The Volatility Monster is Lurking
The major indexes ended the shortened week slightly off all time highs. Where is the volatility? That is the big question on every trader's mind. In this important weekend edition we will dissect the various sectors and the market in search of volatility and the opportunities they might present...
Regulatory Reform Is Helping Stocks
The stock market increased today as we are seeing more of the same action we’ve seen ever since Trump was elected. The Dow has had 11 straight record closes. The market remains in an environment of extremely low volatility as the VIX fell 3.07% today. The Dow, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq have not had…
Bitcoin Reaches All-Time High
The bitcoin index Coindesk created shows bitcoin reached an all-time high of above $1,200 on Thursday as it has fully recovered from the correction a few weeks ago, which was assumed to have been caused by Chinese regulatory intervention. In this article, I will review the latest Chinese intervention which happened since my last article.…
Rally On For Now
The stock market rally continued Thursday. It feels like a big correction is happening because every index isn’t hitting new all-time highs (only the Dow hit a new high). Making up for this, Bitcoin is hitting a new all-time high. There was a CNBC article today explaining how this may be bullish for stocks. Anything…
A Change in Character Under the Hood
Stocks off all time highs today. In tonight's video we look under the hood to see if there was a change in character in the market. Last week we discussed how a weak opening was bought throughout the day. Today we saw something different with a strong opening being sold throughout the day. Is this…
French Election: Bayrou Endorses Macron
The French election is like a combination of the GOP primary and the general election because there are many candidates and it has the pressure of a general election. I will provide update articles whenever the election shifts. It seems like it is shifting by the minute which means I have more to discuss. The…
Fed Minutes- No Change In Policy
Wednesday the Fed released its Minutes which is the Fed’s updated view of various markets, the economy, and its thoughts on the possibility of rate hikes or cuts. Lately the Fed hasn’t been in focus nearly as much as it once was. Ever since Alan Greenspan, who was described as the ‘maestro’, the Fed has…
Strategy for Low Volatility Market
A very quiet sideways day with the FOMC minutes barely even to get any life out of the market. That sucking sound you hear is the volatility being sucked out of the market. Not only is volatility near all time lows, but this one of the longest stretches of volatility this low that we have…
Le Pen Gaining Ground
The equities market is in such a hyper bullish mode, it is no longer a surprise to see the Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow, New York Stock Exchange, and Russell 2000 all hitting all-time closing highs simultaneously. Amazon, Apple, and Goldman Sachs also all hit new all-time highs. Even with this broad-based rally, the VIX was…
Three Thoughts on This Rally and How I'm Trading Now
You may or may not be sick of hearing - stocks hit all time highs yet again today. In tonight's video I want to give you three thoughts on this rally and how I'm trading now...