Gary Halbert · whole document (80)
zflk blitzkrieg paradigm
12:30-1:00 p.m.
Orders a number four to go from Seaside Superette.
Posts charts at his desk while eating his number four.
1:00-4:00
p.m.
More trading, keeping track of trading and looking for
patterns.
4:00-4:15 p.m.
Hey, now this is interesting! He says, "There's
a fifteen-minute flurry when the stock market's closed, but
the S&Ps are still trading. This is when you can really
get clobbered. The premium level will rise or fall based on
the orders for the close and the psychological setup for the
next day's trading."
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Chills a bit. Works on his P&Ls and goes for a
workout or a run.
6:00-6:30 p.m.
Dinner.
6:30-7:00 p.m.
Works on his customized charts of about seventy stocks.
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Collects and reviews data, listens to hot lines, works
on his moving averages, etc.
8:30-10:30 p.m.
Prepares for tomorrow. Ponders strategies, plots
inflection points, tries to spot trends, puts info on
five-by-eight cards.
10:30 p.m.
Lights out. Pillow talk. And I quote:
Audrey:
"Buzzy,
how'd you do today?"
Him:
"Okay, but I
should have done better."
Audrey:
"All traders
are the same. You want to buy at the low, sell at the high, do
it three times as large, and quit at the top."