After Monday the summer holidays are officially over, and the main indices are likely to break their 4-week range within a week or two. Quite what the catalyst and decisive direction will be is still up for grabs, and continued volatility is a reasonable guess to make. But whatever happens, remember that being patient is […]
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Plenty of action this week with more earnings being announced. One tweak to a strategy that is very attractive is making conditional orders on pre-earnings setups. By this, if the stock breaks out, then you can be in, and if it doesn’t break out you’re not in and you’re therefore protected. With plenty of stocks […]
As I mentioned last week, stocks have continued to drift upwards into this earnings season, indeed with new records being made. Also like last time, many of our previously-mentioned stocks have reached their first profit targets. And I’m still inclined to say that there’s more positive movement to come, but as ever we will only […]
Here we are at the halfway point for the year … Earnings is just two weeks away and this recent news-driven market is potentially on the cusp of making its mind up to reach for new highs. Now, we do live in slightly curious times where even one sniff of news can impact the market […]
While the three main indices approach recent highs, don’t be fooled as this is not being reflected in the broader markets. This doesn’t mean you can’t focus on those big index component stocks … in fact the most obvious setups are exactly what you should be focusing on. To that end, during today’s update I […]
Last week I mentioned that the market could see whipsaws (as opposed to a comprehensive down-move), and to a certain extent that happened on Monday, and following the reversal bar on Monday, the major indices followed through and kept running upwards. Big thanks to Glenn for stepping in for the last two weeks … as […]
Well that was a bit of a damp squib wasn’t it?! Last week looked poised for more upside with many stocks setting up bullishly, but then along came a trade war escalation and the breakouts didn’t materialize. This is one of the many great reasons for playing breakouts as per my EDGE trading plan. It […]
So we’re in the thick of earnings now and there are indeed several gems, both with the pre- and post-earnings OVI setups, though the straddles are a little more elusive right now. Your job is to stick with the most obvious setups and manage risk accordingly as per my trading plan. Do this and you’ll […]
We’ve had a great run with this 2019 market and it’s almost certainly time for a rest. Friday’s action signals a very likely meaningful retracement is on the way, but that’s not the end of the story. First, there will be strong stocks that don’t retrace much, and they will be the ones to focus […]
OVI Post Earnings keeps delivering. On Monday Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) added itself to the growing list of OVI post earnings setups that have been takeovers shortly after. It’s a phenomenon of the OVI post earnings setup that extends the post earnings drift into a fast windfall scenario, and we’ve already had VSM this past earnings […]
