Tackle Today: Stocks extend gains
November 5, 2020
Stocks are currently up for the fourth day in a row, and two days after election day in a broad-based rally.
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Rookie Blog: The Event Planner
November 5, 2020
Hey Rookie Bloggers, wow what an event we just had, or are we having? We are most definitely talking about the US 2020 Presidential election. The drama that unfolded last night and that is still ongoing is reminiscent of a WWE cage match from the ’90s! We had blows from both sides with a lotREAD MORE
Tackle Today: Stock markets are rallying
November 4, 2020
As the US Election results continue to be evaluated and counted, the markets are up big across the board.
Tales of a Technician: Election Positioning
November 2, 2020
Alright. I’ll give into the pressure. Here’s what I’m doing ahead of the election.
Tackle Today: We’re Talking About Studyin’!
October 30, 2020
I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know how I graduated from college (Virginia Commonwealth University), I breezed pass high school with a 3.2 gpa without any concrete study skills and I reaped the consequences once college came around with more complex exams in front of me to pass. The reason for that toREAD MORE
Options Theory: All Hail the Great & Powerful VIX
October 29, 2020
About that VIX spike to 40. Here’s my playbook.
Rookie Blog: The Check-Up!
October 29, 2020
This week’s blog is going to focus on protecting our portfolios. If you have been watching the markets in the last couple of weeks there have been two market conditions that have been weighing heavily on the minds of traders. We have been mired in consolidation that for directional traders feels like death by aREAD MORE
Tackle Today: AAPL, GOOGL, AMZN and FB Earnings
October 29, 2020
After the bell Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook report their quarterly earnings.
Tackle Today: Corporate earnings reports
October 28, 2020
When these earnings reports happen, we analyze the data, the price reaction and build plans on how to move forward. Before the earnings report, we look at market maker expectations, implied volatility, and gap history to get ready for the action. How do you prepare for a company’s earnings report?
Tackle Today: Presidential Election Scenarios
October 27, 2020
Delta weighting is done by a trader to be able to measure the risk in your overall portfolio against one product.
Tackle Today: The Week Ahead Oct 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
It is going to be a very interesting week in the market with numerous storylines potentially impacting price action.
Friday Feature – Women in Trading: Goldilocks and the three C’s
October 23, 2020
The objective of selling options is to find that sweet spot where everything falls in place. As a beginner, one of the pro tips I got from coach Tim and still use today was to use the three C’s. Chart, Cushion, and Cash Flow.
Tackle Today: Stocks test support
October 22, 2020
On the S&P 500 for example, intraday support has been tested several days in a row, but as of now it has held. Will support continue to hold?
Rookie Blog: The Long Climb
October 22, 2020
Good day all, after looking at my portfolio and the action in the overall markets I thought that this would be a good time to discuss the longer-term focus of successful traders. There is a phenomenon that sometimes takes place when you make the transition from a sporadically profitable trader to a more consistently profitableREAD MORE
Tackle Today: Scanning for stocks
October 21, 2020
Daily, most trader’s scan their watch lists for opportunities. If there are not enough good setups on their watch lists, they will then go to scanning the broad market.
Tackle Today: Measuring portfolio risk
October 20, 2020
Delta weighting is done by a trader to be able to measure the risk in your overall portfolio against one product.
Tackle Today: The Week Ahead Oct 19, 2020
October 19, 2020
It is going to be a busy week as earnings season starts to kick into full gear with names such as Tesla and Netflix among the many names that are reporting this week.
Friday Feature: When Markets Attack!
October 16, 2020
It took me years to understand that trading is mostly about psychology. After you spend a year learning all the strategies, anyone can do it. However, only a few are successful because your brain is conditioned in the wrong way to make money. Here are some hard-learned tips I keep reminding myself to observe and become better a professional trader.
Rookie Blog: The 2020 Teeter-Totter
October 15, 2020
Are you ready for a roller coaster of emotions? If you haven’t noticed already the markets are flying around and this is very likely to continue. This is probably not a big shock to most. I am certain there are those folks that are quite new to trading and maybe haven’t seen this phenomenon beforeREAD MORE
Tackle Today: 3 red candles
October 15, 2020
After Monday’s explosive rally, we have seen 3 red candles develop in an orderly Bullish Retracement pattern.