That’s how bad it actually has gotten at this point. When I added the title for the featured image I hesitated for a moment pondering if someone would actually take offense to what’s obviously a screwball attempt at portraying a militant battle turkey intent on surviving this year’s great annual slaughter. Then I however remembered the daily onslaught of politically incorrect jokes the GoldGerb has inflicted on us over the years and thus kept it as is. So if you’re insulted you know who to blame.
I ought to be dedicating my E-Mini campaigns to rock legends more often as it seems to instantly bestow them with extra mojo right after entry. Of course the bullish divergence I observed on our Zero indicator Friday afternoon may have been a contributing factor as it was flashing ‘bear trap’ pretty much most of the session.
Market volatility in all shape and form has over the years turned into a personal passion and lies now at the heart of my current system development efforts. There are several reasons for this, the first most likely being one you probably have heard about before, which is that volatility appears to be a lot easier to predict than market direction. Your mileage of course, as with all things in life, may vary considerably plus as you slowly embark on peeling this onion you’ll discover there are many layers hiding below the surface.
I’m old enough to still remember spending an entire week or even several months without hearing about some tragic event shocking the nation or sometimes the entire world. These days it seems that an ever growing number of terrorists and nutcases are literally standing queue for a chance to bring about their respective desire for revenge or to simply just to watch the world burn in perceived retaliation for their own personal failures. I could never imagine throwing my life away like that but it would be naive to say that these sort of actions do not have an impact on society as a whole on a long term basis.