• The Changes Taking Place with Apple (AAPL) Outside of the impact the election has had on the markets since President Obama was declared the winner of Tuesday’s presidential race, Apple (AAPL) has, no doubt, been the biggest story.  Just this week alone it has dropped from $584 down to the current price of $543.

    By |Published On: November 8, 2012|3 min read|
  • Estalishing a short position in Cheesecake Factory by swing trading on multiple time frames I will often stress the importance of trading off of multiple time frames. Typically, if I can get a short-setup to line up on the 5 minute and daily charts that is usually a setup that I won’t hesitate to take. 

    By |Published On: November 5, 2012|1 min read|
  • The Weekender is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn't necessarily warrant their own postings.  Start tracking your trades with the SharePlanner Trading Journal Google (GOOG) was the source of some serious controversy. See our collection of Posts on them. Google 1, Google 2, Google 3 WallStreetNole - new to

    By |Published On: October 20, 2012|1 min read|
  • Cramer doesn't know what to think! Cancel All Orders! My all-time favorite trading video comes into play here called "Cramer Doesn't Know What to Think, Cancel All Orders!", with the sell-off from Google's surprise earnings release (accidentally of course).   Ultimately we'll probably look back on this day and think what an opportunity it was

    By |Published On: October 18, 2012|1 min read|
  • Trading requires patience and that means you have to wait for stocks and market conditions to align in your favor You’ll notice that I haven’t been very active on the buy side so far this week, and that’s not by accident, but by predetermined choice. When the market was declining last week, I was gradually

    By |Published On: October 16, 2012|3 min read|
  • Who Is John Galt? If you haven’t caught the new movie that came out last night, “Atlas Shrugged II”, I highly recommend it and by the end of the movie you’re likely to find the answer to one of the biggest questions in the literary world.  I’ve long been a fan of Ayn Rand and

    By |Published On: October 13, 2012|2 min read|
  • This a new feature that I plan to roll out on the weekends providing some of the highlights of SharePlanner from the past week that might not have been captured in its own individual post.  The Weekender is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn't necessarily warrant their own postings. 

    By |Published On: October 13, 2012|1 min read|
  • One of the most epic challenges known to man, was when Cool Hand Luke pulled off the unconquerable 50 hard-boiled eggs in one hour It was something considered impossible to man… but not Cool Hand Luke.  But like the first post in this series, Cool Hand Luke would have made for one horrible trader.   

    By |Published On: October 11, 2012|3 min read|
  • People just LOVE to hate on Apple (AAPL) One thing that I learned from Jim Cramer about calling market bottoms is when publications like the USA Today start featuring the bearishness on the front page of their newspaper. That, at that moment, nearly always coincides with a market bottom. This just isn’t in USA Today

    By |Published On: October 11, 2012|1 min read|
  • One of the aspects of trading that I’ve learned, is that it goes counter-intuitive to everything that society admires and holds dear.  Here’s what the market punishes your for:  Having courage and bravery Getting back up when knocked down Fighting against the odds Holding on against the slimmest of hopes Selflessness But here’s what the

    By |Published On: October 1, 2012|1 min read|