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25Jan1:42 pmEST
Weekend Video Strategy Session 01/25/15 {Video}
The following video contains coverage of the broad market, as well as tons of actionable trading ideas for equities and other markets regarding the coming week of 01/26/15-01/30/15. Trade Well. Protect your portfolio at all times. -chessNwine Direct Vimeo Link Click Here
25Jan11:06 amEST
Stuck in a Krispy Kreme Sandwich
The weekly chart for Krispy Kreme may very well sum up the current state of the market You can see the prior, strong if not steep multi-year bull run, followed by a pullback and recent consolidation. Bulls will argue the chart looks ripe to spring much higher from a coiled base, while bears contend the stock has already topped out and is simply...
24Jan2:50 pmEST
Saturday Night at Market Chess Cinemas
An excellent World War II/Holocaust film that does not get nearly the credit it deserves is the Louis Malle-directed French masterpiece, Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987). This gritty and gripping film follows a French boarding school run by priests that seems to be isolated from WWII. That all changes when a secret emerges that one of the boys is...
24Jan11:01 amEST
The Late, Great Chip Reese on Gambling Concepts
The following is a video of something I have posted before–An interview with the late-poker legend Chip Reese. Over the years in my blog posts, I have made numerous analogies of stock trading to playing poker, which I believe to be the form of gambling most like the stock market. The late Chip Reese is widely considered to be the best cash game...
23Jan2:49 pmEST
Mulling the REIT Trade
The REITs seem to have an aura of invincibility these days, leading most other sectors by a long shot to begin 2015. Nonetheless, on the first weekly chart, below, of the sector ETF, we can see that commercial real estate stocks have arrived directly back to resistance from various parts of 2007. I expect this to be a difficult level to...
23Jan1:27 pmEST
Lining Up the Next Shot
After a few big wins to kick off 2015 in the precious metals and miners' complex, I am back to flat and have been for a few days now as the space consolidates. In terms of another potential round of trades on the long side, I have my eye on the junior gold miners, seen on the GDXJ ETF's hourly chart, below. Note the well-defined support...
23Jan12:15 pmEST
Biodegradable Burgers
After a brilliant bull run for roughly a decade, McDonalds is looking more and more like a major top by the day. Along the lines of my analysis of IBM, and even AXP, I view MCD as another iconic, stodgy brand flirting dangerously with maturity. On the monthly chart, below, you can see MCD's long bull run followed by the last few years of being...
23Jan11:09 amEST
Follow This Morning Roadmap
The market is mixed this morning, with financials lagging and technology leading. SBUX is staging massive post-earnings gap higher, defying the weakness in other consumer stocks of late, namely casinos and autos. My Treasuries short is under pressure, and I am likely to cut TMV into the weekend if there is no fade in TLT by the end of today....
22Jan4:41 pmEST
Stock Market Recap 01/22/15 {Video}
The following video contains coverage of relevant broad market issues (for equities) in addition to plenty of actionable trading ideas across other asset classes. Feel free to pick and choose which ideas and parts of the analysis fit your style. Always properly manage your downside portfolio risk for any trades taken. Enjoy tonight's...
22Jan3:38 pmEST
A Metaphor for the Market
After several days of bouncing, followed by today's sharp rally higher, the market is once again back at a critical technical juncture. I will discuss this idea after the closing bell in my video market recap. In particular, Facebook looks to be a metaphor for the market, in some respects. On the daily chart, below, you can see that since I...