Stock Market Recap 04/11/16 {Video}

14Apr10:50 amEST

Smooth Sailing No More

A weakening U.S. Dollar throughout the late winter months seems to have enabled a good deal of risk appetite in both equities and commodities, not to mention the Euro and Swiss Franc. However, the greenback is staging at least some type of relief rally this week. And while equities have yet to flinch, precious metals and their miners are using...

13Apr5:34 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/13/16 {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...

13Apr3:45 pmEST

Isn't That Just Like an Algo?

...brings a knife to a gunfight. The metals and miners, now that their recent strength is becoming obvious, are largely well off session highs as the XME ETF even prints a daily chart reversal candlestick. I am not turning bearish on the group, but would welcome some of the charts to reset in the coming days, especially if the U.S. Dollar...

13Apr12:52 pmEST

Local Anesthesia for Regionals

As a few of our Members observed this morning, it looks as though the regional banks are numbing to recent pains with some local (or, well, regional) anesthesia in the form of a sharp relief rally in the debt-ridden energy firms (to which quite a few regionals have exposure), as well as the inter-related HYG JNK ETFs. Furthermore, when you see...

13Apr10:52 amEST

You'll Need Backup to Trade This Stock

There is no shortage of drama or headlines when it comes to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. over the last few quarters. This morning, for example, the CEO agreed to be deposed by a Senate committee, side-stepping a potential contempt citation. Bill Ackman is, of course, still a major player in the name and can cause ripples at any...

12Apr5:20 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/12/16 {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...

12Apr3:29 pmEST

When in Doubt, There is Always Boston

A sharp upside reversal today illustrates the point about how flexible one has to be in this type of tape, with daily whipsaws against the backdrop of still-resilient bulls. With this in mind, if the market does actually follow-through higher we can return to a sector we looked at in recent weeks due to its impressive price action. The...

12Apr12:37 pmEST

A Clear Point of Attack

In recent videos for Members, a few points repeatedly came up: The energy sector had a few chances of late to roll back over again to fresh lows, but instead found buyers just in the nick of time. In addition, as a corollary to that first point, the XLE (ETF for the energy sector) had not tested its 200-day simple moving average (yellow line...

12Apr10:47 amEST

Deeply Underwater Horizon

Horizon Pharma, a prior multi-year winner in the healthcare sector, is down a cool 24% this morning in reaction to an 8-K the firm filed with the SEC. While the temptation may be to state that these types of moves are overdone to the downside, a function of the ubiquitous "everyone is scared of markets" argument these days, in reality HZNP is...

11Apr5:31 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 04/11/16 {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...