Friday gave us yet another “Trend Day Down” in the market – making two in a row – but there’s something quite interesting you need to review about Friday’s Trend Day action. DIA 5-min: Do you know what it is without looking? At 1:00pm, all short stops were triggered, knocking trend-day traders out of their…
I remember hearing all about how wonderful the Sirius/XM Satellite Radio merger was and how you should be buying stock and especially that you should buy because price was around $2.00 or $3.00 and if price moved just a little bit to $4.00 or $6.00 that you would double your money, not to mention if…
One of the main points I’ve highlighted on intraday Trend Days is that you should remove all indicators (especially oscillators) from your chart and only use Moving Averages to guide your trading. This will serve as the explanation for doing so. Let’s use January 29, 2009 as an example using the DIA 5-min chart: You…
Thursday’s price action gave us yet another excellent example of a trend day, which offers us the opportunity to trade any retracement aggressively. Let’s look at the structure and key high probability trade set-ups that formed. DIA 5-min: The day started just as Wednesday did with a large (greater than $1.00) overnight gap. For the…
Analyzing gold may seem difficult for traders, but let’s look at a related market – silver – to see if we can gather any insights from the Monthly or Weekly charts in this precious metal – hint: the picture looks a little clearer. Silver ($SILVER) Monthly: I’ve annotated this chart with a possible preferred Elliott…
SMB Remote Trading recently released a video detailing one day in the life of Conor Murphy in Manhattan as he heads to the office, develops a morning plan, executes the plan, reviews his trades at lunch, and then reviews his performance after the market close. The Video is entitled “A Day on the Street” (YouTube…
We expected a price movement out of the recent coil (consolidation) and we got it today in spades. The break was to the upside which surprised many bears, but let’s look inside the DIA’s 5-minute chart to gather where we might have entered some high probability trades and learn from the day’s structure. DIA 5-min…
Gold prices have been confusing traders lately, as most have expected gold to be surging in this environment while in reality, it is forming a downward-sloping consolidation. Let’s take a look at a daily chart of Gold Prices to see a critical area that could give us clues about the next swing in gold prices….
Pardon the sensational title, but I wanted to take you inside the 30-minute chart on the DIA and the S&P 500, which I will describe as “Trader Hell.” I’ll also show you the key levels to watch as we near the end of our consolidation and expect a breakout move very soon. DIA 30-minute chart:…
Some have called Estee Lauder (EL) the “Lipstick Indicator” for a variety of reasons. Let’s look at EL on a weekly basis and then view a recently released video explaining more about this ‘indicator’ from Adam Hewison of Market Club. Estee Lauder EL Weekly: From a technical standpoint, the first thing I wanted to highlight…