Trading and Boxing Tips from Boxing for Trading Success The skills you need to win at martial arts are very similar to those you need to win at boxing and also, when trading for profit. Sugar Ray Leonard was one of the true great boxers and learned from Bruce Lee and below, I have picked out three key points that...
OEX / VIX ‘Blue Sky Ratio’ At Cautionary Levels “Blue-Sky” Index Is Flashing Red Nobody may wish to believe it, but, Diapason Commodities’ Sean Corrigan warns, it just might be that the US economy has seen its best for this phase of the cycle. Where does that leave assets? Arguably overpriced and overbought, he believes. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)...
Analysts Think Interest Rates Headed Higher The most important number for the market: 2.75% BofA Technician: Yields will spike, and stocks will suffer. MacNeil Curry, Bank of America's head of technical strategy, believes the 10-year yield (TLT) is going to 3.5 percent. That could spell trouble for cyclical stocks, he told CNBC. Round numbers like 1,700 on the S&P 500...
11 Commandments of Swing Trading THE 11 COMMANDMENTS OF SWING TRADING DEFINED 1. Always align your trade with the overall direction of the market, which is best measured by the S&P 500. When trading "industrial' stocks, do not fight the major trends. A strong stock will typically make little headway in a weak market. Meanwhile, a weak stock will often...
Stocks Ranked By Earnings Day Performance Best and Worst Performing Stocks on Earnings This Season Earnings season is about halfway complete in terms of the volume of reports, but at this point nearly all of the most widely followed largecap stocks have reported. So which companies have had the best and worst reports this season? As we all know, the...
7 Charts Showing The Market Is Overvalued 7 Charts That Prove That The Stock Market Has Become Completely Divorced From Reality The mainstream media would have us believe that the U.S. economy must be in great shape since the stock market has been setting new all-time record highs this month. But is that really true? Yes, surging stock prices have...
How Low Can The VIX Go – Weekly Market Outlook Despite a couple of intra-week tumbles, the bulls managed to stage enough of a recovery late Friday to pull the market back to what was basically a break-even for the week…. a microcosm of the bigger indecision that’s surrounding stocks right now. The bigger-picture momentum is still bullish, even if...
Sell To The Sleeping Point and More Wisdom from Livermore & Lefevre Lessons from the Mind of the Greatest Trader It's always a great time to reflect on what happened on the past in your trading but also to look ahead of what's to come. One of my favorite trading books of all time is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin...
Hedge Fund Managers Bearish On Bonds Hedge funds most bearish on treasurys in 16 months Hedge fund managers are the most bearish on 10-year U.S. Treasuries in 16 months, according to a new survey, as they position for a winding down of the Federal Reserve's bond buying program. Of the managers polled, 48.3 percent were negative in their outlook for...
Is The Run In Semiconductor Stocks Over? Time For A New Tech Leader? As the market continues to grind higher, it becomes more imperative to identify both the leading and lagging industry groups while focusing on the risk. Many are expecting the technology sector to play a role in leading the market higher. The earnings, so far, from the tech...
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