• The bulls are trying to make it a rare 2-day rally.  Or at least such an event has been non existent for the past three weeks, so any kind of consistency, even if it lasts only a few days, is welcomed. 

    |June 4, 2018|1 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach North Korea overnight risk creates some pause for this market and the likelihood of some kind of boiling point being reached as a result of their provocations.  As a result, it is difficult to get confidently long on this market, and best practice suggests playing both sides of the trade.  Indicators

    |September 6, 2017|3 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I’m concerned about the weakness coming into today, and may curb my long exposure while adding some short exposure.  Indicators

    |September 5, 2017|3 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach The bounce of late has been a hard bounce, and more than a dead cat bounce. This bounce should be respected and played. The biggest risk to consider remains North Korea.  Indicators

    |September 1, 2017|3 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach Playing it cautious for now, as I am willing to get short again if this bounce dies out. Maintaining my long positions for now. 

    |August 16, 2017|3 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach We have the S&P 500 stuck in a 10-day trading range. I am keeping a neutral portfolio until it can determine a direction coming out of the range. At that point I’ll either get more bearish or more bullish, depending on the direction that the market takes. 

    |August 3, 2017|3 min read|
  • My Trading Journal for the Stock Market Today:  When the market has a long one-day pullback that is 6 points in total, and for once in the past 13 trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fails to rally at all, traders have to go back to their playbook and pull out the Trump Stock Rally

    |March 1, 2017|2 min read|
  • My Trading Journal for the Stock Market Today:  I'm pretty sure we are at that point where, "how many days can the Dow push higher", has become irrelevant. Lets just admit it, we are in the Phantom Zone at this point. We can decline 1% today is probably less likely than us running higher for another

    |February 28, 2017|2 min read|
  • Finding the Best ETFs for Trading Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are all the rage these days. Traders are always on the hunt for the latest and greatest ETFs and what is the best ETF to trade on a day-to-day basis. ETFs come in all shapes and sizes and each day it seems like there is

    |January 24, 2017|9 min read|
  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) is down 14%, Biogen (BIIB) is down 12.3%. I guess it goes without saying that Bill Ackman is having another lousy day. The weakness in biotech is keeping the Nasdaq from experiencing a rally of any sorts today, despite the Dow, SPX, Rut all on solid ground.  So where does that leave

    |June 7, 2016|1 min read|