We spotted a trading pattern in AMP and JLL this week. Both traded below important support, their secondary price offering, and had a decent downmove below. Let’s discuss how to trade a Secondary Price, and the pattern we discovered. Trading a secondary is a simple trade. Above the secondary price we are long. Below the secondary price we flip our … Read More
From the Mailbag- RIMM
I received this question last night about a recent Tweet where we suggested an excellent entry for RIMM. Let’s read the question and then discuss. Dear Mike, I have been following SMB via Twitter and your blogs for some time now and have got a lot out of the posts. So thank you and all at SMB for that. I … Read More
A Technical Lesson from JToma
News of lower than expected jobless claims resulted in a quick pre-market spike then sell-off in SPY today. However, on the open it rallied and proceeded to break through the 95.50 resistance level (peaking at 96.11) in the early afternoon. As the end of the trading session neared, sentiment reversed and SPY sold off hard into the close, finishing at … Read More
Battle on the Open: CRDN
In my quest to help the intraday trader exploit the open better I offer another great setup on the open. Again for those who struggle on the open it is not that this is a difficult time period to master. It is that you are not in the right set ups. I call this one The Battle on the Open. … Read More
JToma talks Banks, SPY, and GS on CNBC’s Fast Money Halftime Report
News today was focused the repayment of TARP funds by 10 of the big banks. This news has been circulating in the market for quite some time and I believe that it was priced into the financials. The TARP trade for most financials is finished! In the broader market it seems that we are continuing to trade in a range. … Read More
Learning to Take Pain
In our training program we (over)emphasize finding opportunities where the risk is one unit and the reward is at least five units. Most of the setups our new traders learn (50% I would guesstimate) are opportunities where the risk is literally one to two pennies. If overly abused, these setups can progressively hinder the ability of the trader to pull … Read More
Afternoon Support Equals Morning Resistance
I would like to share with you another little gem from the world of intraday trading. If a stock shows support at a particular level in the afternoon then the following morning this level will serve as resistance if the stock has gapped down. In our AM Meeting today I highlighted some of the market leaders such as AAPL and … Read More
Trade on the Open: MCD
We teach our desk not to fade weak stocks. But there are plays on the Open that look like the stock is weak. Actually they are not. And these plays are given the green light to fade. We had such a setup in MCD on the Open. Let’s discuss. MCD opened near 58.33, could not hold and traded lower. MCD … Read More
