Swing Trading the Stock Market

"Buy The Dip" is one of the most popular expressions in the stock market today. It feels and seems like a fail safe strategy. In this podcast I discuss the problems with blindly adapting your trading strategy to this theory, and how it can ultimately comeback to destroy all of your capital. So many people throw this expression around, and feel cute when they say it, but I can assure you,...

The stock market is trading in a period of incredible low volume, yet it is trading at all time highs. There's not a lot of conviction being shown at the moment to drive prices much higher, but there isn't any reason (yet) to drive it lower either. In this podcast episode I talk about the shock events that can often lead to market tops and takes an otherwise dependable market and send it i...

On social media, and in particular, financial Twitter and StockTwits, people show how much emotion they carry into their trading. This is dangerous for your trading, and often times leads to horrible decisions about buying and selling a stock, because it is our emotions guiding our trading rather than clear concise decision making based on what the chart is telling us. I get attacked all the time...

The stock market can go on aggressive runs and rallies, but should you commit your capital fully to each one, and do so blindly? There are some stock market rallies that are made to be aggressive with, and others that require that you be more on the conservative side. I use the current market rally that we are on right now as an example of why I was more conservative in my approach despite a marke...

Are you familiar with the Pattern Day-Trader Rule? Essentially, if you have less than $25,000 in your account, you cannot place more than three day-trades within a five business day period before you lose the right to open and close a stock on the same day. It is done under the guise of looking out for the little guy, but on the same note, governments across the country run the lottery system (i.e...

The stock market is back at prices that are just below its all-time highs and with it comes the struggle of actually trying to push through and establish new highs going forward. We've seen this story play out now for almost two years, going back to January 2018. Each time we get near all-time highs, or establish marginally higher ATH, we see price, suddenly and harshly, retreat lower. So the...

The stock market, more than ever before leans against your best intentions and intuitions. Whatever you think the stock market should do, it does the opposite of. If you think there is going to be little or no volatility, you'll get plenty of it, and when you think the market is going higher, it decides to go lower, just long enough to get you short, and then it goes higher. It can be a very f...

The stock market is changing, even though Q3 saw no change at all! With free trading commissions at two major brokerages, Schwab and TDAmeritrade, you can expect more to follow suit as the race to $0 is at full throttle. In this episode, I talk about what it means for traders going forward, and how it allows small time traders to start trading at practically any level. Exciting times ahead for the...

President Donald Trump is facing a likely impeachment in the House of Representatives and people are wondering what effect it will have on the stock market. In my video, I will discuss what you can expect the Trump impeachment will have on stocks going forward and whether the stock market will crash as a result of it. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through SharePlanner that goes ha...

The stock market has this historical tendency, following a strong breakout or hard bounce, to see its momentum eventually fade. Sometimes it is to consolidate before the next leg higher, while other times it is to begin topping and start the process of pushing lower. What should you do as a trader when the momentum starts to fade, and when what worked before doesn't necessarily work now anymor...

The stock market can transition its behaviors and norms and become very unpredictable. How do you trade such a market, and how do you keep yourself from losing your hard earned capital when it seems like what used to make sense in the stock market no longer does. I talk about swing-trading the stock market under these difficult circumstances and how you can overcome them. Be sure to check out my S...

I survived Hurricane Dorian, and even traded during the storm itself. Honestly, it wasn't all that impressive, and in fact, I'm more annoyed at how much the media over-hyped the storm than anything else. August was a solid month of trading for me - the market declined over 2% and for myself, I made a very solid profit. Those kinds of months, where I can buck the market's price action i...

This is probably the most asked question that I get on a daily basis. I am always being asked how much money do I put on each of my trades - how much do I allocate or should a person trade with. Honestly, what someone else does or how much they trade has no real value to how you should be trading. You have to trade what you are comfortable with and what you can reasonably manage. In his podcast, I...

The stock market is instilling fears of another crash similar to what we saw in May, possibly as bad as what was seen in Q4 of 2019, or maybe even worse - who knows! In this podcast, I go over my strategy for managing you trades and approaching the stock market in a way that will lead to your ultimate success in the market without having to risk huge sums of your capital and hard earned money on c...

Not every day in the stock market is going to be a good one, but have you ever had that day that just royally sucks? I had one of those today and I talk about how that came about and what I did to limit the damage and to make sure that I didn't dig myself into a hole that I couldn't get out of. In a very real and down-to-earth way, I go through my frustrations on the day that caused me to...

The volume is low and the price action in the broader market is miserable right now. There is a strong tendency to trade out of boredom in order to "make something happen". I give some easy tips in this podcast to implement along with some behaviors to be aware of and avoid, in order to keep your trading under control and your capital preserved. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offe...

Summer time trading is in full swing (no pun intended) and the low volume levels we saw all of last summer is back gain in 2019. So how do you trade this madness? How do you go about trading in a market that simply doesn't seem all that bent on doing any real favors for trading? In my latest podcast, I discuss the secrets to trading Wall Street's low volume summer time market conditions an...

Bear Markets, like its counter counter part, the Bull Market, has its own cycles within the sell-off. In this podcast I dissect all the elements of the bear market and how you can trade it effectively and even profitably. A bear market is certainly one of the more challenging aspects of trading, and they can come upon you within a moment's notice, so you have to be prepared and always ready! B...

How long can we expect a market cycle to last? It always seems when we are hitting new all-time highs, or when times couldn't get any better, is when the bottom falls out of the market. Take the 2000 Dot-Com bubble or the 2008 Great Recession or even the Great Depression and Wall Street's crash back in 1929 at the end of the Golden Age, they always come when times seem best. But there are clues to...

Beyond Meat is all the rage right now in the stock market. But is there some alternatives to BYND that could be worth investing in? In this podcast I go over the latest in the stock market, the trades to be watching, followed by some investing opportunities in the non-burger market with RiceBran Technologies (RIBT) and Beyond Meat (BYND). Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through Shar...

Knowing what to trade and what type of trading vehicle best suits you as a trader is extremely important for successful trading. You have to consider time, leverage, costs, tax implications and more. In this podcast, I talk about the six major categories that traders fall into. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through SharePlanner that goes hand-in-hand with my podcast, offering all...

The month of May saw a quite extensive sell-off, but the major difference between what we saw in May and what was seen back in Q4 of 2018, was volume. The volume was weak in May,and as a result, the selling could sustain itself for an extended period of time, which is why we are back at the all-time highs yet again. Check out my podcast to learn more. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering...

Should the big, ominous topping patterns be trusted? How much faith can we put into a perfectly created technical pattern like and shoulders pattern or a double top pattern, when they emerge on the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq? Listen to my latest podcast episode because the answer may surprise you. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through SharePlanner that goes hand-in-hand with my pod...

Know how you plan on being successful in the stock market is the first step to trading and investing profitably. But how do you do that though? In my latest finance podcast, I go over nine different steps you need to take in developing your own personal trading edge for success. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through SharePlanner that goes hand-in-hand with my podcast, offering all...

There are times when you simply shouldn't be trading at all. What are those times and why are they so bad for your trading as a whole. In this podcast episode I talk about my experiences in trading and some of the more stressful times in my trading. Be sure to check out my Swing-Trading offering through SharePlanner that goes hand-in-hand with my podcast, offering all of the research, charts a...