It’s the end of 2008 and many traders are saying “Good ridance!” To them I say be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it. It wasn’t all that long ago that traders were complaining about the lack of volatility in the markets. Now, of course, the complaint is about too much. Funny how the pendulum swings like that, eh?

Personally, I found 2008 fascinating. I am a professional market analyst, and so was quite happy with all the fun stuff to write about in the last year.

Of course the impact of the markets’ ups and downs was pretty clearly seen in the number of visitors to this blog and the volume of questions I’ve received throughout the year. There has been more than 74,000 visits from 54,000 unique visitors viewing 140,000 pages in the last 12 months. Each one of those metrics is up over 100% from 2007.

By far the most popular of my posts in 2008 was The Secret to Trading Success, which I wrote in April, and it wasn’t just a quick burst after publishing. That post has been popular throughout the year, and looks likely to continue to be so into the new year.

Here are the rest of the 10 most popular posts for 2008, based on page views, comments, and stuff like that:

The last one on the list was actually a guest post by Billy Williams. I’m hoping to have much more of that in the year to come. After all, I’m not an expert on everything, and it’s always useful to have additional perspectives brought in to the discussion (contact me if you would like to be a guest poster).

I’m personally really looking forward to the new year, and it has nothing to do with a new president coming in, or a turn in the economy, or anything like that (though all that stuff will certainly be interesting as well). I’m just eager to keep growing this site by posting content traders find useful and interesting, and to expand my other educational efforts, especially more live stuff.

I do hope that you have made the most of 2008 and are looking forward to 2009 as well. Best wishes heading into the new year.

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