Using highs and lows
How do we know how that market is doing on any day? If we turn on the news, we will hear something like “the Dow Jones is up 40 points…”,…
Do you really want to know what’s happening with the Economy?
I want to share something pretty cool with you: the quarterly macro piece I publish for my institutional advisory clients at Talon Advisors. This report grew out of work I…
Bear flags in cryptos
This morning, Tom says to me "Cryptos are looking like good shorts." He's right. Take a look at the daily chart of Bitcoin Cash: Recently broke below a channel with…
Tracking the Economy: a scorecard
As I said in my recent post, I’ll be focusing a bit more on fundamental and macroeconomic factors over the next few months. Every week, we hear some (or many!)…
What to expect here… soon
As we slowly move out of summer and into the end of the year, you’ve probably noticed my blog has picked up in activity. I want to share some things…
Help Symbol Question Question Mark Icon Response
Reader Question: What is Momentum?
Here’s a good question from a reader, Said: “I know this is a very basic question, but what is momentum? I see people use it and I am not sure…
The Anti: a trading lesson from ROKU
Stepping in front of a strongly trending market is one of the best ways to lose money. But trends do end, and sometimes those endings can offer great trades. How…
A trade a day: free video
https://youtu.be/NL4oDtCIDzk Check out our Youtube channel... subscribe and watch for a free video (most) every day.
What are the odds? What market stats can and can’t tell us…
I want to share the results of a quick statistical study I did today, and also share a few thoughts about using stats, in general, to shape our trading decisions.…
Market Stress Index: Introducing the MSI
There are many tools out there that attempt to quantify the emotional extremes of the market. When we created one, we had one goal: we wanted it to have an…
Visualizing sector performance
As I continue to share some of the tools I use, I want to look at sectors and sector performance today. I don't think there's much value in looking at…
Nested bear flag: CHFJPY
One of the nice things about swing trading is you can have resting orders, so your alert that a pattern has triggered is an order being filled. Here's a nice…
A daily market dashboard
I am a big fan of data visualizations that help me see what is going on in world markets. Over the years, I've created many versions of these, but the…
The volatility game
Take a look at the table of charts below. Each smaller chart shows the 10 largest stocks for that S&P 500 sector. They are graphed with historical (also called realized…
Short setup in crude oil
Here is a trade setup we published today as a MarketLife TradeLab, available to both MarketLife Premium and MarketLife Plus subscribers. We are also offering a lifetime 20% discount on…
What we learned about price levels
This is part 2 of a two part blog. Read the first part here. Quick summary: to test the validity of price levels in markets, we created a test in…