Tales of a Technician: Diversifying a BIG Portfolio
September 10, 2019
How do you diversify a big portfolio versus a small one? I’ll show you.
September 10, 2019
How do you diversify a big portfolio versus a small one? I’ll show you.
August 27, 2019
Craziness aside, lower prices create pleasure for rational consumers. Everyone loves a sale. It’s in our DNA. Except when it comes to the stock market. In this twisted realm, bargains create bozos.
August 20, 2019
You’ll recall one of the powerful attributes of the moving average (MA) is its ability to smooth out the often erratic price action. While this can provide more clarity in identifying the trend, it also allows us to create easy-to-spot trading signals. Here’s the gist of using MA crossovers.
July 30, 2019
In late-February small-cap stocks were left for dead. Try as I might to discover the culprit, I can’t quite put my finger on it. Nor have I heard a palatable explanation from the punditry class. I have my suspicions, of course.
July 23, 2019
One month ago, I highlighted gold’s emergence from one heckuva long base in Gold Goes Gaga. Alongside the price analysis, I threw out three ways to bank on the sky-high implied volatility. And, well, I’m happy to report it wouldn’t have mattered which path you followed. They all made money.
July 16, 2019
Today’s musings will be a follow up to my latest Options Theory blog opining on the search for certainty. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading it yet, do so. It lays the groundwork for the following commentary.
July 8, 2019
My idea well has run dry this week, but I do have one thing on my mind worth sussing out. Let’s talk about how the market goes about pricing in dividends.
July 2, 2019
I’ve lived in my current home for eleven years. I bought it when I was 24 just after getting married. It had plenty of room to start a family, but after a bull market in babies, we’re bursting at the seams. The lack of a yard with three rambunctious boys is particularly troublesome. So we finally decided to build a bigger house on a larger lot.
June 24, 2019
Gold is the talk of the town this week, deservedly so. The oh so precious metal just popped to its highest level since 2013. At $1,421 per ounce, gold bugs are coming out of the woodwork for some old fashion chest thumpin’.
June 17, 2019
My great aunt has a cabin and land, deep in a canyon. Every spring she hosts a family reunion where my mom’s side of the family gathers. It’s a time to eat, visit, catch-up on the goings on of all my relatives, and otherwise enjoy watching my kids play in the great outdoors.
June 11, 2019
Want a killer combination for eye-popping returns when selling premium? It’s very simple and easy to remember. I used it yesterday during a mentorship session to show a 60% return on a high probability short strangle trade. Some of you probably already know the combo. It’s not really a secret, unless you haven’t heard of it before. Now that I think of it, everything you don’t know is a secret.
June 3, 2019
Bonds are hotter than a pistol right now. Spectators seeking a culprit for the sudden surge have many catalysts to choose from. There’s the trade war, Trump’s tariff rampage, a downshifting economy starting to be priced in, and a stock market that has completely lost its mojo.
May 21, 2019
The gap robber strikes again! Monday greeted traders with a nasty down-gap, particularly in the land of tech. Tuesday is delivering an up-gap. Said gap robber is an annoying man vexing the life of the directional trader. Want to buy above today’s high? Too bad, we’re gapping 50 cents above it. Want to short below today’s low?
May 13, 2019
Monday was a nasty pill for bulls to swallow for multiple reasons. But maybe the meanest was the upending of Friday’s picture-perfect bullish reversal candle. I mean, to gap below last week’s low, right off the bat? That’s some next level nastiness.
May 6, 2019
Last Friday’s stock rally was legit. The large jobs beat kicked-off a buying frenzy that finally sent the small-cap-laden Russell 2000 Index through the pivotal $1600 resistance zone. Equities ended on a high note across the board.
April 29, 2019
Jimbo dropped a great question in the Clubhouse last week that I wanted to respond to. It’s a query that I hear occasionally and have developed some perspective on. Today I’m going to share how I think about investing your emergency fund.
April 22, 2019
oday we’re breaking down a trade setup in Netflix. You’ll learn how I use technical analysis, multiple time frames, volatility patterns, and implied volatility to build out a trade.
April 16, 2019
For three long years, Disney shares have lain dormant. Shareholders have been desperately waiting for a catalyst powerful enough to wake the mouse from its slumber. A handful of billion-dollar Marvel movies proved insufficient. Even the combined force powers of the Jedi and Sith were found wanting. Galaxy’s Edge, Galaxy’s Smedge.
April 8, 2019
I received an insightful question regarding portfolio protection. I’m posting it here in its entirety along with my response to see if we can all learn about the perks of buying puts to safeguard your account.
April 2, 2019
This is a discussion I try to work into all my one-on-one mentorships. There isn’t a right answer of course, but the objective of the exercise is to layout a few possibilities and help each trader make a more informed decision.
