Stocks: Let the Dragon Breathe
“Risk happens fast”. It’s a saying many market participants have heard of, yet when looking at most risk profiles (and thus portfolio drawdowns) during times of increased volatility, most traders and active investors don’t seem to respect this old adage nearly enough. What has worked for the past few years in US equities — blindly […]
Stocks: Panic sets in
Last week was a tricky one for US stocks as volatility picked up. After some outsized moves last Friday, it’s now time to assess and make a plan for the week ahead. In the bigger picture, after five years of low interest policies in the US, Europe and Japan, the relative hawkishness from the Federal […]
GoPro – Don’t Chase GPRO Stock Up the Mountain
Shares of action sports camera maker GoPro (GPRO) saw another great rally on Monday on the back of an analyst upgrade and new product offerings, and despite negative comments from Barron’s over the weekend. While GoPro still has to prove that the projected growth rates are reasonable, active investors and traders can find opportunities among […]
Swing trading basics: The bullish reversal strategy
A host of medium-term swing trading strategies exist. One of the most straightforward and most consistently profitable is the ‘bullish reversal’. Here’s how to play it. Read my article here: https://www.tradingfloor.com/posts/swing-trading-basics-the-bullish-reversal-strategy-1749690
Choppy and sloppy. Sell the rallies
Looking at the S&P 500 on its weekly chart, note that, despite the financial media having made quite the circus around last Thursday’s sell-off, the index over the past five weeks has done remarkably little. In fact, courtesy of Friday’s oversold bounce, the index again held the 1980 area on a weekly closing basis, i.e. […]
Yahoo slowly setting up for a bounce YHOO
Yahoo! is currently valued at nothing or even negative as YHOO stock doesn’t even represent the company’s stake in Alibaba. Through a technical lens too the stock is nearing a good support spot. Here is my take. Watch the short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PpQ5rnsH48
Consumer discretionary stocks wave a warning flag
The bears have a deteriorating consumer discretionary sector going for themselves. We can gain lots of perspective by drawing so called ratio charts where we divide one security by another. Read my full analysis here: https://www.tradingfloor.com/posts/us-stocks-consumer-discretionary-stocks-wave-a-warning-flag-1743236
The case for ‘medium-term swing trading’
So you want to be a trader but between a job, family and friends, hobbies and more, you are finding it nearly impossible to make enough time for this venture, much less get into any type of a rhythm. Not to worry, that’s an issue many if not most traders face when they get started. […]
Quarter-end games in sight
With the Alibaba IPO priced, US equities closed the week last Friday near the flat line as the options expiration date did its best to chop traders back and forth. The week went to the bulls. However, the notable weakness in the small capitalisation space gives bears some hope as we enter a fresh five […]
Video: How to trade Alibaba once it launches…or just let it settle…
What do you think Alibaba shares will do immediately after they go on sale on Friday? Take off like a rocket or dive as the initial excitement fades? Alibaba shares are expected to be priced at around 68 USD, clearly aimed at tempting retail investors. Difficult to directly compare Alibaba with other internet stocks but […]