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September 5, 2007

September 3, 2007

  • Use Pen to Write This Date In Your Calendar…

    Tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 4th) I interview Tom Kish at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. Central, 7 p.m. Mountain, 6 p.m. Pacific).
    I’m going to pick Tom Kish’s brain about his specialty. (…)

August 31, 2007

August 28, 2007

  • It Happens Tonight…

    Tonight I interview Ted Thomas at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. Central, 7 p.m. Mountain, 6 p.m. Pacific).
    I met Ted six years ago. (…)

August 27, 2007

  • Free Ted Thomas Interview on August 28

    Just a quick reminder that I will be interviewing Ted Thomas on Tuesday night, August 28. It is free for you to attend.
    I had the fortune of meeting Ted six years ago. (…)

August 23, 2007

August 22, 2007

August 16, 2007

  • Save the Date! Interview with J.J. Childers

    Hi Traders!
    I want you to pull out your calendar right now and block out the evening of Tuesday, August 21. Why? Because that is the day I will be interviewing J.J. (…)

August 13, 2007

  • Options Trading Survey Still Up

    On Friday, August 10, I created a survey and asked my readers to tell me what their biggest trading problems are. So far the results have been astounding. More than 2,640 people have replied. (…)

November 21, 2005

  • Expiring Options Close The Week On An Up Note

    There was no economic news on Friday. Thursday had heavy gains on heavy volume. Futures and stock options expired on Friday with a ton of call options being exchanged for the underlying stock. (…)

November 11, 2005

  • Rally To Next Resistance Levels

    Another day of lower oil prices and a validation that there is foreign interest in investments in U.S. debt sent the market higher. Volume was heavy on both exchanges. Can we open long positions now? (…)

November 10, 2005

  • Bombs In Jordan Reverse Rally

    Bombs in Jordan reverse a rally attempt. Pull back in oil prices relieving constraints on growth. How do we interpret today? We don’t. We wait for a day that isn’t interrupted. (…)

November 9, 2005

  • Reversal Or Testing Rally?

    Indexes lost today. Volume was light. Price volume characteristics are similar to ‘getting over hump’ behavior. (…)

November 8, 2005

  • Resistance, Beat Or Retreat?

    Indexes gained price. Volume is still light as key levels of resistance are being challenged. There is little economic news this week to stir institutional traders. What is the best strategy? (…)

November 7, 2005

  • Friday Comes In Flat And Light

    Flat day on light volume. Record gains for the week. Stretch goals for the week were maintained. Is the rally over? (…)

November 3, 2005

  • No News; Large Gains On Heavy Volume

    Oil and gas prices continued to fall as demand stays low and supply is increasing with more refineries coming back online. The broad market rallied on heavy volume led by the small caps. (…)

November 2, 2005

  • Stalled Market On Mixed Volume

    The Fed raised rates another quarter point to 4%. Verbiage accompanying the rate hike was nothing new. The market stalled. Volume was mixed. What’s the broad market trading bias? (…)

November 1, 2005

  • A Rally On Heavy Volume

    Strong economic data, mergers and acquisitions and lower oil prices sent the market on another rally. Volume was heavy on both the Nasdaq and NYSE. Tomorrow, should we open long positions? (…)