[dc]I[/dc] recently received a few reader questions asking the same thing: what would my advice be to new traders? This is an important and daunting question (and I've written on…
Industrials are running into some trouble. This could be significant for the broad market, or it could be noisy sector rotation. (I'd bet on the latter, at this point.) Here's…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX4BS7ZR9Kw&feature=youtu.be Video blog looking at setups in the S&P 500 (SPY), Russell 2000 (IWM), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alcoa (NYSE: AA), Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Bank of…
[dc]I[/dc] want to share a brief look at longer-term market structure in the Canadian dollar today. We have a situation in which a few timeframes appear to be in conflict…
[dc]L[/dc]ast week I shared a new data visualization that looked at short and long term performance of sectors in context of volatility. This week, I'd like to share another tool…
[dc]B[/dc]efore I was a trader, I was a musician. In my career as a musician, I discovered the value of teaching—that I enjoyed teaching, I was good at it, and…
[dc]P[/dc]eople talk about "learning how to lose" and "losing gracefully". Truth be told, that's a concept I've always had trouble understanding. Though I know there is some wisdom in the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjwQuYZtucQ&feature=youtu.be A quick look at stock market performance by market cap slices. Simply put, smaller cap stocks (e.g., Russell 2000 (IWM)) tend to outperform larger cap stocks (S&P 500 (SPY)…
I haven't done this before, but I thought it might be interesting to share some of the links I read each week. Many other writers do this, and they seem…
[dc]I[/dc] had an interesting conversation a month ago with Ian, a trader who I mentored a few years back who has continued to work on his trading skills and now…
Understanding sector strength and weakness is an important part of the investment process. Here is one way to look at short and long term performance relative to current volatility within each sector.
[dc]A[/dc]s we all know, the road to trading success is a long road, and the path is not at all straight. To achieve some degree of competence can take years,…
[dc]I[/dc] often get questions about the research I write for Waverly Advisors: what it is, who it is for, how it's different than a "newsletter", how to use it, and…
1. Trade too big. "Too big", in this case, means trading too large relative to your account size. (If you have my book, Chapter 9 includes an extensive discussion on…