• CBOE 10-year Treasury Yield Index (TNX)

    Trading Notebook: TNX, SOFI, XLV and LRCX

    CBOE 10-year Treasury Yield Index (TNX) pushing through resistance here. Significant resistance breach, and about to hit 5%. SoFi Technologies (SOFI) Price breaking back below major support levels. A significant market sell-off could take SOFI back below $5. Triangle pattern in Healthcare Sector (XLV) nearing a break to the downside. Bounce play if

    By |Published On: October 19, 2023|1 min read|
  • Communications Sector (XLC)

    Trading Notebook: XLC, XLV, MCD and TDOC

    Strong potential with Meta Platforms (META) and Alphabet (GOOGL) earnings out of the way, for a pullback to the rising trend-line on Communications Sector (XLC). Ideally, I'd like to see Healthcare Sector (XLV) spend a few more days inside of this bull flag before attempting to breakout. Worth watching this one. McDonalds (MCD)

    By |Published On: July 27, 2023|1 min read|

  • Trading Notebook: $XLV $DXY $JETS $PRWM

    I'm leery of these breakout attempts on $XLV, like the one seen today, as the last three have all resulted in head fakes. $DXY descending triangle confirmed to the downside. $JETS fighting for a second straight day to get back above broken trend-line resistance. $PRMW price bounce off the lower descending channel band, and following

    By |Published On: July 18, 2023|1 min read|

  • Trading Notebook: $BTC.X $XLV $NIO $LCID $TSLA

    $BTC.X remains in the early stages of its breakout. Really nice base breakout that goes back over a year. $XLV (healthcare) struggling to hold Friday's breakout above the declining trend-line. Watch for a break above $133.04 to resume the uptrend. $NIO inverse head and shoulders pattern, with multiple layers of resistance overhead that needs to

    By |Published On: July 3, 2023|1 min read|

  • How To Use The Top Down Swing Trading Strategy | Podcast Episode #337

    Episode Overview Step-step directions on how I use the Top Down Trading Strategy in my swing trading. This trading strategy guides my decisions and how I analyze stocks and choose which stocks to trade. In this strategy I connect the overall stock market direction with sector strength and industrial technical analysis to help find the

    By |Published On: June 21, 2023|22 min read|

  • Day, Swing, Position Trader | Podcast Episode #306

    Episode Overview What's the differences, advantages and disadvantages of swing trading vs day trading vs position trading, and what does it mean to be either of them? Also in this episode, Ryan explores one trader's questions about trading index funds only and provides the bigger questions that this person should be asking himself. 🎧 Listen

    By |Published On: January 6, 2023|24 min read|

  • Trading Notebook: $BILL $XLV $NFE $GME $HKD

    $BILL major descending triangle starting to see a breakdown.

    By |Published On: January 5, 2023|1 min read|

  • Trading Notebook: $CSIQ $XLV $CVX $XLE

    Nice consolidation from $CSIQ after confirming the cup and handle pattern.

    By |Published On: November 21, 2022|1 min read|
  • S&P 500

    Trading Notebook: SPY, SPX, ABNB, XLV and DKNG

    Here's why I try to avoid trading the moves that come from FOMC day. Tons of reversals. SPY & SPX Airbnb (ABNB) confirming the wedge pattern with a breakdown today. Converging support levels to watch on a pullback in Healthcare ETF (XLV). Watch declining resistance on DraftKings (DKNG). Big test here for the stock.

    By |Published On: November 2, 2022|1 min read|

  • Trimming The Watch List | Podcast Episode #255

    Episode Overview For working traders or those with a heavy family load, it can be difficult combing through hundreds if not thousands of stocks looking for that one quality swing trade setup. In this episode I talk about how one can trim down the stocks that they have to follow as well as trading off

    By |Published On: June 18, 2022|21 min read|