Volatility Index (VIX)

My Swing Trading Strategy I sold Twitter (TWTR) yesterday for a +2.4% profit. I still have one long position, but am looking to add a short position depending on the outcome of the Jackson Hole speech today. Staying light is the best approach to this market.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – A 5.6% spike yesterday off of the 50-day

My Swing Trading Strategy I booked profits yesterday afternoon in Shopify (SHOP) for a +9.1% profit. It was a trade that I had been riding since last Friday. I still have two other positions, but may be cautious about adding another long setup to the portfolio ahead of the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting tomorrow morning.  Indicators Volatility

My Swing Trading Strategy I added one additional long position to the portfolio yesterday, while keeping the two positions that I came into the day with – both of which are showing sizable gains with solid rallies yesterday despite the market selling off. I am open to adding another long position today if the pre-market

My Swing Trading Strategy I wasn’t too aggressive yesterday, as the market simply gapped and flat-lined the entire day. That has been the norm for gaps in the market of late. Very rarely do you see a strong push higher throughout the day. As a result, I only added one position yesterday and held on

My Swing Trading Strategy I added one long position to the portfolio on Friday. Didn’t want to be too aggressive in that area, simply because of the huge and unpredictable gaps in both directions over the last two weeks. Today, we are gapping even higher, and will look to find one or two trades that

My Swing Trading Strategy Alright, alright, alright. I closed out my position in SPXU, which again is a 3:1 inverse return of SPX, yesterday for a +3.5% profit. Not bad, but I thought I might come away with a little more than I did. Good thing I closed it though because the market is

My Swing Trading Strategy Yesterday was a wild open, with the market completely reversing the gains from the day prior, I sold my two long positions for small losses, right at the open and avoid taking on additional losses, and took on a position in SPXU which allowed me to recover those losses. The pre-market

My Swing Trading Strategy With yesterday’s pop at the open of the trading session, I was taken out of my position in SPXU for a +2.8% profit. Now the market is looking at reversing yesterday’s gains on the indices and I may be getting right back in to the short side, despite having added two

My Swing Trading Strategy No new positions for me yesterday. I considered shorting the Nasdaq some, but the volume simply wasn’t there in the selling, and I didn’t want to set my self up for a possible short squeeze right from the very start. I currently am shorting the market using a long position

My Swing Trading Strategy I kept my positions the same heading into the weekend,and means I am still short on this market, and at the very least, the open,should be quite favorable today. I may consider adding more short exposure depending on the price action in the early going, and the overall breadth and volume