Here are a few suggestions!
Avoid trading.
Go and sell Party Politics Paraphernalia.
Do a coffee round so people can stay awake all night.
Emigrate!
The point I’d like to make is how ineffective fundamental analysis is, we have a change of government here in the UK in a couple of days which will undoubtedly bring some fundamental changes to the UK economy, how on earth can you use this information to trade, I have no idea, the perceived perception of the market may have no correlation to actual fundamentals.
Also if you take the Greek situation, OK with hindsight you can say well it was obviously going to go down, but for how long and to where, I defy anyone to have any useful prediction, it could all turn around on a whim.
i think you are right.
the greek situation seem to act as a yoyo, one day something comes out, a big fall, another day a differerent piece of info, a big run up.
yet i dont see anything really change in the last few weeks, all is still a debate, rather then real action. If there is anything fundamental in it, damn me, but i dont see how one suppose to time it for his/her advantage.
I am of the belief that fundamental info is unreliable to gauge long-term movement. Sure, it may produce significant rallies in a period of a few days, but the general trend never seems to be completely nullified. Case in point: the Greek meltdown was suggestive of a rundown of E/U. However, E/U has already been in a bear cycle since Dec '09. In my humble opinion, the last 30 days or so are indicative of smart money pulling out of the market, suggesting that the market may move down but not for much longer. I also believe that no future fundamental revelation, short of nuclear war, is going to stop the E/U from bouncing at the 1.30-1.45 level.