There have been very competent traders discussing signs of weakness in AAPL since it failed at 680ish. And since then there have been several excellent swing shorts AND swing longs. The price action has loosened up as the debate continues on where it should be priced coming into its earnings release this week and after its disappointing Iphone 5 release. … Read More
The Trend: Is it Your Friend or Just an Acquaintance?
We’ve heard it a billion times: The most effective way to trade the forex market is to trade with the trend. Like 80 years ago some fast talking high pants guy probably at the New York Stock Exchange said, “The trend is your friend, seee?” So now what do we do? Find a chart that looks bullish and press the … Read More
Forex Trading Room Recap 10.18.12
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT, explains why larger time frames are so important to analyze before taking day trades or even scalps. He examines the EUR/USD as well as the S&P 500 futures. — Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions
We are forgetting one important change in our economy
1. As @jheil said on Morning Joe yesterday, “The Yankees suck.” 2. Are we undervaluing an important positive change to our economy? That being: it has never been better to start a small business. If you talk to some of the biggest HFs in the US they are all preparing uniquely for the US fiscal cliff. Worse yet the perfect … Read More
StockTwits Suggested–$DECK
The lifeblood of a trading desk is the flow of relevant factual trading information. We spend time training our traders from Day 1 on how to gather and share information so we can all make more money. We build tools that pump out important information on In Play names all day. We have a chat room where traders can share … Read More
Live From the Trading Floor – 10.17.12
Steve will be broadcasting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:15 am EDT and you will have the opportunity to chat with him through our new Stocktwits chat feature. Don’t miss it! In today’s show Steve Breaks down the big picture via the SPY (0-2) Talks earnings stocks IBM CREE Discusses why he traded FTNT long (6-7) Discusses 2nd Day … Read More
The Forex Trader’s Fear of Missing Out
One of the more entertaining things I hear out of forex traders that I talk to is, “I can’t believe I missed that 40-pip move! I left so much money on the table!”. My question is whose table did you leave that money on? What’s even funnier is when traders claim they’re losing money because they’re missing nice moves. This … Read More
Forex Trading Room Recap 10.16.12
In this segment, Marc Principato, CMT explains how he likes to utilize whole numbers as part of his price action analysis. Whole numbers like 1.3000 and 1.3050 can serve as potential support and resistance levels where trading opportunities can emerge. — Marc Principato, CMT Risk Disclaimer *No Relevant Positions