Industrials & the Abandoned Baby Candlestick Pattern
Ever seen an Abandoned Baby before?
The Bearish Abandoned Baby candlestick pattern is a relatively rare multi-candle construction, particularly on the daily chart of a highly...
Market Masters: Elliott Wave Insights on US Equities
By Walter Murphy   Last week’s action is in line with our expectations. The three prior intermediate corrections from (and including) the June 2012...
Market Masters: Using Relative Strength During Market Corrections
During a market correction I focus almost exclusively on finding and studying the price action of individual stocks that are demonstrating relative strength versus...
Using a VIX Call Spread as a Downside Hedge
I would like to discuss today another way to hedge your equity portfolio against a major move lower, albeit perhaps indirectly. And we can...
Market Masters: Why Investors Should Keep A Trading Log
What I wish to discuss is a vital tool that I always require of any trader I mentor (and I have mentored many over...
Market Masters: A Top Down Approach to ETF Trading
I'm honored to be invited by Andy to join the ranks of Market Masters, and know full well the high caliber of other contributors...
Options Education: The Butterfly Options Strategy
One of the more difficult aspects of writing a column such as this one is that I have little or no idea of the...
Market Masters: Using Market Breadth for Portfolio Positioning
By Derek Hernquist   The Dow Jones Industrials are up 1% and you make an average of 2% each across your 10 longs. A week...
Market Masters: The Crude Realities of Trading Through a Losing Streak
By Jon Boorman    We all know the old maxim of running winners and cutting losers. It's been cited numerous times in many of the...
Question Everything: Challenging Your Market Opinions
Given the delicate context the broad market up-trend finds itself in, this morning marked one of those rare occasions in which I check the...