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Jittery Markets Scrambling to Rotate
Greetings from Mayakoba, where I’m making a quick visit to help finalize preparations for our OptionEasy Bootcamp in May! It’s clear that the markets are jittery. One moment they’re gapping up, the next they’re gapping down, only to jump back up again. In markets like this, it’s always a good idea to evaluate your approach to risk. I liken it to sailing in stormy weather vs. calm weather. Which do you prefer? Personally, I prefer calm waters. Last weekend I suggested that this market has a big chance of a significant pullback – correction if you will – in the coming months. The week we’ve just had did nothing to change my mind! After last week’s drama with gold and silver, silver presented bounceback temptation for some traders I know … I didn’t agree, and it didn’t work out for
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Odds of Market Correction Are Growing
Last week’s “Dry Powder” call was inspired, and I’m going to repeat it for this week. In fact I’m going
Volatility and Dry Powder
Well, it wasn’t so much Blue Monday, but Red Tuesday! The SPY, DIA and QQQ gapped down on Tuesday and
Earnings Is Here – Use the Calendar App for Prime Setups
Earnings Season is here, and constructive setups are already forming. That doesn’t mean you have to rush – we’ve barely
Indices Takes Labor Day Holiday Early
After the first four days of tepid upward action, the market decided to take Friday off for the Labor Day Holiday weekend. Some people might get twitchy about this, but without the benefit of hindsight, at this point there’s not
Strong Friday Sets Up Further Upside
Last week had something for everyone … the good, the bad and the ugly! Nearly every stock that we flagged as bullish did ultimately go up … but in several cases not without a blip first … and one or
Stock Selection And Trade Management Are The Keys To This Market
More quick in-and-out gems last week on the long side with stocks including ASO, FND and PNR all reaching a conservative P1 target early in the week before retreating. As with WMT and WPM the previous week, you needed to
The BMF System Pays Again Even After Tariff Tremor
Despite last weekend being cautious I highlighted a few absolute gems including WMT and WPM on the long side. I’ll review them again today so you can be sure as to what I was focused on, and we’ll have a
Now You See How Patience Pays
Last week I said be patient for the right Post-earnings setups to manifest. While Pre-earnings is super exciting, such trades need to be handled with small amounts and with a thorough understanding of risk. In recent cases like RDDT and
Post Earnings Is Here – Now Be Patient For the Right Setups
We deployed an important release on Thursday where you can now save your chart settings and your default watchlist on loading the charts. Small tweaks can make big differences to your experience, and there are plenty more we’ll be deploying
Be Patient For Post Earnings
An up week as anticipated but it’s tricky out there as the SPY, DIA and QQQ are already at extended levels. This means that while the market remains bullish, optimal setups aren’t as prevalent as we’d like. As with the
Market Optimistic On Earnings
Again, greetings from the mainland of Greece! Although it was a sideways week, the SPY, QQQ and DIA remain technically overbought, but earnings starts this week, and the markets are clearly in an optimistic mood … Let’s see what the
Mixed Signs of Overbought So Stick With Good Value
Greetings from the mainland of Greece! The SPY, QQQ and DIA are technically overbought while the IWM is lagging as it often does in bullish markets. This gives us interesting opportunities. That doesn’t mean the big indices can’t keep running
The Bulls Are In Control But There’s Still Value Out There
Within hours of my write-up last week, the world changed! Energy and defence stocks were old hat, tech and finance stocks were in! While that’s quite normal in times of instability reaching a conclusion, the tricky part was anticipating that