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Measuring Strength Of The Markets WIth The TICK Index
As an active trader, I primarily focus on the technical aspects of the market. It helps me get a read on the market action, and prepares me for my SPY trade of the day. I use these tools to find my entry points, calculate stop losses, and monitor price action in the...
Trading Reversals and Breakouts With Inside Bars
If you are an active trader, there is a good chance that you are overcomplicating your strategy. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, today I’m going to teach you about a method of analyzing stock charts… Which will help you declutter and make you focus...
How To Trade A Pullback Successfully
Have you ever put a trading plan together… Zeroed in the stock or ETF to trade… But missed your entry? It leaves you with… Chasing the stock to get in...or waiting for a better entry...and potentially missing the move entirely... I’ve discovered a happy-medium... So...
Behold the Power of the NASDAQ
While no one can predict the moves of the stock market… There are tools you can use to get in range… They are called leading indicators, and today I want to spend some time to talk to you about them… Being aware of them...and knowing how to read them… Can sometimes...
The Secrets of the VIX
Did you know that the VIX is an index, a technical indicator, and a security that you can trade? It’s true - and the VIX is arguably the most effective gauge of risk and market sentiment available to investors and traders. And I use this indicator daily to zone-in on...
The Power Of Overnight Resistance
Have you ever found yourself wondering what to do after you enter a trade? Or have you ever found yourself nervous about exiting a position after you bought a bunch of stock? It’s ok if you said yes… It’s actually common… In fact, I think the medical term for it is...
Do This To Get An Edge In The Pre Markets
Did you know that the odds of being called to “Come on down!” on The Price Is Right is 1 in 36? I bet you didn’t know that the odds of having a winning day trading in the markets is about 1 in 100… or far less than a flip of a coin as first thought! And you don’t...
Follow These Steps To Become A More Successful Trader
Did you know that most day traders fail within their first six weeks of opening their trading account? It’s true - most of all new traders blow out of their trading account before they even see two months of trading. Why does this happen? It’s because they usually get...
Keep Calm and Trade On Using Key Reversal Levels
Right when you think you’ve seen it all - something else comes up and surprises you. And when setting up for the trading day there’s a handful of indicators that I look at each morning. But no matter the indicators or strategy there’s one thing that should be...
One Thing All Professional Traders Have In Common
I won’t sugar coat this... In order to become a successful trader, you need to learn how to win, and also... how to lose. This means learning from your mistakes, accepting that you made a bad trade, or even just understanding that you had an off day! After all it...
Hidden Market Indicators – Advance/Decline Line
There are seemingly an endless number of indicators that you can use for analyzing the markets. From momentum indicators to oscillators it doesn’t matter what you need - there is something for you to use. But there is one indicator that’s a hidden indicator. Yes, this...
How To Use The Put Call Ratio To Help Predict Market Direction
Let me ask you this question....do you usually follow or bet against the crowd? For me, it really depends on what is happening that day! You, see I don’t blindly jump in and follow the trend… Instead, I closely monitor the market internals for clues and try to...
