July 22, 2008

• Is Wall Street Rigged?

  If you’ve ever had a 401(k) or just about any kind of retirement plan, you’ve probably heard the popular advice that you should “buy and hold.”
  Never mind if the market is tanking and your portfolio is bleeding money like IndyMac. (…)

July 17, 2008

• How Casting Your “Vote” Affects the Market

  I talk about volume a lot in this space, as well as in my Trading Trainer community.
  The reason is because volume is a critical concept to understand. As I like to say, volume is the great validator. (…)

July 7, 2008

• Momentum, Reversals, and Bar Patterns

  Every day’s bar tells us something about what to expect the next trading day. In other words, today’s bar affects tomorrow’s bar. So how do we know what that effect will be? (…)

June 24, 2008

• The Secret Life of Stocks

  Every stock leads a secret life, which is driven by its unique personality. (…)

June 11, 2008

• The Importance of the Closing Tick

  Every day, there is a tug-of-war in the market.
  The bulls pull one way, the bears pull the opposite way.
  At the end of the day, there is a winner for that specific day. (…)

May 15, 2008

• They Say This Is Reckless. Yeah, Right.

  So I’ve observed an interesting phenomenon in the trading world. And it has to do with perceptions about what is risky and what is not. (…)

April 9, 2008

• Is the Trend Always Your Friend?

  Trend trading is a perennially favorite topic among traders. And "The trend is your friend" is probably one of the most famous and repeated phrases within the trading community. (…)

April 1, 2008

• Level the ETF “Playing Field” Once & For All

  Here’s what’s up -
  In the past 2 weeks, over 50,000 traders have bombarded a special "insiders" trading website all about a new way to supercharge your portfolio. (…)

March 28, 2008

• Counting Method to Determine a Market Bottom

  Nearly everyone (including the IBD) predicted earlier in the week that the market was confirming a bottom. But was the prediction correct? (…)

March 25, 2008

• Complimentary Access to ETF Members Website

  Do you like to test drive first?  Would you like to give a new ETF member website a test drive?  And, then would you comment below this blog post with your thoughts? (…)

March 18, 2008

• A Blueprint On Exchange-Traded Funds

  I just read a consumer guide on exchange-traded funds that had me captivated…
  Exchange-traded funds have had me excited for quite some time (especially for my mid and long term portfolios).  In case you don’t know, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are securities that closely resemble index or sector funds, but can be bought and sold during the day on an exchange just like common stocks. (…)

March 11, 2008

• How to Lose $250,000 in 2 Years

  Two-hundred and fifty thousand bucks is a lot of money. That’s a quarter of a million dollars. For many wage earners, it represents about 7-10 years of labor. (…)