That Special Diamond at Wal-Mart

12Oct2:47 pmEST

Competing Forces

Sluggish action from the major indices appears to stand in stark contrast to some exciting action in select names throughout the tape, such as PFPT or UCTT, among others. This may indeed be the top before the drop. But bears, as usual, must force the issue since the overarching trend is still higher in this uniquely resilient market. On the...

12Oct10:42 amEST

Young Prospects Coming of Age

Using Facebook in 2013 as a blueprint of sorts, the likes of Snapchat and Twitter, among others, can only hope to emulate FB's subsequent share price action up until the present. SNAP notably perked up yesterday, with the numerous short-sellers in its float suddenly not feeing quite so comfortable. And now we have TWTR, below on the daily...

11Oct3:53 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 10/11/17 {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...

11Oct3:50 pmEST

Work-Life Balance for Millennials

Snapchat is justly receiving tons of attention and praise today, as the beaten-down stock is finally waking up a bit since its IPO and is back over the key $15 level (first daily chart, below, sporting the triangle breakout). Lest we forget about the work-life millennial balance, however, on the work end of the spectrum we also have Twilio,...

11Oct1:24 pmEST

Early Channel Checks at Wynn Boston Harbor

As police struggle to properly construct the most accurate timeline of the Mandalay Bay shooting, it appears that MGM (Mandalay Bay's owner) could easily face plenty of civil lawsuits (negligence, wrongful death with plaintiffs using both torts possibly to seek punitive damages from MGM's deep pockets). While MGM is short-term a bit oversold, I...

11Oct10:50 amEST

Beer and Circus Ain't What it Used to Be for Disney

Much of my focus remains on the long side in this market, given the historical resilience and nonstop rotations. Nonetheless, a few interesting shorts are popping (or dropping) up here and there, with Disney acting as a good example for us to examine. Disney is, of course, a Dow component and was a major winner from 2009 into 2015. Since then,...

10Oct3:55 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 10/10/17 {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...

10Oct3:51 pmEST

Rorschach Tests

The lithium ETF, LIT, below on the daily chart, is a pretty good example of the "pick your bias" nature of the stock market pretty much always, but especially at this moment in time. Bears will argue a non-confirmed double-top is afoot, while bulls will point to the strong trend over the last year as evidence per se of buyers firmly in...

10Oct1:16 pmEST

Another Long Shot at the Copa

As a quick follow-up to this blog post from around Labor Day, the South American airlines continue to operate impressively and are decidedly off the radar of many traders. Whether it be AZUL, below on the daily timeframe, setting back up on the long side above $29, or Copa (CPA), GOL, LTM (with AVH as a catch-up play) South American growth...

10Oct10:48 amEST

That Special Diamond at Wal-Mart

Some positive news flow is helping Wal-Mart gap higher this morning, up and out of daily chart base consolidation. Recall that it was not too long ago that WMT was considered obsolete, rendered as much by Jeff Bezos and his budding empire destroying all things retail. While we generally respect and accept AMZN's dominance, it is also likely...