Monthly Archives: November 2015
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30Nov4:40 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 11/30/15 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services . In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...
30Nov3:06 pmEST
A Tale of Two Social Losers
TWTR and YELP have likely trapped as many retail longs in recent quarters as any two underperforming names in the market. There have been too many instances when both have been declared to be too beaten-down to go down any more. And yet they have. To be sure, both firms could easily be bought out any day now, which is of course a risk to...
30Nov12:48 pmEST
You Like That FedEx Rising Wedge
Despite an exuberant bounce last week, the transports as a whole remain under pressure. Recall that the Dow Jones Transportation Average topped out one full year ago nearly to the day, after Thanksgiving 2014, and has not looked back since. Instead of discernible bottoming formations, the likes of UNP continue to remain persistently weak....
30Nov10:43 amEST
Action on the Other Side of the Street
The small cap issues in the Russell 2000 Index continue to outperform this morning, staying green as I write this despite a sharp downside reversal in biotechnology stocks. Apple is also an early outperformer, with $120 still being the hurdle to clear and, more importantly, hold over. Meanwhile, other names like EBAY are having trouble holding...
29Nov1:52 pmEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 11/29/15 {Video}
The following video is a brief, condensed version of the full-length Weekend Video Strategy Session which I present each weekend to members of Market Chess Subscription Services . In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. Please click here for...
29Nov11:02 amEST
Sunday Matinée at Market Chess Cinemas
Great film. Great soundtrack. That is how I describe Dances With Wolves (1990), Kevin Costner's western epic which is twenty-five years old now. Costner has made plenty of other films in his career, but this one has his fingerprints all over it more than the others, including the backstory about his friend Michael Blake (who wrote the...
28Nov11:44 amEST
Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour; William Ackman
While there is a certain schadenfreude felt by many regarding esteemed hedge fund manager Bill Ackman's losses this year, notably in his VRX long position, losses are an integral part of any speculator's life. This is a reality to be faced, confronted, even embraced in terms of taking stop-loss and position sizing discipline head-on, as we do...
27Nov12:41 pmEST
Greasy Russian Cabbage Soup
Select issues continue to perform reasonably well today, as we close up shop momentarily for the weekend. In particular, small caps, transports, and biotechs continue to outperform. But it is worth noting that IBB IWM IYT XBI all currently operator below their 200-day moving averages. So with meow than three weeks to go before Christmas, we...
27Nov10:21 amEST
The Nefarious Activities of Chad
If the breakout highlighted below on the daily chart of CHAD, the bearish China mainland ETF (essentially inverse to ASHR), holds true, then China may be starting a fresh leg lower. A new leg down in China is not something I believe too many are expecting at this point, given all of the wide-ranging assumptions that crude, global commodities,...
26Nov11:30 amEST
Happy Thanksgiving from Market Chess
On this Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful for many things: Close family, true friends, and good health, above all else. Without those, life loses a certain richness and depth. I am also grateful for the broad, market mechanism regarding the way in which the internet operates in an open society. The wonderful thing about this day and age of...