Since Danielle is out this week for spring break, Allison Ostrander, Director of Risk Tolerance, will cover how she’s used her Divergent Bar indicator for short-term earnings trades. This tool has allowed Allison to take low-risk trades prior to an earnings announcement with a good probability of following through with a higher high. She’ll also … Read more
Happy Thursday, Traders! An Earnings Wrap Up This week, there were a few core tickers reporting earnings and a lot of trash stocks. The trash stocks are the stocks that have been taken out to the dumpster over the last year or so. A lot of those stocks have high short interest. As such, I … Read more
Since September, the CPI has had gap opens and volatile daily ranges on every report. Last week’s report went the opposite way, but Allison was still prepared. In the video below, Allison walks through how she gave her CPI trade a “second chance” to be profitable. Discover how Allison has been keeping risk low, avoiding … Read more
After 5 down days in a row, the market is starting to show a mean reversion bounce. The SPY setup has a predominantly bearish setup though. The daily chart has a bearish TrendOscillator Pro and HiLo sell signals (also on the weekly chart), with a daily squeeze firing short. In this mid-week update, Sam Shames, … Read more
This week, Sam Shames, VP of Options at Simpler Trading, shares his macro review on the markets, analysis of individual indexes, sectors, and stocks, and game plan for the week. Sam works to understand the markets through technical analysis and recognizing the distinct psychology and correlations of each chart. Sam Shames’ detailed report walks you … Read more
Going Back to Basics…or Starting There! Being a trader that works on identifying directional moves means that you absolutely need to have a specific method that you use to determine if or when a directional move could happen. Now, obviously, nothing is 100% or I’d be living on my dream private island in Belize! But, … Read more
Hey traders! This week, I wanted to highlight analysis from my friend and well-respected colleague, Mary Ellen McGonagle! She primarily focuses on stocks with a 2-week to 9-month horizon depending on market conditions. She has some great tips on how to capitalize on the current uptrend taking place! Check out her guest newsletter below to learn … Read more
Hey traders! This week, I wanted to highlight analysis from my friend and well-respected colleague, Mary Ellen McGonagle! She primarily focuses on stocks with a 2-week to 9-month horizon depending on market conditions. She has some great tips on how to capitalize on the current uptrend taking place! Check out her guest newsletter below to … Read more
Well, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. This week is likely to be the most volatile week of the summer. Why? Between mega-cap tech reporting earnings, Walmart lowering its quarterly and full-year profit forecast, and the Federal Reserve 2-day meeting, one thing is for sure – it shan’t be dull! There are so many … Read more
Earnings Focus As we dive deeper into earnings season, it’s critical to understand the impact that individual companies, particularly the effect that crucial stocks in major sectors have on the stock market itself. Even if you’re not interested in trading options on earnings, it’s still important to have a gauge on when and where these … Read more