Volatility Index (VIX)

Swing Trading Strategy: Finally a follow through (kind of)… All day long the market looked really solid following its early morning sell-off from the highs of the day. A very strong rebound though and you had what looked to be another triple digit gain for SPX, and then the politicians started talking and down the

Swing Trading Strategy: Can we make it two days in a row… Futs are down about a half percent, but in terms of the kind of shock and awe that has been seen of late, it really doesn’t seem all that bad – almost like a flat opening when you are used to the 5-7%

Swing Trading Strategy: The Fed just can’t seem to help matters… Yesterday’s Swing-Trading Outlook, I mentioned about the Fed’s actions that “It may help the stock market today, but my biggest concern is how we’ve seen some pretty bold moves made by the Fed of late, and the price bump ultimately all fall apart before

Swing Trading Strategy: Enter the Fed (again)… You’re seeing a massive swing in the stock market today, after seeing futs limit down, and SPX looking at an 80 point gap lower, the Federal Reserve announced a slew of programs aimed to help stabilize the financial system. It may help the stock market today, but my

Swing Trading Strategy: That was not a bounce, my friend… Today had all the makings of a bounce – oh it looked ripe for the taking. Bears tried to push the market lower, but no, the bulls would prevail, and we were going to have a face rippin’, short squeezing kind of day that would

Swing Trading Strategy: Bears getting bullish… Lots of rumors of long-term bears suddenly turning bullish on this market now and wanting to buy stock. They are feeling bold, a little cocky, and want to stroke their ego by getting bullish ahead of everyone else. Like that annoying friend who double dips his chip in the

Swing Trading Strategy: Be careful of what you put your faith in… Before you do anything else – watch my video on the stock market and its outlook that I posted this weekend! It was a nice rebound for the market. S&P 500 rallied 143 points. Huge. I mean, even a 10 point rally would

Swing Trading Strategy: How low it goes, nobody knows… Before you do anything else – watch my video on the stock market and its outlook that I posted this weekend! Today’s price action was earth-shattering on every level. I mean, could you imagine back in November saying “The Dow is going to rally 3000 points

Swing Trading Strategy: When being in cash actually feels like a position… Before you do anything else – watch my video on the stock market and its outlook that I posted this weekend! That’s because it is! Cash is always a position, and right now, if you’re not short heading into the market open, which

Swing Trading Strategy: Is this the bottom… There are plenty of people out there that love to tell you that this is the bottom, or others who will say this is a temporary relief rally, aka ‘dead cat bounce’. But in all honesty – none of them know, or have any ability to know for