I usually enter new trades on Monday. I love starting the week with fresh opportunities.
But one of the best things about trading is there are no called strikes. Meaning, we don't have to swing. And we won't get called out for putting our bat...
I have fond memories of my very first cellular phone in 1995. I was still in college and had a "job" selling advertising for the local arts & entertainment newspaper in town. One of the perks of the job was having a cellphone so I could be reached...
During our latest Options Conference call, me and JC riffed on a couple potential trades -- one of which I wanted to wait a bit on, since it's not a type of play I do with great frequency.
Well, on Friday, the stock had a nice little pullback...
The recent pullbacks we've seen in a number of momentum names is offering us some advantageous opportunities to buy into some stocks we like at better prices.
One stock in particular is making a beautiful sound as it attracts my attention....
US Stocks have been a bit dicey since yesterday afternoon as we're seeing a lot of high beta names get chopped down. This is never fun if you've been riding trends.
But when markets get turbulent, the strongest stocks and future leaders tend...
Strazza put out a post this weekend about scanning for strength in selloffs. Give it a read. Here's the Cliff's Notes: the recent selloff in tech has been an excellent...
The latest Under the Hood Report is out, and as always, there are a number of good trade candidates. But the one that most caught my attention is a name that typically isn't on the...
JC and I recorded a review session where we went over select options trades that were exited last month as well as some thoughts on the current market and some lessons within.
When the world gets back to normal, you have to believe people will be itching to get back on the road and start traveling again. There are a number of industries that will benefit from this, of course.
In lieu of our regular monthly options conference call to kick of February, as promised, here is a recording to the latest Members Only All Star Charts Conference call, hosted by JC Parets.
When semiconductor stocks are making all-time highs, I always pay attention. And when they also appear on the All Star Charts Young Aristocrats scan? Well, pass the gravy....
Stocks getting squeezed are all the rage these days, and rightly so. Some of the moves have been epic. The reasons for each squeeze vary from stock to stock, but the price action is hard to ignore.
During a quick perusal of ETFs today, I noticed some extremely rich volatility being priced into options on the Retailers ETF $XRT - which isn't entirely surprising given the price action over the past week.
Earlier this week, the All Star Charts research team did a deep dive on China stocks. Say what you will about the political tension between our two countries, we speculators only...
One of our biggest winning trades of 2020 has been consolidating over the past month and is setting up for what looks like another high-intensity workout. While it would be wishful thinking to expect another complementary ride like the last one, I do...
Software names have been leading the charge in this bull market. And if stocks are setting up for another extension of this bull run, I expect a lot of the leading stocks will come from the software space.