Real Estate is Pacing the Economy – Weekly Market Outlook Despite Friday’s bounce, the market still closed in the red for the week… the first losing week in the last four. The push off the low for the week (hit on Tuesday) offers a glimmer of hope for the bulls, when you take a step back and look at the...
Creating an Effective Trading System: Acceleration Bands and Williams Percent R Try This Simple Trading System For option traders, correctly forecasting short-term price action is imperative to long-term success and, in my view, technical analysis is the best way to achieve this. Many would say the “Holy Grail” of technical analysis is to find true “leading” indicators … those that...
Zeroing In On All-Time Highs – Weekly Market Outlook Despite Tuesday’s and Friday’s setbacks, the market managed to post a respectable gain last week…the third winning week in a row, and the tenth winning week in the last eleven. When it was all said and done, the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) gained 0.6% last week. The S&P 500 did NOT reach...
Triple Top or New All-Time Highs Ahead? – Weekly Market Outlook Another winning week… the ninth in the last ten. In fact, all five days last week were bullish, with most stocks near or at all-time highs. From a momentum perspective it’s exactly what the bulls want to see. Yet, there’s something a little uncomfortable about the sheer size and...
Preparing the Proper Mental Mindset for Successful Trading Visualization Leads to Profit Realization Have you ever noticed that what you focus on mentally is what you get in end results in life? I had this experience when I played a rare round of golf. It had been quite a while so my first few holes were shaky, to be kind...
On A Tightrope – Weekly Market Outlook Thanks to Friday's gains, the market managed to end the week in the black… though just barely. The advance unwound the prior week's small loss and threat of a bigger pullback. Yet, there's still something uncertain about the effort to renew the uptrend. Is it really prudent to be bullish here? The answer...
Pivotal Week Ahead For Stocks – Weekly Market Outlook Although Friday’s rebound was strong, it wasn’t quite strong enough to pull the market back into the black for the shortened week… at least not the S&P 500. That S&P 500 Index (SPX) (SPY) lost 4.19 points (-0.3%), while the NASDAQ (NDX) (QQQ) lost 30.2 points (-0.94%). The Dow (INDU) (DIA) managed to eke out an...
7 Mental Tools to Turn Around Your Trading Breaking A Trading Slump and Getting Back On A Hitting Streak We've all been there. Your trades aren't working the way you thought they would, and the mental strain affects your mood, confidence, etc. A systemized approach and clearly defined trading plan will help alleviate some of these effects, but here are...
Will 4th Quarter Earnings Slow the Bull Run – Weekly Market Outlook Despite Friday’s slight pullback, the market managed to make another gain last week – the seventh winning week in a row. It was only a 0.1% gain though, which happens to be the weakest weekly gain in the last seven. Are stocks finally slowing down, and is this...
Tepid Earnings Season, Yet Stocks Rally – Weekly Market Outlook It may have been microscopic, but even the market’s microscopic 0.3% gain last week was enough to lead stocks to their sixth straight positive week. Even more impressive – stocks ended last week at multi-year highs, and in some cases, within sight of all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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