Bella received the following email from a blog reader today Dear Mike, Thank you for an OUTSTANDING book. After studying the information within I now feel like I have a framework for improving my skills with each trade, every day. Steve talked about trading the retracement high today on stocktwits TV today. Could you please explain in more detail and maybe … Read More
An Opening Dive, a Pullback and a Breakout (RL)
We had excellent news from RL this AM: Here are some trades you might consider making your own: 1) Opening Drive. If RL doesn’t tick down on the open and their is protection on the bid, then pay the offer and play the momentum. 2) The Pullback. So you missed the opening drive and still want in with this RL. … Read More
I Blog I Learn
Michael Martin from MartinKronicle.com wrote: Some of the most insightful things I’ve learned have come from students who didn’t know their backsides from a hole in the ground, but had the guts to ask questions that were way outside the box. And those questions got me thinking. As a teacher I’m better for those questions b/c frankly, I wouldn’t have … Read More
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble
I received an email today from one of our trader/trainees. He was doing some prep work for earnings season and was interested in some feedback. Earnings season is the playoffs for professional traders. Each quarter during this period we are afforded additional trading opportunities with great risk/reward. It is essential that we are performing optimally during this time in order … Read More
How We Found an Important Level (LVS)
We have identified 47.50 as an important level in LVS. Yesterday it leaked below this level and had a serious intraday downmove. Chop! SuperChop? Today 47.50 was again an important level. How did we find this level? On December 2 there was this news from briefing.com: Las Vegas Sands in 8-K filing discloses that Sands China’s application for a land … 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
Asian Session- Pre London FX Thoughts
I sit here in my living room watching the news about the election results and I can’t wait for the volatility ahead of us in the next 24 hours. Technically things appear to point for a lower dollar as seen in the chart. The weekly time frame shows signs of a messy consolidation-indecisive action with a wide range, the hourly … Read More