

I get a lot of questions about how I use it, so I wanted to write a post answering just that.

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Video: Advice From A Freshly Minted CMT – Tom Bruni

May 7, 2019 by JC

Today we sit down with the newest (and likely youngest) Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Mr. Tom Bruni live from Washington Square Park in New York City. The CMT program is different today than what it was 12-13 years ago when I first went through it. I wanted to pick Tom’s brain about his experience and what advice he has for others thinking about sitting for the exams.
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Money Game Podcast: Existential Risk vs Resource Risk (EP.6)

May 3, 2019 by JC

Back in March I climbed up the Highlands Bowl in Aspen for the first time. 4 or 5 turns in my skis popped off and I tumbled down the entire mountain. About 100 yards later, there I was hanging off the side of the cliff waiting for ski patrol to come help me. Miraculously, it took them less than 20 minutes to find us and bring my skis down to where I was. Even though I was perfectly fine, my body overreacted to the existential risks and the primitive parts of my brain took over the duties of what other parts usually handle. I’ve had similar feelings before after experiencing a bad loss in the market. Phil does an amazing job in this one in explaining the differences and similarities between these two types of risk and why my body reacted the way it did. [Read more…]