August was a very interesting month to be trading the markets. With the huge sell-off starting at the end of July and running into August expiration, it was hard to do anything but hedge and protect your portfolio. We did run into some trouble on the way down like everyone else – but I firmly ...…
Just last week I had offered a fairly strong argument that we were near a short term bottom. And it wasn’t that I had some magic crystal ball or anything, I was just looking at all the technical indicators – as emotion free as I could get. Now, after putting together a very strong rally ...…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, I’m sure you know that Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple (still keeping his Chairman role of course). The news really shouldn’t come as any surprise to shareholders and the market – it’s been an inevitable event for the past year now ...…
The past three weeks have been some of the most volatile trading in the last three years; all the more reason why keeping a good stack of cash is a great idea in a volatile market. Most options traders incorrectly think that they need to have money invested at all times in the market. They ...…
Fibonacci analysis is crucial to an options trader and almost all traders generally speaking do use retracements and extensions as part of their strategy. It’s a topic that I’ve covered multiple times before here on this blog as well. Over the years Fibonacci levels have proven to be exceptionally accurate at predicting market movements and ...…
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) such as QQQQ, SPY, IWM and DIA all have a broad representation of the stock market, and so tend to be more stable and less volatile than individual stocks. They tend to settle into a trend, and hold it for longer, whereas stocks tend to bounce around all over the place. ...…
We all know that the US debt was downgraded at Standard and Poor’s this past weekend. If you didn’t, then apparently you live under a rock. The truth is that it really didn’t come as a surprise. Standard and Poor’s (along with Moody’s and Fitch) put the US on negative watch back in April, but ...…
Everyone is always looking for the best place to find real-time stock market quotes and news right? And since companies are changing each their platform for stock market quotes seemingly everyday, it can be hard to find reliable news and quotes that are laid out in an easy to read manner. This list took me ...…
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