It is not easy to win over investors. Anyone who lost money during the global financial crisis of 2008-09 will tell you how difficult it was to trust markets again. Investor psychology was further damaged by a “flash crash” just as people were building up new confidence. The Fed did everything they possibly could to…
DetailsWebinar Recap: Options Trading Strategies for Summer Trading When the Markets Are Feeling Shaky If the dog days of summer were starting to lull you into complacency, this week served as a sharp wake up call. During typical years, trading in July and August basically floats along. Company’s have no news to share and everyone…
DetailsAMC Entertainment is one of the oldest movie theaters chains in the country. Taken public again just a few years ago, AMC’s portfolio of theaters has benefited from a stronger dollar, higher employment rates and outstanding new movies. No wonder the movie industry just passed its previously set record for revenue. Even with movies streaming…
DetailsI often talk about the need to focus on markets and the price action while completely ignoring the noise from the crowd. Doing so will often help you sidestep dangerous advice that is designed more for ratings and eyeballs than anything else. Lately, the rhetoric surrounding the Greek crisis and default situation has risen to unprecedented levels.…
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Webinar Recap: Marc Chaikin Shares New Trading Ideas Using the Chaikin Analytics Platform Wow – what a phenomenal webinar we had this week! If you are not familiar with the Chaikin Analytics platform, hold onto your hats, because using it is one of the best ways to raise your options trading game. And who better to talk…
DetailsAdobe Systems has been around for a long while, which is a testament to its unique products and positioning. The software, some of which is free to users, is world-class, and the company easily competes with some of the biggest brands in the technology sector, including Oracle, Microsoft and SAP. One of their advantages is…
DetailsToday I hosted a special webinar featuring James Scott and Suz Smith from Milestone Wealth Strategies, who shared details about their wildly successful MAPS program with our audience. MAPS is a brilliant and widely successful system that utilizes point/figure analysis to find areas of trend change. For options traders, this is a must-have tool to…
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Imagine trying to arrive at a new destination without a road map (or GPS or Siri). You’ll get lost, stop and ask for directions, and hope you safely arrive before too long. The same holds true for trading and investing – especially in today’s tough market. If you’re not armed with the right tools, then…
DetailsWebinar Recap: Rob Smith Shares The Secrets to His Trading Success Joining us during this week’s webinar was Rob Smith, a market veteran (he got his start at age 15!) and educator who developed trading strategy based on the Three Universal Truths of Price Action. He has trained hundreds of traders around the world how to…
DetailsCybersecurity has become a very big business. Every week it seems we hear about a new breach of important data files by some hacker, threatening to cost many millions or even billions of damage. In fact, last week we heard of not one but two such intrusions into Federal employee files. If it’s possible for…
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