Options Basics: Writing Covered Calls for Protection and Income
By Brad Tompkins
In our last article discussing Trading a Put, we saw how options can be used to protect against losses in a portfolio. We’ll expand...
Weekend Market Update: The Return of the Big Boys
By Andrew Nyquist
I’m bored. Yep, that pretty much sums up the market action over the past few weeks. Little pockets of volatility and beta, but...
Chartology: Gold (GLD) Prices Break to 5 Month Highs
Not to be outdone by its glitter twin Silver, Gold (GLD) followed suit, breaking higher to new 5 month highs while poking its head...
Mid Caps 3 Peaks Similar to 2007 or Set to Breakout?
By Brad Tompkins
There is no shortage of market predictions for the rest of 2012 and into 2013. I would rather not try to guess what...
Using Momentum Bands with a Risk On Ratio Filter
By Brad Tompkins
One of the difficulties using traditional Technical Analysis to make trading decisions is that there are times of imprecise signals. In those...
Trading Ideas For the Week Ahead: August 27
By Alex Salomon
As with the previous columns, let's review previous trade ideas/positions and preview the week to come. You can follow most of my real-time...
Weekend Market Update: In Pictures
Last weekend I wrote about near-term caution flags that may bring some backing and filling for the S&P 500. No, it wasn't a...
Options Basics: Trading a Put
By Brad Tompkins
In the previous article discussing Options Basics, we introduced options trading fundamentals and followed a sample Call contract trade. As a quick review, a...
When Market Uncertainty Reigns
By Joshua Schroeder
Like many investors, I am confused, confounded and completely unsure of what to do next. On one hand we have a relatively cheap...
Lack of Broad Participation Across Tech Stocks May Be Rally Warning
As I was running through my various charts after the close today, I came across this interesting tidbit related to the NASDAQ index: Participation...
