Understanding Asymmetric Risk For Outsized Investing Returns
Understanding asymmetric risk is critical to making good decisions. Whether you want to be a successful investor, manager or parent, the ability to identify...
Seasonality: Christmas Stock Market Performance Quiet
As investors near the finish line and get ready to close the books on another year, the stock market tends to go into cruise...
RSI Divergence Patterns: Spotting Trading Tops and Bottoms
One of my favorite patterns to watch for near market bottoms and tops is the RSI divergence pattern. But, I must caution that it...
Options Trading Education: The Year In Review
This year in the stock market has been all about The Great Rally of 2013. It’s been seemingly unstoppable with no meaningful corrections or...
Stock Market Seasonality: Post Thanksgiving Performance Strong
Heading into Thanksgiving, investors have plenty to be thankful for. Using the S&P 500 as a proxy, US equities are up 26.7% year-to-date.
And if...
Market Masters: Dynamic Risk Management With ATR Trailing Stops
In today's post, I want to discuss my method of risk management and how I use a modified ATR trailing stop tool for measuring...
3 Ominous Bear Market Signals
These 3 bear market signals are typically present near major stock market tops:
Waning momentum
Bad breadth
Defensive credit markets
Central Banks Are Part Of Markets
Before we examine...
Options Education: Collar That Stock
You can sell a call against a stock you own and you can own a protective put under your stock. Well, you can combine...
Market Momentum and Trend: One Is Not Like the Other
The first and most basic concept is this: Momentum indicators do not represent price trends. Momentum indicators represent momentum trends.
-- Robert Miner, High Probability...
Options Education: The Basics of Exercise and Assignment
Every now again I think it fitting and proper to review some of the basic elements in options working method. Today I am going...
