Good afternoon Bella! I wanted to send you a quick email to get your experienced opinion on a current issue I’m dealing with. Namely, style of trading. I have closely followed SMB’s educational material/webinars/blogs, and tons of it makes sense and has been very helpful in my personal trading. Making money day in day out with short term trading is … Read More
You Should Know Which Sectors Are Driving
Tracking strength and weakness in individual sectors can give us an edge for broad market direction.
An Intraday Reversal (BP)
Tuesday night news hit that a government investigation determined that BP had been spilling closer to 60,000 barrels a day in the Gulf instead of the 35,000 previously thought. This same night President Obama delivered harsh words for BP during his presidential address. The news was very negative for BP heading into today’s session. I started a short position after … Read More
Intraday Reversals Indicate What?
In the final 3.5 hours of trading Friday we touched 109 three times on the SPY and 110.30 twice. Generally, this type of up down action does not instill much confidence in market participants, and many believe it is a sign of lower prices to come. I’m not in that camp. Someone definitely was dumping a couple of billion dollars … Read More
Uncovering Intraday Relative Strength: A Clue to Market Sentiment and Direction
A look at how short-term relative strength can give insight into the power of the bulls vs the bears and future market direction.
From the Mailbag – Part 2
Yesterday Sam asked the following question ….Sam Says: February 25th, 2009 at 7:20pm: What characteristics make a good intraday trading stock?A good intraday trading stock offers you excellent risk/reward opportunities. It is a stock that you can read is about to trade higher or lower. A good intraday stock gives you good prints. A good intraday stock is one that … Read More