Swing-Trading

The holiday season presents unique opportunities for swing traders who understand the market's behavior during these low volume periods. Thanksgiving and the Christmas/New Year period in particular exhibit some of the most reliable trading patterns of the year, offering swing traders distinct advantages when properly understood. Thanksgiving Week Trading Patterns Thanksgiving week has historically provided

What’s the bearish argument here? SPY improved 75 cents on a $571 ETF in terms of body on the daily candle – still a very tight trading range. And up until the last seconds of the trading session it looked like it would be another doji candle.

Stock market indecision continues The stock market indecision is real! Can we get a day that doesn’t just involve a gap at the open, and nothing but 6.5 hours of endless sideways trading there after? Last three days have been an absolute snooze fest. 

Where did that rally come from? I woke up this morning, and thought maybe I was looking at the Nasdaq futures and not the S&P 500 futures. I saw a 93 point rally underway and thought “That ain’t right!”. Low and behold it was. Asian and European markets liked what they saw and they took

Stock market winning streak hits the 7th straight day! And this stock market winning streak comes after a 4 day sell-off, and just just a couple of weeks later, the market have finished off an 8 day winning streak. It kind of feels like this market is beholden to nothing but streaks these days and

Another low volume day for the market with anticipated 50bps rate cut from FOMC on Wednesday Even with the expectations now of a 50 basis point rate cut on Wednesday, the trading environment today was entirely boring and uneventful. It’s the quiet period for Fed speakers right now, so you’re not going to get any

The S&P 500 is back to testing all-time highs yet again! It was just two weeks ago the market was doing the same thing it did today – run it higher right into the close and testing all-time highs but not breaking through. The following shortened week, it sold off four straight days, but this

Don't Have Too Many Trade Confirmation Signals The previous day's massive reversal off the lows following the CPI report was completely unexpected and looking for a trade confirmation signal that would suggest that buying at the lows that morning would lead to a 150 point rally on SPX would've been nothing less than a pure

Understanding FOMC Day and Its Impact on Markets I honestly despise FOMC Days! Swing trading FOMC days is one of the hardest trading sessions of the year, and on average there are about eight of them. But what I want to discuss in this article is my approach and how I deal with my swing

What Are Good Faith Violations in Stock Trading? Good faith violations are a common problem that many stock traders encounter, especially when dealing with cash accounts. In this comprehensive guide, I’ll dive deep into what good faith violations are, how they can impact your trading, and strategies you can use to avoid them while still