Trading from the gut

On the trading floor, every top professional knows the value of a strong hunch. While stock trading strategies focus on conscious reasoning as the key to success, traders themselves place greater importance on ‘gut feeling’ to guide them towards lucrative deals.

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The importance of the concept of Mr. Market in practice

Mr. Market is a term coined by investment guru Benjamin Graham and refers to the concept of the stock market as being fickle and emotional. This person is characterized by dramatic mood swings and can therefore cause stock prices to fluctuate considerably. Graham used this concept to warn investors not to get caught up in the emotions of the market, but instead to continue to think rationally and independently to be successful in investing.

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Who was Benjamin Graham ?

Benjamin Graham was an influential investor whose research in securities laid the groundwork for in-depth fundamental valuation used in stock analysis today. His famous book, The Intelligent Investor has gained recognition as the foundational work in value investing.There are three core concepts, : you’re not buying a stock, you’re buying a business; you have Mr.Market who has all sorts of mood swings and you want to take advantage of Mr.Market when he’s depressed to buy and euphoric to sell; and the third is margin of safety, which is trying to buy things significantly below what they are worth.So Graham's three key ideas are :       1) Looking at stocks as part of a business       2) Mister Market (subject of this site)       3) Margin of Safety

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Overview of stock market mood and stock market sentiment indicators

At StockMarketMoodToday.com you can follow up on 9 stock market sentiment or stock market mood indicators.  A description of each sentiment indicator is given below.  Most of these indicators are contrarian indicators ,  looking for either extreme bullish or extreme bearish readings which tend to coincide with tops or bottoms in the market.  The Fear and Greed table won't be updated any longer.  Instead you can follow up on market mood on the sentiment blog. 

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Date GMI F & G AAII MMI iSaham NAAIM eq. P/C VIX VIX P/C
13 September 69 49 40 / 29 /31 54 16 72 0.54 16.6 0.75
10 September 15
7 September 14 39 45 / 30 / 25 28 15 71 0.75 22.4 1.04
30 August 93 63 51 / 22 / 27 43 14 81 0.60 15.0 0.15
24 August 94 53 52 / 24 / 24 39 11 75 0.55 15.7 1.30
17 August 50
10 August 15
3 August 6
12 July 94 71 49 / 29 / 22 71 57 94 0.57 12.5 0.46
10 July 57
8 July 55
5 July 40 54 42 / 32 / 26 78 51 104 0.56 12.5 0.58
3 July 52
1 July 33
28 June 37 44 45 / 27 / 28 71 49 85 0.64 12.4 0.30
27 June 29
26 June 26
25 June 26
24 June 34
21 June 26 41 44 / 33 / 23 68 66 85 0.63 13.2 0.52
20 June 26
18 June 16
17 June 12
14 June 14 38 44 / 30 / 26 63 70 86 0.58 12.7 0.24
13 June 17
11 June 17
10 June 16
7 June 16 45 39 / 29 / 32 57 69 69 0.58 12.2 0.40
5 June 34
4 June 21
3 June 2024 28
31 May 44 48 39 / 34 / 27 47 73 92 0.73 12.9 0.56
30 May 27
29 May 20
28 May 35
24 May 50 53 47 / 27 / 26 48 94 0.67 11.9 0.28
17 May 83 65 41 / 36 / 23 74 89 0.54 12.0 0.49
10 May 84 47 41 / 35 / 24 65 92 0.60 12.7 0.51
3 May 73 40 39 / 29 / 32 56 57 62 0.60 13.5 0.79
26 April 27 42 32 / 34 / 34 52 46 59 0.55 15.0 1.37
19 April 4 32 38 / 28 / 34 21 49 63 0.65 19.4 0.66
12 April 12 46 44 / 33 / 23 52 66 82 0.68 17.3 0.42
5 April 40 62 47 / 31 / 22 43 60 84 0.71 16.1 1.13
29 Mar 84 71 50 / 28 / 22 39 38 104 0.56 13.0 0.27
22 Mar 75 67 43 / 30 / 27 38 37 93 0.65 12.8 0.69
6 Mar 76 73 52 / 26 / 22 38 39 94 0.83 14.4 0.36
2 Mar 76 77 47 / 32 / 21 30 51 89 0.60 13.1 0.38
23 Feb 67 78 44 / 30 /26 40 50 75 0.66 13.8 0.66
16 Feb 76 77 42 / 31 / 27 31 37 96 0.53 14.2 0.36
14 Feb 62
12 Feb 83
9 Feb 77
8 Feb 53 76 49 / 28 / 23 26 41 94 0.62 12.9 0.49
7 Feb 42
6 Feb 42
5 Feb 33
3 Feb 49
2 Feb 64
31 Jan 44 66 49 / 26 / 25 32 43 87 0.64 14.05 0.62
30 Jan 82
29 Jan 86
26 Jan 66
25 Jan 54 76 39 / 35 / 26 37 50 84 0.67 13.2 0.54
22 Jan 40
19 Jan 22
17 Jan 12 58 40 / 33 / 27 40 58 53 0.69 14.7 0.45
16 Jan 16
12 Jan 16
11 Jan 36 71 49 / 27 / 24 69 72 80 0.80 14.9 0.51
9 Jan 37
4 Jan 44 73 47 / 28 / 23 70 59 71 0.69 13.9 0.53
3 Jan 50
2 Jan 2024 92
28 Dec 94 78 49 / 29 / 25 37 37 102 0.66 12.4 0.20
20 Dec 95 79 51 / 30 / 19 54 39 78 0.61 12.4 0.33
12 Dec 88 68 47 / 26 / 27 71 29 76 0.58 12.3 0.81
8 Dec 90 68 70 32 0.56 12.8 0.61
7 Dec 89 67 64 34 0.59 13 0.50
6 Dec 89 63 47 / 26 / 27 60 33 0.59 13 0.37
5 Dec 93 67 60 37 0.57 12.8 0.33
4 Dec 94 69 56 39 0.53 13.1 0.21
2 Dec 95 67 42 44 0.51 12.6 0.30
1 Dec 2023 86 67 43 44 0.60 12.8 0.30
29 Nov 88 64 48 / 32 / 20 47 48 81 0.55 13.1 0.36
28 Nov 94 66 46 51 0.79 12.7 0.46
27 Nov 93 65 48 52 0.87 12.8 0.57
24 Nov 94 68 52 53 0.91 13.1 0.46
23 Nov - - 62 59 - 12.5 -
22 Nov 94 67 55 59 78 0.78 12.8 0.35
21 Nov 93 65 45 / 31 / 24 47 60 1.10 13.3 0.34
20 Nov 93 63 36 60 0.53 13.4 0.57
17 Nov 90 58 40 57 0.57 13.4 0.41
16 Nov 87 55 45 57 0.64 14 0.38
15 Nov 92 56 44 / 28 / 28 48 56 72 1.04 14.2 0.48
13 Nov 85 42 48 50 0.88 14.7 0.79
10 Nov 77 42 45 48 1.03 14.2 0.93
9 Nov 76 42 45 49 0.86 15.1 0.88
8 Nov 76 41 43 / 30 / 27 45 47 62 1.18 14.8 0.44
7 Nov 86 41 40 43 0.65 14.8 0.88
6 Nov 86 41 46 36 0.77 15.2 0.79
3 Nov 92 42 42 30 0.54 14.9 0.74
2 Nov 56 32 42 25 0.77 15.7 0.82
1 Nov 2023 36 27 24 / 26 /50 42 25 29 0.70 16.3 0.48
31 Oct 26 32 31 24 0.82 16.9 0.44
30 Oct 11 31 30 26 0.68 19.3 0.28
27 Oct 7 24 33 29 0.82 21.2 0.53
26 Oct 10 28 29 / 28 / 43 24 29 25 0.90 21.8 0.73
21 Oct 8 26 45 35 0.76 21.7 0.87
19 Oct 15 35 34 / 31 / 35 43 39 67 0.78 19.2 0.69
12 Oct 22 34 40 / 24 / 36 51 40 46 0.80 16 0.86
6 Oct 15 29 30 / 28 / 42 40 41 36 0.68 17.5 0.52
3 Oct 5 17 40 43 0.80 19.8 0.76
2 Oct 23 8 25 28 / 31 / 41 42 48 43 0.76 18.0 0.69
28 Sep 15 25 34 52 0.80 18.5 0.65
27 Sep 8 28 37 52 0.94 17.5 0.67
26 Sep 6 29 43 52 0.88 17.2 0.51
23 Sep 8 36 31 / 34 / 35 51 50 54 0.85 15.5 0.78
21 Sep 8 47 51 49 0.88 13.9 0.56
18 Sep 24 48 34 / 37 / 29 74 53 58 0.61 13.8 0.43
16 Sep 31 52 68 56 58 0.70 13.7 0.32
8 Sep 22 52 42 / 28 / 30 55 55 50 0.75 15.6 0.59
4 Sep 23 32 56 33 / 31 / 36 41 56 61 0.74