Technical analysis is a technique used to evaluate markets or individual securities using only data generated by market activity. Technical analysts, or technicians, rely on charts or indicators created using price and volume data. Sentiment data based on surveys of traders to determine their market opinions is also… Read More

Do you act like an amateur trader… or do you act like a consistently profitable professional trader?    The amateur trader spends 100% of his time considering what to buy… He spends 100% of his time thinking about “reward.”     The experienced professional considers “reward,” too… But he spends… Read More

If you learn one simple rule, you can easily eliminate crippling losses and begin booking consistent trading gains. You can use this rule to separate yourself from the ranks of the unsuccessful traders and join the select few that are able to grow their accounts year after… Read More

Trading is a competitive. Every stock trade has a winner and a loser. And you won’t gain an edge trading solely with well-known indicators that everyone else uses. One of my favorite, lesser-known indicators is the Momentum of Comparative Strength (MoCS). For those of you who are unfamiliar with this… Read More

If you want to find successful trading stocks, you must learn the basics of technical analysis. It’s one of the most powerful tools you can use to generate consistent gains.   Technical analysis can help you to… Read More

WOW! A breakout of a base let’s BUY BUY BUY right? Not so fast.  Before you just get... Read More

WOW! A breakout of a base let’s BUY BUY BUY right? Not so fast.  Before you just get impulsive look at the chart below that really shows the breakout action. As you can see, you had all of... Read More

Traders love giving advice like, “let your winners run and cut your losses.” That is about the same as saying “buy stocks when they go up and sell them when they go down.” Neither piece of advice tells you how to accomplish the goal of maximizing gains and minimizing losses. Read More

On an otherwise beautiful autumn day in 2008, a novice investor named Chris watched one of his very first stock purchases lose nearly a quarter of its value in just one day. A financial crisis brewed on Wall Street. Read More

If you’ve been investing for more than a few years, you’ve likely taken comfort in the idea of buying a stock that is highly rated by Wall Street analysts.   You might have heard something like, “19 out of 20… Read More

“Steve, since the market is up so much lately, I’m looking for stocks and sectors that... Read More

“Steve, since the market is up so much lately, I’m looking for stocks and sectors that have been left behind,” a smart friend of mine said last week.   “Oh no,” I... Read More