CTSH gapped down from a close of 83 to 78 in the premarket. Intraday Fundamentals (From Barron”s) Shares of IT outsourcing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) are off $6.11, or 7.4%, at $76.10 after the company this morning despite beating Q1 estimates and forecasting the current quarter and the year above estimates. The drop is likely part of the broad-based weakness in IT … Read More
The key to winning options strategies is how well you handle the losing months
All great options strategies will have losing months. There is no getting around this simple fact, and it is critical to your mindset as a successful options trader that you accept these months as part of the game. While non-directional options spread strategies are also known as “income options trades” (giving some traders the mistaken idea that the strategies will produce … Read More
SMB Radar Update for May 3, 2011
These are today’s top 10 stocks on the In Play column on the SMB Radar. This is the most important function of the scanner. The Radar uses a number of proprietary algorithms on a prescreened universe of stocks and processes every tick in search of finding stocks that are In Play. These stocks have unusually high order flow that indicates … Read More
Increasing your confidence as a trader
So you see that a trader really can make it. He has stopped losing money, put up some good days, works hard, loves the work, and is bound to getting better. At this point I move to work on building his confidence. But how do you do this? The worst thing is to applaud a high P&L day. A good idea … Read More
SMB Morning Rundown – May 2, 2011
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
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Excerpt from One Good Trade
Your Monthly Trading Review (An Example)
I met with three young traders in my office Friday after the Close. I tasked for an email sent to me outlining their goals for the next month after a review of April. I am convinced these three traders will become the next very good traders we have developed. That is of course if they continue to work hard. It is … Read More
05/01/11 Market Analysis and Swing Setups
@AdamG_SMB discusses setups in $AAPL $AH $ALJ $AMZN $APA $ARBA $ARMH $BTU $EL $EMC $FMCN $FNSR $FOSL $IL $LBTYA $LULU $PPG $PPO $SINA $SWKS $TTC $SPY $ES_F $SLV $SI_F $GLD $GC_F $CL_F