An ETF Showing Accumulation?
There are 24 major index and sector ETFs I track. Many of them have good seasonal patterns, meaning track records over the next few months, but for the next …
Read MoreThere are 24 major index and sector ETFs I track. Many of them have good seasonal patterns, meaning track records over the next few months, but for the next …
Read MoreOnce again the S&P 500 has failed to break to a new high. Wednesday's reversal to the downside occurred at a lower high, and helped define a down-trending …
Read MoreLast week I asked the question “What Would You Do?” If you were an institutional trader or professional advisor, would you take the risk to make …
Read MoreBack on September 14th I wrote Trading the Fed Announcement. I looked at a possible SPY straddle option strategy structured with a SPY October 197 Call and a …
Read MoreIt has been quite a while since a Fed announcement has been talked about as much as this one due on Thursday (2pm Eastern). And there is wide debate on what …
Read MoreThe major indexes have staged breakouts that are hard to miss. Focusing on the ETFs that are easy to trade, the NASDAQ Composite, represented by QQQ, has …
Read MoreHistorically, stock option premiums generally were quoted in fixed increments of a nickel (0.05) or a dime (0.10), depending on the amount of the premium. But …
Read MoreIn Part I we placed a spotlight upon the NASDAQ Index, whose performance has been outstripping the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Indices for at least 3.5 …
Read MoreMy adult daughter has invested (in a Roth IRA) from her first year of full-time employment, and has a keen interest in investing. But her job consumes so much …
Read MoreThe S&P 500 carved out a well-defined short-term cycle low on August 7th. The pullback, from late July into the low on August 7th, was a 4.3% drop covering …
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