In Part I I discussed how I put on the breaks on a planned buy in the SPY on 12/11 when price action lowered the probability of a market bounce. This put me in a much better position to play for a bounce on Monday December 14th. Here is a screenshot of my pre-market game plan where I share my … Read More
Buying A Market Pull Back (Part I)
In this video I discuss several aspects of buying a market pull back. Part II of this post will deal with the bounce that occurred on December 14th. Steven Spencer is the co-founder of SMB Capital and SMB University which provides trading education in stocks, options, forex and futures. He has traded professionally for 19 years. His email address is: … Read More
Trading A Beaten Down Name
In this video I walk you through a trade in Horizon Pharmaceuticals (HZNP) which has been crushed recently in the Valient Tsunami. We look at big picture price and what various holders may be thinking We break down intra-day criteria and how to use them for trade confirmation or rejection We identify key price levels prior to entering the trade … Read More
Execution Trumps Trading Ideas Every Time
The fourth stock discussed in today’s AM Meeting was NXPI. It was gapping lower on very negative guidance for next quarter. A common intra-day pattern with this type of news is an explosive move to the upside in the first few minutes followed by a downside reversal. I noted in the meeting that because the gap was so large the … Read More
Shorting A Momentum Stock
Last week Under Armour reported earnings and there was a solid short setup. These were my thoughts on UA UA has had a huge run the past year and if the quarterly numbers disappoint many of the momentum investors involved will sell first and ask questions later. This means there could be selling pressure on the stock until it pulls … Read More
Are You Focused On Your Best Setups?
Earlier this week Mike Bellafiore asked me to participate in a 30 Days/30 Habits webinar. The idea behind the webinar was to share the best practices that lead to habit formation for the top performers from our trading desk. In true Bella fashion he invited me to co-present with him a few hours before the webinar was scheduled to begin! … Read More
How We Find The Best Setups
It was an incredible week in the market. Monday started with a strong down trend and by Friday the SPY closed at its highest level since ten days earlier. Outside of the indexes themselves there were some incredible risk/reward opportunities in individual stocks. In this short video I explain some of the techniques we used to identify and trade the … Read More
My Thought Process– $SPY
In three trading days we moved from a range bound low volatility market to an environment of fear and chatter of market collapses. It is more difficult to predict price patterns when extreme volatility and fear are in play versus when the market is more subdued and market participants actions can be more easily anticipated. As traders we move into a “move to move” mentality … Read More