• Swing Trading Strategy Report #107

    My Swing Trading Approach Low volume market today and for the remainder of the week. I am not looking to add much to the portfolio this week.  Indicators

    |December 27, 2017|3 min read|

  • Swing Trading Strategy Report #106

    My Swing Trading Approach Not looking to force anything during this last trading week of the year. Light volume will limit new opportunities.  Indicators

    |December 26, 2017|3 min read|

  • Swing Trading Strategy Report #105

    My Swing Trading Approach My first priority will be to manage my current positions. I may add an additional long position to the portfolio if the market cooperates, but likely, I will simply stay put.  Indicators

    |December 22, 2017|3 min read|

  • Swing Trading Strategy Report #104

    My Swing Trading Approach I’ll look to add another position to the portfolio today, should the market strength hold up, in the early going. I expect light volume from now until the end of the year. Indicators

    |December 21, 2017|3 min read|

  • Short-Term Support Held and Dip Buying Still in Effect

    Support holding strong, dip-buyers still flying in at any moment of weakness. Yesterday was a sound day for the bulls from a technical standpoint. For one, the S&P 500, by a large margin, saw a huge uptick in volume from the day before. Which is good, because I kind of thought the market was dying

    |July 19, 2017|3 min read|

  • Light, Low, Nonexistent Volume

    What was that yesterday? Where was the volume? That had to be one of the least interesting trading days in my entire trading career. I mean, it was horrible, miserable – and outright boring. 

    |July 18, 2017|3 min read|

  • Patience to Find the Right Trade Setups

    It was just last Thursday when the S&P 500 was on the cusp of a breakdown.  Since then, it has been up, up, up. But only 13 points to show for the 3-day rally in the stock market. And each rally has been of mixed signals, with the Nasdaq down the first two days of

    |July 6, 2017|3 min read|

  • More Light Volume to be Expected

    I suspect that the holiday volume will persist into the week. Anytime you have a week where there are only 3.5 trading sessions in total, you can expect that much of Wall Street will take the week off and enjoy an extended vacation. 

    |July 5, 2017|3 min read|

  • Today’s Trading Plan: Low Volume, Little Price Action

    Technical Analysis: For the past eleven trading sessions, the S&P 500 (SPX) has traded in a sideways trading range.  This isn’t unusual for this time of the year as the volume dries up and the big players on Wall Street head to the Hamptons and neglect the market.  Tomorrow will formally start the Santa Rally, which is

    |December 27, 2016|2 min read|

  • Today’s Trading Plan: Christmas Doldrums Starting to Kick In

    Technical Analysis: Quiet day yesterday for the stock market as the S&P 500 (SPX) pulled back a meager 5 points.  Volume on SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) was dropped significantly from the previous day’s reading and was well below recent averages. You can expect even lighter volume today and tomorrow as more traders leave for the Christmas holiday.  Price

    |December 22, 2016|2 min read|