• My Swing Trading Strategy I added two new long positions yesterday, with unique setups aside from the recent market bullishness. I’ll also look to add a short position this morning, if the bears come out strong today.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Continuing to hold support off of the rising trend-line from the November lows of

    By |Published On: November 6, 2019|1 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy One new long position added to the portfolio. I took profits in McDonalds (MCD) on Friday as I became concerned with the amount of selling on average volume, when the market was rallying hard. I took profits of +1.5%. Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) I took small profits in. I’ll look at adding

    By |Published On: November 4, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I added one short position to the portfolio, not sure if that will be instant regret today or not, with the futures spiking, but it is the only short position in the portfolio, so it isn’t too bad. I’ll look to add possibly one additional long position today considering how the

    By |Published On: November 1, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy With FOMC yesterday, I didn’t add any new swing-trades to the portfolio yesterday. I instead sat on my hands and let my current positions increase in profits. There are a few particular stocks that I have my eye on today for possible entries.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – The sell-off in

    By |Published On: October 31, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy One oversold bounce play added to the portfolio. My portfolio is quite conservative considering how much this market is run, and don’t want to be adding a significant amount of new positions at all-time highs here.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Bounced two days in a row, but far from anything special.

    By |Published On: October 30, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I added one new long position yesterday, but likely to be careful here with too much additional exposure as the market is stretched thing here at all-time highs and likely to see some consolidation at the very least before moving substantially higher again.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Diverged with yesterday’s

    By |Published On: October 29, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I don’t have any new positions in my portfolio from Friday. Watching today to see how serious the bulls are about holding on to these new all-time highs. Considering 1-2 new long positions to the portfolio.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – VIX dropped 7.8% and likely to drop further, which is creating

    By |Published On: October 28, 2019|1 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I added a long position yesterday in one of the commodities that’s breaking out. Looks to open up well. Watching for whether the bears can grab a foothold on this overbought market, in the wake of weak Amazon (AMZN) earnings, and if so, may look to add 1-2 new short

    By |Published On: October 25, 2019|1 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I closed my only short position in Shake Shack (SHAK) yesterday for a +6.5% profit. Now I am 100% in cash, waiting to see whether the bulls can push price through resistance or whether it is going to fall apart again at the highs.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – End of day sell-off in

    By |Published On: October 24, 2019|2 min read|
  • My Swing Trading Strategy I closed one short position out yesterday, following its stop-loss being hit, but added another that is off to a solid start following yesterday’s drop. I will look to add more short exposure should the market want to drop further today, and continue yesterday’s slide. However a break above key

    By |Published On: October 23, 2019|2 min read|