It’s the start of the fourth quarter…and time to turn it up. How am I attacking Q4? By shifting my focus more on small-cap momentum stocks. As I was reviewing my trading performance from Q4 2018, I thought about the strategies I traded… and what I could do better to improve performance for the final … Read more
We’re about to enter the fourth quarter of 2019… … and maybe you don’t remember, 2018s Q4 was wicked — a wild roller coaster ride that left traders dazed… confused… and shaken up. Heck, I even got trapped in that whole volatility mess… There’s no need to sugarcoat it… I took a beating. I got … Read more
Going through ups and downs in the market is all part of the game… … but it’s how you adapt when you’re down in the dumps that can either turn you into an elite trader… or just another statistic. The thing that sets the successful traders from the ones who don’t make it is the … Read more
Have you ever wondered why some people just turn it up under pressure… while others crumble and panic? I know I have… especially when I was struggling as an elementary school teacher with $250K in student loan debt — picking up aluminum cans with my wife, and taking on roofing jobs in the summers… Of … Read more
With the market back near all-time highs… many traders are out there trying to chase stocks after the monstrous move and comeback we saw last month… … and you know what, who’s to say stocks don’t continue higher from these levels. However… if you think about where most stocks came from, it’s hard to buy … Read more
When I first got out of college… I didn’t have dreams of becoming a trader or a titan hedge fund manager… in fact, I thought I was going to play pro baseball. However, those plans never evolved… so I decided to go after a master’s degree in education… and become a teacher. And like many … Read more
Make no mistake about it… yesterday was as brutal as it gets for the stock market. In fact, it was the fourth-worst close (-800.49 points) in the +100 year history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And while I consider myself a pretty nimble trader there was very little time to maneuver with stocks gapping … Read more
It’s easy to make mistakes when stocks are moving all over the place–reacting to headlines and tweets. This morning, I’m going to cover three errors that I’m seeing traders make in this market, and offer my advice on how to overcome them. Here they are: Problem 1: Overtrading Do you plan your trade and trade … Read more
While some traders are still trying to make sense of all the trading events that occurred this week: On Monday stocks experienced their worst single-day performance of the year, as the Nasdaq dropped by more than 3.4%, and the Dow almost losing 1,000 points at some time during the session. China devalues its currency to … Read more
Some of my portfolios have been sitting in cash since the middle of last week… Why? Because we’re in a news-driven market. Right now, stocks have the ability to turn from North to South (or vice versa) on any given tweet from the President, a comment out of China, or an interview from the Fed … Read more