Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Here’s one for you new and intermediate options traders (though frankly, I think traders of all experience levels can benefit by getting back to basics).

Want to know what I think are the four cornerstones of sound options investing? They aren’t complicated, yet they seem to be elusive too much of the time. [...]

Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday was a big session with better than expected manufacturing surging the market 3%. In this article I will do a quick technical take on the current situation for the SP500 and gold as they are both trading at a key resistance level. also its important to know what type of price [...]

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Many traders get so involved with the market on a daily or even an intraday basis, that they somehow lose out on the bigger picture. Weekly charts are enormously helpful in giving clues to the future direction of the market.
In today’s video we examine one of the biggest markets in the world, [...]

Monday, August 30, 2010
Last week was a relatively strong week for stocks and commodities. Although the SP500 closed slightly lower on the week the price action Friday was strong. The recent pop in commodities has everyone feeling good and bullish again and we all know how the market works… When everyone is feeling good the [...]

Friday, August 27, 2010
In my previous missives on the Greeks of the option world, we have spent most of our time focusing on Theta and Delta. In the real world of option trading, option prices are the subjects of three primal forces: price of the underlying, time to expiration, and implied volatility.  Delta and theta [...]

Thursday, August 26, 2010
Understanding the key differences between both gold and silver’s risk/volatility levels plays a large part in how I choose a low risk trade setup. Those of you who follow me already know the GLD etf is my favorite trading vehicle as it provides me with low risk trading setups along with a [...]

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
I hope this doesn’t muddy the waters for Trade or Fade followers, but I had a perceptive follower ask be about today’s strategy for the eMini S&P futures, and I thought I’d run through this morning’s thought process.
In this morning’s update (see here) I characterized the eMini S&P futures as being in [...]

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Breakout setups are one of my favorite patterns to trade in the futures markets.  That being said, sometimes a breakout pattern is signaled but the market still goes nowhere.  Knowing when not to trade is often as important as knowing when to trade; let’s look at today’s trade to see what there [...]

Monday, August, 23, 2010
Prices continue to churn as traders and investors try to figure if they want their hard earned dollar in cash or investments. The market is very jittery simply because no one wants to get caught on the wrong side of the market if it makes another 30-40% move, which is why we [...]

The Bear is Back!
The early market action on Monday, August 16th, triggered a key weekly “Trade Triangle” to the downside. Our weekly “Trade Triangle” turned red, indicating that all trends are negative and now pointing lower.
In this new 90 second video I show you some of the scenarios we can see playing out for the [...]

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