Earnings Faceplant But Here’s Your Profit Plan

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 16, 2020 | Editorial, Options Trading, Total Alpha

Banks didn’t give investors a lot to cheer about this earnings week.  Most of them saw profits slashed by 40%, 50%, or even more.  In other words…   Buckle up, cause we’re in for a rough ride!   But overall, the market has moved from completely oversold to...

Fibonacci Retracements Tell Tape Secrets

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 14, 2020 | Editorial

Deep down below this posh exterior, I’m a math nerd. Nothing excites me more than using clever calculations to make profitable trades. Just the other day, I applied Fibonacci Retracements to claim my prize with Zoom Media (ZM).   I’m shooting for a total profit...

[Read] – This Is Why The Market Turns This Week

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 13, 2020 | Editorial, Options Trading, Total Alpha

Typically, I’m not one to get ahead of myself. But I can’t in good conscience not say something. As I poured through stock charts with coffee in hand… it started to jump off the page.  After double-checking my work, I knew I was onto something… For weeks I’ve...

You Can’t Start Your Trading Week Without This

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 12, 2020 | Editorial, Total Alpha

We’ve got a jam-packed week coming up with information flying at us from all angles. Signs finally started to emerge of progress as New York’s new Coronavirus cases began to plateau day to day. Looking across the pond to Italy, they’re finally seeing a meaningful...

Why Traders Need To Be Investors

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 11, 2020 | Editorial, Total Alpha

I always hated it when people called me an investor. How dare they lump me in with that slow money! And then I grew up. Like most people, my perspective on life changed. With a family to take care of, I needed to think about the future. While I found it quite natural...

Learning From My $20,000 ZM Loss

by Jeff Bishop | Apr 9, 2020 | Editorial, Total Alpha

Everyone likes to talk about their winners.  But very few care to discuss their losers.  Yet, if there’s one secret Jason Bond has taught me, it’s that we can learn just as much from our losers, if not more. I bring this up, because I recently got smoked in an options...