Retirement Traders Have an Opportunity in the CPI Data
Alright folks, let’s clear the smoke on this one—the CPI print came in soft, and Wall Street threw a little party. But before you start popping champagne corks, let’s get something straight: this “disinflation” doesn’t mean inflation’s gone. It means inflation’s slower. The car’s still moving, we’ve just eased off the gas a bit. Now,…
Reading the Market's Battle Lines Before the Break
You know what gets me? It’s not just when the market misbehaves,it’s when it whispers its plan, and we choose not to listen. We’re talking about zones, people. Overbought. Oversold. Defense lines on your charts where buyers and sellers dig in, plant flags, and start hurling their strategies at each other like it’s Thermopylae.…
Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by Blake Young As I alluded to last week, this past weekend I was in Southern Utah and went to Grafton Ghost Town at an extended family reunion. The Grafton Ghost town is not where Butch Cassidy lived but was one of the locations where Butch Cassidy and…
How Retirement Savers Can Hang Tough in Ridiculous Markets
It’s getting absurd out there. I start my mornings with my shoulders slumped and a groan, not because I dislike trading, but because I know I’m walking into another day where markets swing violently over... a phone call. Not the content of the call, mind you, just the announcement that it might happen. Today, copper…
Bonds Are on the Brink - Here’s the Turning Point
I've been waiting for this moment. Not impatiently, but with the kind of disciplined anticipation that any serious trader understands. Bonds may finally be giving us the signal we've been hunting for, and if the price action confirms what the data hinted at this morning, we could be at the edge of a pivotal…
Retirement Traders: Make Sure You’re Using Monkey Bars the Right Way
I’ll pound the table about this all day: People working and saving toward retirement have to be active traders. If you’re leaving your nest egg at the mercy of a money manager, you could be missing out. I’m not saying you have to be glued to your screen all day, but it’s important to stay…
I Always Use This Pattern to Catch Trends
Markets are noisy. Most traders lose not because they lack intelligence, but because they get caught up in the chatter - economic forecasts, financial headlines, analyst upgrades, Fed whispers. But if you strip all that away and just read the chart, there’s one pattern that cuts through the noise every time: the two-candle trend.…
Risk Is the Real Retirement Killer—Use Options to Control It
If you’re trading your retirement portfolio, let me give it to you straight: the biggest threat isn’t missing out on a hot stock—it’s taking on more risk than you realize. At this stage, it’s not about maximizing return. It’s about preserving the engine that keeps your income running. That’s why every strategy I use, and…
When the Smartest Move Is Not to Play
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the market doesn’t owe you a trade. Right now, we’re in one of those stretches where the smartest move isn’t getting aggressive, it’s sitting tight and letting the picture come into focus. That’s not passivity. That’s discipline. And it’s doubly important for retirement traders and investors.…
This Weekly Watchlist Is the Best of Slim Pickings
This Weekly Watchlist Is the Best of Slim Pickings With all the volatility and relentless selloffs, it’s a little surprising not to see more aggressive trade signals right now. Scanning over 2,000 stocks using my methodology, only eight candidates meet the criteria - and not all are worth pursuing. That says a lot about today's…