How to Trade a PPT Day

How to Trade a PPT Day

By GTM on February 12, 2009

We are in the greatest bear market of our lifetime. Do you really think this market can turn around–suddenly?

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Geithner’s Silent Crisis

Geithner’s Silent Crisis

By GTM on January 22, 2009

Tim Geithner knew a market crash was coming and kept silent.

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Trader Spreadsheet Examples

Trader Spreadsheet Examples

By GTM on January 11, 2009

Here are few examples of spreadsheets for active day traders. Hopefully some of you will find these useful.

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Who is Gaming the Solar Market?

Who is Gaming the Solar Market?

By GTM on January 10, 2009

Why is solar depressed in the US, and why isn’t Wall Street promoting these companies? There hasn’t been a growth story like this to get excited about for decades.

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Deregulation: Catalyst to a Crash

Deregulation: Catalyst to a Crash

By GTM on December 13, 2008

Deregulation created a system of incentives that channeled the greed of an industry that has yet to have a crisis of conscience.

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Front Running A Systemic Market Crash: PPT Style

Front Running A Systemic Market Crash: PPT Style

By GTM on November 9, 2008

Ever notice how official speeches to prop up the US capital markets are timed right before a massive sell off?

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Fall of the House of Ugland

Fall of the House of Ugland

By GTM on May 25, 2009

This five-story office building called Ugland House, in the Cayman Islands, is the official address for 18,857 corporations. About half these companies have billing addresses in the U.S. The Caymans Islands provides near-total financial secrecy for companies, banks and accounts. As long as the House of Ugland stands, our standard of living will fall.

Too Big to Fail but Not Too Big to Sink

Too Big to Fail but Not Too Big to Sink

By GTM on April 20, 2009

Liquidity is to the capital markets what oil is to an engine. The engine is running out of oil. Even PPT Mobil 1 has performance limits. We are on the cusp of another critical seizure in capital flow. An event that might sink the ship.

Collection of Sage Trading Advice

Collection of Sage Trading Advice

By GTM on April 7, 2009

This gap driven sideways market is grinding on the nerves of many traders. During a time like this it often helps to step back and contemplate. Here is some useful advice from very smart traders.

Fed Hunter-Killer

Fed Hunter-Killer

By GTM on March 26, 2009

This is a quick concept of what is going on under the market’s surface today. The hunter-killer sub is USS National Debt. That’s $53T in unfunded U.S. liabilities. Evidence is pointing to the Fed front running a failure of future Treasury auctions. Last year in the U.S. servicing our debt was a near impossibility. Today it appears to be a universal impossibility.

Our Engineered Meltdown: End of the Beginning

Our Engineered Meltdown: End of the Beginning

By GTM on March 20, 2009

Official speeches to assure investors and prop up the markets have routinely come ahead of financial disasters. The following will uncover some of reasons why CBS, Bernanke, the Fed, and other members of the power Elite are lying to you. We will then explore the mechanics of how a total Fed collapse can happen. And we’ll end with a review of how a stronger police state is being formed.

Scam of the Week

Ghosting: An illegal practice whereby two or more market makers collectively attempt to influence and change the price of a stock. Ghosting is used by corrupt companies to affect stock prices so they can profit from the price movement.
This practice is illegal because market makers are required by law to act in competition with each other. It is known as "ghosting" because, like a spectral image or a ghost, this collusion among market makers is difficult to detect. In developed markets, the consequences of ghosting can be severe. -Investopedia

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