Technical Discussion

One of the traders in the SharePlanner Splash Zone was asking me about Amazon.com (AMZN)’s chart, and while without looking at it I remembered it had been stuck in consolidation since its earnings, (yeah, I have a huge swath of chart patterns, unintentionally memorized in my head, where more important things should probably be kept),

If Santa is truly going to visit this market before the end of the year, it is these kinds of plays like the one in Adobe (ADBE) below that I think will be at the forefront of winning plays for this market.  Even though this market has found every reason to sell-off nearly every day

Solar City (SCTY) has been the darling of the market over the past month for those who were fortunate enough to ride its meteoric rise from $25 to over $55.  With that rise, the stock has failed to rise above the recent highs of the past three days. Instead it finds itself dealing with some

Going forward, my preferred auto-trader will be eOption. They are fully capable of auto-trading my swing trades through the SharePlanner Splash Zone as well as the SharePlanner Investment System. Now there are plenty of auto traders out there, and I already have my trades being auto traded through Global Auto-Trading as well as Autoshares, but

It really amazes me that JCPenney (JCP) is even still around these days.  The fact that it has survived this long, has run commercials apologizing to its customers, and continues to spiral downward in its stock price is utterly amazing. This latest leg down in the stock is pretty much proof that any investors still

Oil has found its share of traders trying to find what we all know will one day be an epic bounce in one of the greatest sell-offs in a commodity yet this century.  Oil, and USO in particular has recently finished a most impressive head and shoulders pattern. In fact you didn’t hear a lot

You have two conflicting patterns, and really they are both playing off of each other. But one is bound to win over the other and that is likely to happen today.  On one hand you have a very strong declining trend line off of the September highs back on 9/1. However, that same resistance level

Over the past three trading sessions, I traded UPRO on three separate occasions. After taking losses on the first two trades, most traders would have understood if I didn't try trading UPRO again.  But I did.  I took small losses on the first two trades by keeping my stops on each trade very tight knowing

Another month is in the books. The S&P 500 finished 1.05 points higher or better put, the S&P 500 finished 0.05% higher on the month. I on the other hand managed, in this choppy trading environment, to add an additional 1.1% to the portfolio for the year.  Here are all my swing-trades that I took

Under Armour (UA) is taking a hit today, but it could be nearing some short term support here that could very well lead to a bounce in the near future.  Here’s my analysis on the chart as of today: