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…
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…
Using statistics to map the trading day
This will be a very quick blog, as I'm just typing a few thoughts here in the first few minutes of what might be a volatile trading day. This morning,…
Chartschool: Reactions and overreactions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3hwQjWkCk
This does not look like that
I write a lot of words, but sometimes words aren't really necessary. I'll just leave you a look at the current chart of the S&P 500 index (daily), alongside the…
Here’s a kind of chart you should be using more
As I mentioned in my social media posts, I’m travelling this week and next so I will be a bit slower to get posts out. (I think an interesting topic…
TLRY and other Pot stocks: trading extreme moves
Pot stocks are the new cryptocurrencies, at least in terms of volatility and bubble potential. Take a look at the chart of TLRY below. A few thoughts: First, this chart…
Do interest rates scare you?
Interest rates are constantly in the headlines. When I talk to traders and investors, interest rates are one of the topics that always come up. There's a great deal of…
A look inside MarketLife Premium
https://youtu.be/ogHbVum9emM I want to share this video with you, which is the stock market analysis I recorded for my MarketLife Premium clients for 6/5/18. Why am I sharing this? Well,…
ChartSchool Video: a flag failure in UPS
https://youtu.be/1hZebtA_w2I Check out the free trading course at MarketLife for more information on these types of patterns. You can have my market analysis and insights for less than a dollar…
Sector movements
Here's a perspective on recent sector action with a longer-term context. I find movements on this type of chart can give good insight into flows and developing relative strength:
Chart of the Day: Markets Under Stress
Looking at day-to-day changes in markets on a volatility-adjusted basis can quickly show themes and stresses that we need to consider.
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