Finance Blogs Of The Day – REDUX

C++ Trader’s picks:

Long or Short Capital – The authors here provide satirical commentary on current events and ideas occuring in the world of finance and investment banks. Not a single piece is serious, yet you find yourself saying “how true” to a handful of the posts. While I use the site as a source for a good laugh, it does require quite a bit of creativity and thought to produce their material.

Quantitative Trading – This is a site that I came across recently maintained by Dr. Ernest Chan. The site provides useful insight and commentary on many things related to quantitative finance, both in theory and mechanics.

CASTrader – I actually thought this site was discontinued when I first came across it. When you go to the site you’ll notice the drought of posts between November and March. When I first came across it, I went through a handful of the old posts and found quite a bit of value in them. I’m glad to see it is back up and running and am looking forward to reviewing the new material.

TraderFeed – One of my favorite blogs, and is maintained by Dr. Brett Steenbarger. Brett is a psychologist, and many of his posts revolve around the psychology of trading. However, what is great about Brett’s site is that he is not narrow in his approach to trader development. Instead of just posting about psychology, he creates his own indicators, crunches numbers to find short term statistical edges, and a provides a plethora of insights related to actual trading. He updates frequently, often multiple times per day and worth checking regularly.

TA with Tim Knight – Tim is a traditional technical analyst. Over the past year or two he has had quite a fun bearish slant on the market, and his commentary and comprehensive analysis are fun to read through. I have stopped reading comments just becuase the number of them grew to be so large, but there used to practically be verbal fights between market participants on this site. It was good because it brought out multiple viewpoints and because it was fun, but the comments in the end were taking too long to read. Without the comments, though, Tim’s site is still a great place to get a traditional technical view on the market, and he expresses his bearish tone in a fun way.