Last week I was clear that the markets were facing an uptick in volatility, and that you should only consider conditional orders or straddles. Along with the OVI Sentiment Indicator (OVIsi) having turned red on the 28th September, this gave you an invaluable insight at exactly the right time … and not for the first […]
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You can see that there has been an uptick in volatility in the lead-up to this earnings season. This means be super vigilant, especially if you’re considering any pre-earnings trades, which would need to be conditional orders in any case this time. Options traders may want to consider straddles too, but again, make sure you […]
On Thursday at 4.55pm UK time, the fantastic Paul in my Support Team SMS’d me to ask when I was going to open my webinar session as it was only five minutes from starting. Several rapid-fire expletives later I was starting the webinar having not prepared a jot! The reason for my absent-mindedness was that […]
On Thursday I gave my Private Group a live market review and a number of precious market nuggets that can make a major difference to your trading. Live training like this is always an advantage because you can feed off the energy from room, and you can also learn from your peers’ questions too. Also last […]
The market remains as a “higher risk” prospect that would be ideal, but there are a number of quite decent setups which I’m showing you today. The first key lesson is to bide your time and not bet the farm in this type of market condition. The second key lesson is to only select the […]
Last time I talked about ignoring the drama of news and the recent Washington hullabaloo! Sure enough the S&P rebounded strongly on Thursday and Friday, taking back most of the ‘drama-drop’. …
Turn on the news and all you’ll hear is the drama surrounding Washington, Trump, Russia, blah, blah, blah. Unless something utterly extraordinary happens the markets will continue to do what they…
Retail stocks had a nightmarish end of week after Macy’s produced earnings that the Street didn’t care for. But that didn’t have any effect on OVI Traders, because we obey a law that says “Trade…
The markets had a bad start today on weak earnings news, but are making a comeback as I write this … We’ll see by the end if the comeback can be sustained. In today’s commentary I pose the que…
My cautiously optimistic stance is paying dividends. As you spend more time with me you’ll be able to read the market more accurately, and free from all the clutter and drama of the “news”. &nbs…