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My Swing Trading Strategy I added some financial exposure yesterday, and will consider adding more long exposure today, should the market conditions warrant it. Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – VIX sold for two straight days, and 6.8% yesterday alone, with the potential to see a retest of 12.00 in the very near future. However, with

My Swing Trading Strategy I closed out one of my trades yesterday that simply wasn’t doing anything for me and was simply wavering far too much due to the low volume, summer trading. However, I added one additional trade to the portfolio and looking to ride my two positions that I currently have, to higher

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

My Swing Trading Strategy I took profits in one position while getting stopped out of two others for losses. Not an ideal day of trading, but nonetheless, I did add one new position in the afternoon yesterday to play the end of day bounce. I may add another long position today, if the market can

My Swing Trading Strategy I added one new position yesterday on the market dip, early in the trading session. While the market is pointing towards another lower open, I’m hesitant to do so again, unless there is a very strong and convincing bounce.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – VIX popped 20% yesterday, but saw readings at

My Swing Trading Strategy I’m not coming into today with a lot of long exposure. I have three positions to contend with and will raise the stops where possible. Today’s extreme gap down will make getting short without some kind of dead cat bounce first, a difficult proposition. May be a day to just

My Swing Trading Strategy I closed out Two trades yesterday, One for a profit and the other for a loss. yesterday’s whipsaw price action took created a little havoc for traders, however, I am coming into today with both long and short exposure, but don’t expect the short exposure to last long into the market

My Swing Trading Strategy I closed out two trades yesterday that essentially cancelled each other out (small loss/small profit). I added one new position to the portfolio. However, I am hesitant to add a new long position in the face of what we saw yesterday with the large wave of afternoon selling. If it that