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15Dec2:58 pmEST
Ack is off His Back
A nice reprieve for Bill Ackman today, with his VRX up nearly 19%, on news, as I write this. Nonetheless, the damage still remains, with a confirmed head and shoulders top of the prominent healthcare player. Clearly, the stock has done its job of punishing just about everyone involved, be it steadfast bulls who failed to take profits into an...
15Dec12:42 pmEST
Second Consolidation for the Second Amendment
A common issue for many traders is putting politics and other potential internal conflicts to one side, particularly when legislative risk is on the table. Given the surge in mass shootings in recent years, the firearms makers, RGR SWHC, figure to be in the spotlight. SWHC has seen a spectacular rally in recent weeks on heavy and steady buy...
15Dec10:31 amEST
The Fireworks Are Just Getting Started
After yesterday morning's wild intraday volatility eventually culminated with an upside reversal, bulls are pushing higher yet today for a broad market oversold rally, with beaten-down controversial stocks like LL and VRX both keeping shorts honest with sharp squeezes higher. Note that this is all happening as we build towards the...
14Dec4:36 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 12/14/15 {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...
14Dec2:39 pmEST
Not What They Bargained for at the Bazaar
Lost in the mix of the weakness in emerging markets, be it China, Russia, Brazil, or even the shocks seen in South Africa, has been the geopolitical risks seen in Turkey. We have been discussing TUR, the Turkey country ETF, as a short idea for Members over the last week or so. Updating the mostly timeframe for Turkey, below, what is even more...
14Dec12:18 pmEST
Maneuvering Around Destruction
Despite more carnage in the likes of GPRO HYG JNK KMI and natural gas today, markets are holing the line at the moment after bears made a few attempts to really spin equites out of control earlier this morning. On the 30-minute chart of the small cap ETF, below, we noted for Members not long ago that the IWM was printing a textbook "hammer"...
14Dec9:54 amEST
A Straightforward, Technical Trade
To follow-up on an open trade we discussed last week, I just covered up half of an open AAPL short inside Market Chess Subscription Services at $110.97. I had entered the trade at $116.57 with a protective cover-stop over $120. Despite all of the noise out there right now abut The Fed, macro data, sentiment, seasonality, etc., AAPL looks as...
13Dec3:26 pmEST
Weekend Overview and Analysis 12/13/15 {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...
13Dec11:59 amEST
Sunday Matinée at Market Chess Cinemas
The Freshman (1990), starring Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, and Bruno Kirby, is one of my favorite comedy films. The talented cast delivers on the necessary harder-than-it-seems timing of comedies, complete with plenty of homage and undertones to legendary mafia films. Here is a good synopsis: Clark Kellogg (Matthew Broderick) is robbed...
11Dec4:09 pmEST
Money and Inflation with Lawrence Reed
The following video makes for a great Saturday educational viewing. via YouTube: Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, lectures on Money & Inflation during the 2011 Summer Seminar on History.