Each morning we hold an AM Meeting at SMB to discuss the Stocks In Play as well as the bigger picture including global markets, unusual activity in commodities, and the US markets via the SPY. If a particular type of “day structure” is likely to occur that will be discussed as well. This morning with global markets humming and the … Read More
Traders Ask: What Was Your Thought Process In LVS?
Hi Steve, I am interested in learning your thought process behind trading LVS on 12/02. Do you mind writing a post on it? Thanks, AZ Here you go: Before I break down the various trades that I thought offered good risk/reward on December 2nd for LVS I would like to discuss December 1st. LVS gapped higher on 12/1 with the … Read More
Follow The Leader
As many of you know, I have been watching FCX as a market tell for some time now. Its’ chart is permanently on my screens as it has been an increasingly important market leader in the past few weeks. Going into today’s session I was watching FCX 96 and SPY 117.60 as my lines in the sand for the market. … Read More
The Money Trade
This is the setup that has offered the highest win rate intraday since the beginning of October and the greatest risk/reward ratio. It is the setup that I chose to write about in a very cool trading book that will be released in 2011 and I discussed it last week in Vegas during our tape reading/intraday swing lecture. The Criteria: … Read More
The Hedge Fund Analyst
In this morning’s AM meeting I joked about the fund’s that were caught short in today’s gap up in DKS. Whenever I come across a stock that is heavily shorted like a DKS I try to put myself in the shoes of the people who think it is worthwhile to get short such a stock. It isn’t hard for me … Read More
More Harm Than Good
At 10 o’clock today I started scanning the SMB Radar for stocks with promising setups from the Open. WCRX immediately caught my attention. It had had a strong opening drive to the downside and had retraced about 20% from its low. This was a good short candidate. But then I noticed on the tape that buyers had started to support … Read More
You Don’t Need To Be A Hero When Trading
This AM I tweeted that I thought LVS was getting a bit overdone. These words of caution were intended to put those still trading it on the long side on alert for a possible blowoff top and reversal. LVS at its peak today had moved up 40% from its pre-earnings closing price. Too much too fast. Those who bought on … Read More
Paying Attention+Communication=$$
We have written many times about the importance of reviewing charts each night for a variety of reasons. One such reason is to spot patterns that seem to be most prevalent during a particular market period. Since earnings season began a few weeks ago I was noticing that quite a few stocks that were trending down in the morning were … Read More