My question to you all today is: Who’s left? With the extremely high levels of Bullish Sentiment that we covered in a trading video earlier this week, who is left to continue to buy up this market? It’s funny I mention this today because I was just talking about this last night with a coaching ...…
This week’s top financial links and articles: 2010′s Worst 10 ETFs Home Prices Probably Fell, Showing U.S. Economy’s Weak Link Retail Sales Increase Most in 5 years DealBook: PetroChina to Sell Gas Pipeline Stake for $2.85 Billion Consumer confidence slips as home prices decline Groupon files to raise up to $950 million: VC Experts Yes, ...…
There are too many bullish traders right now. A recent Investors Intelligence Sentiment survey showed the percentage of bullish investors approaching Bubble Year extremes. And with only 3 down days in the last 18 trading days, you can’t help but wonder what’s next right?…
Selling expensive options is a great way to make consistent and steady premiums for monthly income. Here are our top 3 market conditions that we look for when selling options: Spike in the VIX Absolutely ranked number one on our list. Since part of an option’s value is derived in market volatility, a spike in the ...…
You know I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading on the municipal bond situation happening across the country and it’s not a pretty picture. Which leads me to believe that shorting municipal bond ETFs (or continuing to do so) would be very profitable over the next 2-3 years. Some of the best analysts ...…
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You have a position (good or bad) but now you are at a point where that one little question pops into your head, “Should I hold on to this position or sell it and get out?” We have all had the thoughts and it’s one of the hardest decisions to make as an options trader. ...…
Investor sentiment is a great tools that you can use to your advantage when trading options. The reason I love using it so much is because it’s relationship to the general contrarain theory when trading which states the follwoing: A contrarian believes that certain crowd behavioramong investors can lead to exploitable mispricings in securities markets. For ...…
One of the most difficult concepts for beginning traders and some professionals alike is the understanding of simple support and resistance levels. As such, we decided to provide this very simple explanation of support and resistance levels to help you “get over the hump.” Support and Resistance Are Invisible on Charts So much of our ...…
Just kidding of course and don’t take me seriously on the headline, but I was made away from another reader that my Long Term Analysis for 2010 was pretty spot on for the end of 2010. My only hope is that 2011 still continues as projected…that would be a trader’s dream come true!…
Volume is a tricky subject for me to talk about. The power and strength of volume analysis cannot be overlooked. Unfortunately correct volume analysis is not always what is preached and/or marketed on TV to the general public. As a result, traders will incorrectly hear off-the-cuff remarks from TV pundits and other bloggers who are ...…
Managing your investments and trading account can be a time sometime be a time consuming and painful process. Nobody really LIKES to calculate exposure risk ratios, beta testing, portfolio allocation, etc. But it’s extremely important that you do allocate enough time to managing you accounts across the board. Here are 3 tips that can help ...…
Whether you are still thinking about getting started or already actively trading options, it is very important to take the time to learn and REALLY understand all of the risks involved. Options trading is a completely different animal when it comes to the general world of investing. Thousands upon thousands of dollars have been made ...…
Welcome to the FIRST income report for the new Iron Condor Strategy! The December Iron Condor portfolio was by far and away our most profitable strategy with month with a 6.64% profit! I have to admit, in the face of this market rally these condors gave some great returns and help capture additional income for ...…
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