Learn when not to trade and see profitability increase
In a broker-sponsored financial media world where every show and advertisement is spurring you on to be an active trader-investor, it isn’t easy to be patient. However, a big difference between profitable and losing traders and investors is knowing when not to trade. Watch the short video here: Learn when not to trade and see profitability […]
Video: Time to short the Dax? Just wait and buy the dip
The Dax smashed through the 12000 level this week as export dependent economies in Europe, like Germany, rally on the back of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program. The EUR 60 billion QE stimulus has successfully weakened the common currency to lows not seen since the early 2000’s. The German Dax has gone up […]
It’s a Make-or-Break Week for SPY, XLF
It’s a major week ahead for markets as the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) settles into a two-day meeting starting Tuesday and culminating Wednesday with an update on interest-rate policy. Market participants will be watching closely to see whether Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen will remain “patient” in raising interest rates, or if recent economic […]
FOMC: Why You Should Just Shut Down Your Trading Console
Let’s not mince words. This week, no matter how avid an investor you are, you’ll be better served giving your trading platform a break this week. Obviously your broker won’t tell you this — he wants that churn in your account — and your investment adviser likely isn’t honed in enough on the markets to […]
Don’t front-run the Fed
Many less than optimal trading/investment strategies exist, yet by far the least probable to succeed in my experience is the ‘front-run’ or ‘outsmart the Fed’ strategy. This ‘strategy,’ for the lack of a better term is rooted in arrogance and ignorance for while even if we can guess correctly the language in any given Fed […]
The lifestyle of a self-directed investor
you have those friends that seeminly… stress-free, no boss the reality is that you too can live the dream
Stop doing this and your trading returns will increase dramatically
Interested in receiving Free Tips on how to successfully manage your own money? Click HERE and also receive a Free eBook. Trading and managing your own money doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, by just making a few changes we can dramatically improve our results and reduce stress levels. One of the most important aspects […]
Picking the peaks – the ups and downs of trading stock market highs
Equity trader Serge Berger outlines his strategies for investing at a time when most of the world’s major stock market indices are at an all-time high. Can you trade indices against each other and will European stocks really overtake the US? Watch the short video here: https://www.tradingfloor.com/posts/picking-the-peaks-the-ups-and-downs-of-trading-stock-market-highs-3799249
The danger of slow-rising markets
Markets that move higher in a very slow, steady and resilient fashion, absent of any volatility often eventually see quick mean-reversion moves lower. The Russell 2000, and the S&P 500 for that matter has risen with nearly no volatility in the month of February and the beginning of March could well bring about some surprises […]
Stocks: Don’t stop me now
From a pure price perspective, stocks – as measured by the S&P 500 – continued their somewhat sluggish upward drift, which is concerning to the extent that any negative surprises could lead to nasty bearish reversals and quickly erase two weeks of gains. At the margin, however, the trend is our friend until it ends, which looks […]