My Swing Trading Strategy The market decided to throw a temper-tantrum on Friday, with above average volume, and sell-off that wiped out one of my long positions. Should the market want to shake off the sell-off, I am more than open to adding a new long position, however, I am also poised to short this
My Swing Trading Strategy I was stopped out of my Disney (DIS) trade yesterday, primarily due to the heavy influence from the Netflix (NFLX) earnings miss. However, I added two additional trades following the stop-out, and will consider adding a third position if the early morning strength can hold. Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) –
My Swing Trading Strategy I booked some profits yesterday with a +2.4% profit in Nike (NKE) and +2.1% in Twitter (TWTR). I had a day-trade in Square (SQ) that started out great, but couldn’t hold the gains into the close, so sold it for a small profit of +0.3%. I only have one position coming into today, so
Sectors as a whole remain bullish, despite recent market pullback. The two sectors that I like the least are the financials and the materials. Both of them look problematic, and the financials are showing more weakness today, despite already being oversold.Â
Half the sectors look solid – the other half, not so much. Technology continues to be the place to trade. The thing I have to be careful of is that I don’t get overloaded in that sector, because we have all seen the days where tech is selling but nothing else. So while it is