PipStop

This might be seen as an implicit endorsement, and perhaps it is because I mention it here, but I'm looking at it more of as a "share info" type of thing.

Trading Post created a partnership with SystemRunner a few months back, and some of you may have heard about this automated platform.

The recent results of my demo portfolio have been pretty astounding.

OK, so the screenshot is pretty illegible, but I'll summarize. Since March 20, 2008, 30 trades have been executed without a single loss for a gain of 1701.

Is this normal? I'm sure it isn't, but I think to myself what a tool to use as part of my trading plan. And to think that this is a portfolio that I put together after some trial and error and testing.

We'll see what happens when I open a live account in the coming days.

This isn't trading related.

It belongs more on my personal blog than anything else which would have more of a strict business slant and my view on business as a whole, but it's a great interview with someone I've admired for many years.

Millard or Mickey Drexler is the former CEO of the Gap, and is now the CEO of J. Crew. I enjoy his candor, his willingness to adapt, and his ambition to succeed. He's obviously from a vastly different industry that I am in, but the motivation to please clients or customers is inherently the same whatever industry you're in - and insight always provides perspective.

I thought some of you might enjoy Charlie Rose's interview with Mr. Drexler, I did.