I've been curious about my readership ever since I started blogging, so I'm just gonna ask for some feedback. My biggest question is what keeps you coming back here. [waiting for me to crash & burn? :-) ] On that particular topic I'd especially like to hear from those of you who have me bookmarked or in your newsreader, as opposed to the other bloggers. And I've been especially curious about all of my non-U.S. readers. Do you trade the U.S. markets? Your own markets?
I'd also like to know what I can do to make the site better or more useful to you. What would you like to see more of, less of, different, etc. Are there certain topics you'd like me to cover? I get a lot of hits from search engines from people searching for info on gaps, Japanese candlestick charts, moving averages (especially the 200 day), 'trading for dummies', 'trading 101', expectancy (I'm pleasantly surprised to see how many people even know about that), CANSLIM, and short selling. Are there specific questions about those things that people have?
I've had a few ideas about new additions to the site. Let me know if any of these sound interesting:
- Reader requested chart analysis similar to what Gary B. Smith does at RealMoney.com
- More intraday commentary - just things like an index breaking through support/resistance, some stock making a major move... nothing too detailed.
- Publishing my watchlists - I did this before but it seemed like nobody really cared. Is that useful to anybody?
- Charts of my best/worst trades of the day/week/fortnight/month or whatever period is appropriate.
I think there's one other thing that's slipping my mind at the moment... I remembered, it's now the last item in the list above, the best/worst trade thing.
Anyway, I'd love to hear from you all. You can either leave a comment below (email addresses are protected and if you're really worried about it just leave a fake one) or you can email me at michael-AT-tradermike-DOT-net.
On another note... I'm really starting to like Kinja. It's made it a lot easier to track all the blogs out there, especially with the recent increase in numbers recently. My only issue is that they're slow to catch updates. Even though my newsreader is much more up to date, I find myself using Kinja more and more. Feel free to bookmark my Kinja Digest or set up your own. You can also get to it via the icon just above my BlogRoll on the front page of the site. It seems like I'm relying on my blogroll less and less because of all the non-pingers out there (see the links that have sunken to the bottom of the blogroll).
Here's another site that I came across (actually it came across me) which has some good technical analysis - Fallond Stock Picks. It's got some nicely illustrated charts (I love those StockCharts.com charts) and lots of candlestick analysis.
I request more pictures of Mike cuz he's a hottie!
I'd like to see more chart analysis and updates on what markets/stocks you trade, any open positions, etc. Less links to other non-trading related articles.
Damn you MaoXian.. I thought I banned your IP address! :-)
Mike are you really a hottie? Ok enough of the nonsense. I like your charts and I think occasional discussion of trading strategies would be good too.
Hey Mike, read your blog everyday. Am in London working for a small independant broking house - http://www.execution.tv - check out the web site. I am part of the startegy team so look at everything from technicals to fundamental, candlesticks to EPS upgrades. Enjoy your day to day analysis - love all the interesting links you include. Use Weblogs RSS reader - I think from a suggestion from you. Just bought Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques so am looking forward to reading it. Power on Trader Mike !!!
Keep doing what ya doing. You know I check in nearly every day to get my head screwed on right. Two things that might be good, for me anyway: 1) More links to interesting articles to read, 2) Definitely like the idea of charts of your best/worst trades - I figure a lot of good lessons there, would also help to remind me of key names to watch more closely.