Good morning and happy Friday, traders! Volatility has returned after the holidays, but in a muted, non-directional context. This is a little unusual as the market often would have made a strong trend move (over the course of several days) by this point after the holiday. This week, we have had a series of economic numbers that could potentially have … Read More
On the Tenth Day
Elliot Wave, one of our new traders, was going for his tenth consecutive positive trading day. It was not to be. He sent me an email why. Why I Failed to Make 10 Days in a Row Positive On the Open today, I thought I could replicate the success of past momo trades I was focused on making a huge chop … Read More
A Trade from Brazil
A Reader from Brazil shared this trade that he made today. He uses some principles learned from One Good Trade and the SMB Blog to find this set up. Often we are asked if our trading principles apply to other products. I am most asked if Reading the Tape applies to other markets. That is up to the individual trader … Read More
Which is the Better Stock to Trade? (Part II)
Yesterday we asked which was the better stock to focus on into the close: RIMM or MOS. We asked readers to start at the 3:15PM mark and offer their opinions. This was a real life stock selection decision to be made into the close. Some of our guys were more focused on MOS or even V and not so much RIMM. … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – January 6, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
Morning thoughts 1/6
Good morning traders, World equity markets are generally up this morning. Biggest upside movers are Japan (1.5%) and Norway (1.1%). China, Ireland and Portugal are down slightly overnight. No big currency moves overnight, though the Yen is strong (EURJPY AUDJPY etc) against most of its trading partners. One of the big questions this morning will be whether we have second … Read More
Which is the Better Stock to Trade?
I was chatting with Lock It In into the close about stock selection. He was chirping one stock (chart below). I was in another (chart below), looking to buy more and was getting out of his. I should note I was in my stock and looking to buy more because Amazing Andy called it out. So its 3:15PM today and … Read More
First Control Your Risk
After the close a new trader shared his frustration with stop outs in FCX. His solution: ignore his predetermined stops for if the stock traded against him (let’s call him MC Trader). This is how you end up at a new job. MC Trader set a stop in FCX for 66c. FCX traded past this price but MC Trader did … Read More