Jump on the Week – AAPL, AMZN

Markets may be closed on Monday, but there’s no rest for the active trader. Pundits may be ignoring a potential pandemic…but you won’t catch me asleep at the wheel. Ladies & gentlemen – We’ve got a race to win! And I’m not just talking about the...

Dissecting My $4K IBM Call Credit Spread

You don’t come across a picture-perfect setup every day. Yet, the top in IBM the other week was about as good as they come. I scoped out this trade in Total Alpha, and took a quick $4,000 profit in just a few days!  In fact, this trade was so ideal…so...

Midweek Market Update

I could state the obvious – the market made another all-time high. It would be easy for me to point out the QQQs are up nearly 10% after running almost 45% in 2019. But none of that would help you navigate the markets. No… you need something better…...

How Far Can The Market Run?

Everybody and their brother wants to know when the market will make the next major turn.  Pick tops and bottoms is the holy grail of trading that no one seems to know ahead of time, but everyone claims they knew in hindsight. I found a few techniques over the years...

Intermarket Analysis – TLT, QQQ, VIX

Markets ran back to their all-time highs, climbing a wall of worry emanating out of China. Despite no resolution for the coronavirus— and a death toll that now exceeds SARS— investors continue to push this market up.  However, safe-haven investments continue to rise...

Jump on the Week – FXI, TSLA, QQQ

At one point the world collapsing on Coronavirus hysteria. With no fresh news, and the attention span of a puppy, markets rallied back to all-time highs. Stocks shredded shorts across the board, recovering all their losses and then some. Technology managed to stretch...