There is nothing that I have seen as I write to indicate that the market will next trade lower. Nothing. The market is an uptrend. WFC, GS, IBM, APPL, RIMM are leading the way. SPY finished near its high into the Close. There was old school buying into the close in WFC, the bids would not drop and continually stepped … Read More
What Will Make this Market Trade Lower?
That was some serious strength into the Close in the Financials. WFC, MS, and GS all finished at their highs. WFC was strong like a bull. The buying was relentless. And we saw something old school (not the movie) with bids not dropping, and then stepping higher, like back in the late 90’s. WFC was bought like YHOO in the … Read More
Bella Responds
1 ) Thank you for your posts. I was very impressed with the advice given. I am not sure what you all need me for anymore. Great work! 2 ) Mentoring a developing trader, even if you are also a developing trader, makes your own trading better. For those who shared their ideas I hope you recognize the value in … Read More
How Should I Respond?
I received the following email from a consistent reader of SMB Blog. As way of background, this developing trader is an accomplished musician. And when I say accomplished, I mean 10/10 randomly selected people would know who this gentleman plays with (but sorry we are not giving away this info). I would like to try something new on this blog. … Read More
Trader Mike, SMB, and DNDN
Trader Mike commented on a recent blog of mine with, “The other day when I linked to the SMB Capital DNDN post, I wondered why anybody would knowingly be involved in that stock ahead of news.” We enjoy Trader Mike’s blog so I promised Mike a response. Also, Adam at Daily Options Report, offered interesting commentary on this play. This … Read More
“V” Right on the Open – Where I Want to Be
We saw it again. We have seen this in QCOM, MSFT, and now V. Right on the Open V traded straight up. If I told you I had a three point trade in less than 15 minutes that reoccurs would you be interested? As an intraday trader this is a trade you must add to your quiver. Let’s discuss. I … Read More
The Market Does Not Have to Be Fair
I got caught in the DNDN downmove today. DNDN traded down 15 points in 40 seconds. Then DNDN was halted. We are waiting for it to reopen. I was long a core position in DNDN from 24.43. This was support. DNDN was trading strongly. It traded down from 24.75 to 24.32 where I bought some more. DNDN was not trading … Read More
Is Trading Really an Individual Sport?
We are all paid at the end of the month based upon OUR trading performance. It is easy to measure your pay based solely on YOUR production. This is a mistake. Let’s discuss. We have two excellent young traders on our desk Dov and DLE. Dov killed it in the fall and then struggled to start 09. DLE was consistent … Read More