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Daily market commentary and analysis.
Recognize When to Expect a Flat Trade
Most folks just think of investments as things that go up or down (and even then hopefully just up). But the fact of the matter is, any asset can have a long period of time where it trades in a…
Dec 26, 2018
Nothing Lasts Forever
There’s a great old saying on Wall Street: The trend is your friend. But what happens when the trend ends? After all, nothing lasts forever. That’s when things can become troublesome for investors.…
Dec 19, 2018
Wall Street’s Wisest Saying
There’s a great old saying on Wall Street: The trend is your friend. That’s especially true if you want to trade in the options market, where you have a limited amount of time for a trade to play…
Dec 12, 2018
Scouting Out Your Next Big Trading Win
Trading can be tough for many reasons. But just as a general fighting a war may send on scouts, you too can scout out the options market for the best possible trades. Understanding how a company’s…
Dec 5, 2018
The Charts Show to Trade This Market
Chart patterns show the emotions of traders. Technical analysts combine the price action seen on charts with indicators designed to measure momentum and other characteristics of the market. Combined,…
Nov 22, 2018
Using Options For Modest, but Consistent Gains
Most options investors screw it up. They may just buy a call option and hope a stock will rally further, leading to huge profits. Or they buy a put and hope a company immediately starts filing for…
Nov 20, 2018
How I Pay My Small Bills Each Month With Options
If there’s one thing I love about options trading, it’s the ability to make money just about anytime. One powerful strategy involves making what I call “gas money” trades, where I can make a small…
Nov 14, 2018
Two Strategies to Benefit from a Correcting Market
Want to do better than the market? Buy once it’s hit correction territory. In this video, I’ll show you not just one, but TWO investment plays to benefit from a market that’s now down 10 percent from…
Nov 7, 2018
Double 7s Could Help Short Term Traders Profit
It might be a bear market. But, that does not mean prices will go straight down for the next few months. Even in bear markets, there are times when prices move higher. This is true in even the worst…
Nov 1, 2018
How to Trade Marijuana, Now That It’s Legal
At the minute it became legal, “Cannabis was “flying off the shelves” in retail outlets and online stores across the country as soon as the clock struck midnight Wednesday (October 17). The demand…
Oct 23, 2018
This Clear Cut Signal Could Have Helped You Miss the Market Crash
Technical indicators can be useful. But, many indicators require a subjective evaluation. This makes technical indicators challenging to use. Indicators or trading tools can be broadly classified as…
Oct 16, 2018
How to Know Exactly When the Next Bear Market Starts
Let’s face it. We all want to know when the next bear market will start. Fortunately, there is a way to know. There are actually many tools that will tell us exactly when the bear market starts. Of…
Sep 27, 2018
What Florence Could Mean for Stocks
It’s a familiar story. A hurricane makes landfall and devastates a large area of land. There is a sad story from a human perspective. This year, the story is centered in North Carolina. Factset…
Sep 25, 2018
This is Where the Next Global Boom Could Start
It’s been ten years since Lehman Brothers collapsed, plunging the global financial system into chaos. Regulators and legislators have taken steps to ensure that crisis won’t happen again. But, like…
Sep 18, 2018
This Popular Indicator Can Be Improved Upon
Traders might disagree on whether a stock should be bought or sold. They might disagree on the name of the pattern they spot on the chart. But, one thing they do seem to agree on is that indicators…
Sep 6, 2018
Here’s What to Expect From Facebook
In many ways, the stock market is nothing more than a large pool of data. That means whenever something happens, even something that appears to be unprecedented, that is almost certainly a precedent.…
Jul 31, 2018
Bad News in the Employment Report Shows the Bull Market Is Near an End
Good news for the economy continues to appear. The Wall Street Journal noted that “Economists expect the low U.S. unemployment rate to go even lower over the next year, reaching levels not seen in a…
Jul 17, 2018
Oil, Iran and Saudi Arabia
The price of oil is widely followed because oil is critical to economic growth. But, it’s also a chicken and egg type of question. Economic growth drives demand for oil. That raises the price of oil.…
Jul 10, 2018
The Best Way to Read a Chart
Chart reading has been the subject of analysis for almost 100 years. The first book on the subject was likely published in 1930. Richard W. Schabacker published Technical Analysis and Stock Market…
Jun 21, 2018
Hedge Funds Are Buying These Cheap Stocks
Many analysts point to the fact that, as a group, hedge funds tend to deliver average to below average performance. That is true, but that is also not really a relevant fact to most investors. To…
May 31, 2018