• My Swing Trading Approach I used yesterday to take advantage of the strength in Square (SQ) and book profits for a +4.5 profit. I also added another trade to the portfolio yesterday, and will look to do the same, as long as the market can hold up today. But any additional trades at this point

    |February 6, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach Yesterday was a damn good day with a +13.1% profit in my ROKU swing-trade. The trade was placed last Wednesday and closed out yesterday following an amazing run. I still hold two additional long positions, and held off adding anything new yesterday to the portfolio.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – VIX

    |February 5, 2019|1 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach Stopped out of one position but added another on Friday. Holding respectable gains in two of my positions, but likely to stay put as the market remains on uncertain footing at recent highs. The market continues to have issues over the past week with fading morning gains, throughout the afternoon. I

    |February 4, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I added one additional long position to the portfolio yesterday. I may add another today, but the market will have to show me it is intent on rallying again and none of this meandering like we saw following yesterday’s gap higher.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Closed right on the 200-day moving

    |February 1, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I added two new long swing-trades to the portfolio yesterday. However, I will be a little more reserved about how many new longs I add today. The market will have to prove it wants wants to break the declining downtrend off of the October highs.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Looking at

    |January 31, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I am coming into today 100% cash, but also very skeptical about getting long on this market as most trading sessions where there is a strong earnings report that comes out, usually sees price fade throughout the trading session. I closed out my position in Bank of America (BAC) yesterday

    |January 30, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I closed out Square (SQ) yesterday for a +6.7% profit and Netflix (NFLX) for a +1.6% profit. I tried a short on the market when it looked like the market might actually breakdown early on, but it didn’t materialize into anything. A lot of major earnings reports coming out this

    |January 29, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I added one additional position on Friday, and will look to add more to the long side today, should the market show a willingness to reverse the morning weakness. At the very least, I will also be tightening my stop losses and protecting profits.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Another massive drop

    |January 28, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I didn’t add anything to the portfolio yesterday as the market was dull and not providing much substance to go on. I’ll consider adding a new long position today, if the morning strength can hold.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Two days in a row where early morning strength resulted in giving

    |January 25, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Approach I booked profits in Nike (NKE) at $80.47 yesterday for a +2.4% profit. I added another long position yesterday as well and will look to add more today, if this market can pull out of the bull flag that it is trying to form here.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Crashed and

    |January 24, 2019|1 min read|