Market ‘not done’ heading down, despite bounce, trader says

The market may have bounced back from the recent sell-off, but trader Kenny Polcari isn’t confident the upward trend will last. U.S. stocks notched a 5-day win streak on Thursday after suffering a massive sell-off last week. “The speed at which we broke through every one of those technical levels … my sense is it’s … Read more

Why GOOGL Turned Out To Be My Best Trade Today | Simpler Options Free Daily Video

FREE DOWNLOAD JOHN CARTER’S EBOOK “UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS” There is a saying in the oil business that most of the best deals are the ones that didn’t go through. That’s what happened to me today on this trade. John Carter’s father was a Morgan Stanley stock broker. One day during high school, John came home from … Read more

Calculating The New Normal | Simpler Futures Free Daily Video

FREE DOWNLOAD JOHN CARTER’S EBOOK “UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS” In this video, I share how to gauge the “new normal” and why today’s opening range action points to the foreseeable future being very good to daytraders. Raghee Horner started trading at 17 while still in high school. She continued her pursuit of trading through college until going … Read more

Mad Hedge Market Timing Index Showing “Extreme Buy”

[Ed.note: John Thomas, The Mad Hedge Fund Trader is one of today’s most successful Hedge Fund Managers and a 40 year veteran of the financial markets. He has one of the best performing newsletters and has just launched a new investment service for Investors and Traders – Mad Hedge Technology Letter.] I found a new … Read more

Stock Market Update for Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

Markets went crazy when CPI was released at 8:30am ET this morning. The 0.5% CPI increase (vs. a 0.3% forecast) and 0.3% Core CPI increase (vs. a 0.2% forecast) sent futures all over the place. With the increase, traders are worried about inflation all of the sudden (something they haven’t had to worry about for a while). Looking at … Read more

Bulls Stay Strong | Trading Concepts Daily Newsletter

U.S. markets traded higher despite worry over inflation fears and weaker-than-expected economic news to extend its winning streak to 4-straight sessions. The continued follow through remains a bullish signal as the 50-day moving averages for the major indexes are back in play. The Nasdaq showed the strongest gains after zooming 1.9% and trading to an intraday … Read more