Three investment sectors, Energy, Home Construction in the United States and Precious Metals are predicted to do very well in 2013. Last year, they performed moderately with gold hitting an all-time high in 2011 and nearing that high again in 2012. The 2008 recession has countries and traders all over the world still leery. Although […]
Non-Traditional View of the Markets
March 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Todd Harrison has vast trading experience as not only VP of worldwide derivatives at Morgan Stanley and Managing Director of Derivatives at the Galleon Group but also President of the Cramer Berkowitz hedge fund. He is also an Emmy award-winning producer with 21 years of experience on Wall Street. But now Harrison uses his expertise to educate […]
S&P Final Wave Up?
March 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In the Elliott Wave model, market prices alternate between the primary trend (or impulsive) and the corrective phase. Impulse waves are always subdivided into a set of 5 lower-degree waves. Corrective waves subdivide into 3 smaller-degree waves. In a bull market the dominant direction is upward so the five waves would be upward. In a bear market […]
Three Investment Sectors Ripe for Speculation in 2013
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
With sovereign economies around the world still trying to find their footing after the global financial crisis of 2008, investors are looking at industries and investment sectors that will present opportunities for speculation and profit in 2013. Although the economy of the United States is far from a full recovery, Wall Street has reacted positively to […]
Tips for Investing with Binary Options
February 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
So you wanna be a trader. Easier said than done, my friend. A lot of guys step up and believe they can be successful at the game with no prior training, but this is actually the first step towards losing their money. Binaries are easy to understand, easy to use and can be profitable… if […]
Bulls are Still in Control- Yellow Flags Raised
January 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As of the close Tuesday, the bulls remained in control, but there are reasons to pay attention this week with an open mind: Bond yields are falling, which leans risk-off. The ratio of stocks vs. the VIX is facing overhead resistance. The ratio of stocks vs. bonds has stalled. The European economy remains vulnerable. Bond […]
Trading Volatility
January 9, 2013 by
Volatility is the amount that a stock moves over a given period of time. At times markets experience periods of low volatility when the difference between the highs and the lows are relatively small. At other times, the market may experience high volatility with wild swings from low to high and back again. Generally, high […]
The Gartley Fibonacci Butterfly Price Pattern and the Butterfly Put
December 22, 2012 by
The following article was written by J.W. Jones and originally published in Options Trading Signals. It explains not only the Gartley Fibonacci Bearish Butterfly Price Pattern but how to trade it using a put butterfly option configuration. What exactly is a Gartley Fibonacci Bearish Butterfly, you might ask? Well read on and you will find out. […]
Solitaire is Not Stock Picking But…
December 21, 2012 by
I believe every squandered minute is a piece of my life I will never get back. But a couple months ago, I saw my wife playing a game on her phone and remembered that my phone has games on it too… and sometimes one is just too tired or jet-lagged to do good work. So I […]
Market Sentiment Analysis: Spotting a Shift in Sentiment is Key
December 18, 2012 by
Don’t follow the crowd- By analyzing market sentiment astute traders can spot subtle shifts ahead of the crowd in order to open the floodgates to massive profits. We’ve all heard the old mantra “Buy Low, Sell High” but logically that means that we have to buy when everyone else is selling or better yet, after everyone […]
