PPDT Acronyms and Key Links

[ukarlewitz]

b/o.....breakout
b/e.....break even
b/p....buy program
b/t.....backtest ot bottoming tails
bv....book value
b/d...double bottom
c/h....cup and handle
dma...daily simple moving average
dmea....daily exponential moving average
d/t......double touch; could be double top too
e/d....erectile disfunction
em...emerging markets
F....fork (or a swear word)
h/s....head and shoulders
h....high
h/g....holy grail pattern
hma....hourly moving average
i/h/s...inverse h&s
i/t....intraday
j/s....jock strap
L....low
LFT.....low frequency trader
l/s.... H&S left shoulder
l-t..... longterm
m-t.....midterm
ma....moving average
n/l....neck line
o/n.....over nite
o/s.....oversold
ppdt....piss poor day trader thread
row...rest of world
r/s.... H&S right shoulder
s.........support
s/p....sell program
s-t....short term
tbv....tangible book value
r...........resistance
t/a........turnaround
t/t........topping tails
v....vibrator
wema...weekly exponential moving average
w/e....weekend
wc....world cup

[ukarlewitz]

Here are the Key Links* used in the PPDT. I will add to this list. I will add suggested links from others as well by adding them to this post.

Alphatrends (TA):
www.alphatrends.net/

Caldaro (EW and TA combined):
caldaroew.spaces.live.com/

Cobra (TA):
cobrasmarketview.blogspot.com/

Carl Futia (TA):
carlfutia.blogspot.com/

Oscar (TA):
livewithoscar.com/DailyOmni.aspx

Bulkowski (TA):
thepatternsite.com/Blog.html

Bespoke (market stats):
www.bespokeinvest.com/

Technical Take (TA, especially sentiment):
thetechnicaltakedotcom.blogspot.com/

Traders Narrative (TA):
www.tradersnarrative.com/

Stocktwits TV (TA videos):
www.stocktwits.tv/

Vix and More (TA):
vixandmore.blogspot.com/

Futures (data on everything):
finviz.com/futures.ashx

Financial data on companies:
www.wikinvest.com/stock/Bank_of_America_(BAC)/Data/Balance_Sheet

Seeking Alpha News Feed (updated with data releases through the day):
seekingalpha.com/news/market_currents?source=refreshed

Pragmatic Capital (general):
pragcap.com/

Ritholtz (general):
www.ritholtz.com/blog/

Market Beat (general):
blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/?mod=marketbeat

Calculated Risk (economics):
www.calculatedriskblog.com/


Charts:
1. Overview: stockcharts.com/scripts/php/candleglance.php?$INDU,$COMPQ,$SPX,$RUT,$TRAN,$WLSH,$CRB,$USD|B
2. Sectors: stockcharts.com/scripts/php/candleglance.php?SPY,DIA,QQQQ,IYT,IWM,SMH,XLF,veu,IEV,TLT
3. Breadth: stockcharts.com/scripts/php/candleglance.php?$NYAD,$NYHL,$NAAD,$NAHL,$NYSI,$NYMO,$NASI,$NAMO,$SPXA50r,$SPXA200R,|B

[ukarlewitz]

Below are a few articles on trading. These are lessons others have already learned. Profit from their experience. If you have a link to a good post in this vein, let me know and I'll add it.

Remember: A man who chases two rabbits catches none

20 Golden Rules for Traders
nyse-trade.com/20-golden-rules-for-traders/

Advice From Top Notch Stock Traders
thewildinvestor.com/advice-from-top-notch-stock-traders/

Dennis Gartman's Trading Rules:
www.thecrosshairstrader.com/2010/09/dennis-gartmans-stock-trading-rules/

[elle]

m/m measured move