SPX: Expect Excitement, Dramatic Price Swings, And Sharp Reversals This Week.
Last Week The S&P500 large-cap index (SPX) ended last week on a dismal note. It closed at...
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How Many Top Calls Are Left?
It has to be frustrating to be a bear in this market. Just when it seems that the market has...
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Three Peaks/ Domed House Part II
In his 1969 brochure “One Year Later: A follow-up of the Three Peaks and Domed House,” George...
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Take A Trip To Europe – It Is Getting Cheaper By The Day
Some days, I just don’t know where to start. The “news” is coming at me, rather at us, a mile a...
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The Life-Cycles of Stocks Part 2: Apple (AAPL)
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at Tesla Motors (TSLA) and its current life-cycle and noted...
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This Year is Following the Script of 2014
It’s funny how history rarely repeats, but often it rhymes. Yet, in looking at the stock market...
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ESH5: Running Down To Zero
Yesterday The March contract in the S&P500 mini futures (ESH5) enjoyed a small bounce today...
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The Market Is A Dash and A Marathon
Yesterday, I watched an 800-meter race for our high school (our kid got third). One guy led the...
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A Play On The April E-Mini S&P 500
It appears that winter may be finally coming to an end in the United States. The Midwest and...
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An Options Play On Visa
On January 28, 2015, Visa (V) announced its first 4-for-1 common stock split, under which the...
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Traders Bet On New Highs In Teva Pharmaceutical
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) is the $55B Israeli based, generic drug maker of products...
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ESH5: A Long Slow Consolidation, Waiting For The Next Shoe To Drop
Yesterday The S&P500 mini futures (ESH5) closed at 2039.50 yesterday (Weds.) after a day spent...
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Where Exactly Are We Headed?
This morning I read an interesting article on TraderPlanet, WARNING: SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 1998 and...
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A Closer Look At Wheat Ratios
Wheat export sales came in at 469-thousand metric tons, up 43% from the week prior. The week...
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WARNING: SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 1998 and 2015
From the high touched in the beginning of March, the SPX has lost about 3.5% as of Tuesday’s...
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The Training Dilemma – What to Really Look for in Trading Education
Learning to trade can be an expensive and frustrating endeavor. If you are starting out, you could...
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ESH5: Look What Happens When The Plunge Protection Team Doesn’t Show Up
Yesterday The S&P500 mini-futures (ESH5) closed yesterday (Tues.) at 2042. They opened January...
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Fly, Little Butterfly, Fly!
I want to tell you about the Butterfly, one of my very favorite low-risk, high-reward,...
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When Trading Options, Charts and Technicals Tell the Main Story
Understanding technical analysis is an art form that is shaped by experience – and it is critical...
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Why You Should Buy Tesla (TSLA)
“Worrying that the future of Tesla will be affected by the falling price of gasoline is like...
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TraderPlanet’s Quick Guide to Candlesticks
