Posts Tagged ‘ trading ’
It is becoming more and more difficult for me to deny the rally we are now witnessing. The market is melting up right before our very eyes. Bears will try to explain away the 5%-plus move in the S&P so far this year as a fluke or a temporary reaction ...read more
Today’s Market Movers: AAPL, BVSN, and the Great Pizza Rally
Jan 25th, 2012 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
When you spend your days dissecting countless stocks, you sometimes stumble upon small groups of similar companies having their own private bull market.
Often, the momentum can be traced back to an obvious catalyst — fundamental improvements within the group or a well-publicized buyout in the sector. But sometimes, investors and ...read more
Avoid These Earnings Season Mistakes
Oct 31st, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Earnings season hits its stride this week, with Master Card, Pfizer, AIG and other notable names reporting. It’s a head-on collision between expectations and reality. Unfortunately, for those who try and play earnings announcements, reality wins every single time.
Penny Momentum Trader editor Jonas Elmerraji notes that earnings were a crucial ...read more
Measure and Invest in Market Fear With a Smile
Oct 17th, 2011 | By Abe Cofnas | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
Last week I covered one of the important tools I use, parabolic patterns. Today, I would like to cover volatility and how you can use it for binary profits.
Surge-and-sell market turbulence can be translated into a quantifiable property known as volatility. Once we “map” volatility, we can trade it more ...read more
Don’t Trust This Market’s False Starts
Sep 28th, 2011 | By Greg Guenthner | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
When the trajectory of stocks is uncertain, it’s always a relief to see the markets have a big day. That’s exactly what we thought we were getting when the U.S. markets opened Tuesday — it was rally time. But by the closing bell, the S&P 500 had posted gains just ...read more
Currency in Focus: The Biggest Movers in the Currency World
Sep 19th, 2011 | By Abe Cofnas | Category: Currency, Featured, Investing Strategies
Last week I reviewed the fact that big moves in markets are a “new normal” for investors to consider. As my research proved, one-week moves happen frequently, making weekly binaries perfect instruments to play them.
The first installment covered some big commodities and indexes. Today I’ll apply that lens to currencies, ...read more
Currency in Focus: Big Market Swings That Could Lead to Giant Binary Wins
Sep 12th, 2011 | By Abe Cofnas | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
The biggest binary profits come from big moves in the markets. But how often do we see big market moves?
The answer is, more often than you think.
And today I’d like to share my in-depth research that proves it. The charts below show you the number of weeks that a commodity ...read more
Currencies in Focus: 3 Ways to Profit from the Worst Case Scenario
Jul 15th, 2011 | By Abe Cofnas | Category: Currency, Featured, Investing Strategies
As you know, the markets are currently driven by two big issues:
Europe's sovereign debt crisis
U.S. debt negotiations
These issues have created powerful sentiment forces that are trumping longer-term fundamentals.
In other words, there is a lot of fear out there.
Investors who cave to fear risk missing large profit opportunities.
On the other hand, ...read more
How to Trade Bernanke’s Speech… For Up to 500% Gains
Jun 13th, 2011 | By Abe Cofnas | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
As usual, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech to the International Monetary Conference last Tuesday really shook up the markets.
The dollar index, the Dow and the S&P all swung wildly.
On the surface, Bernanke's message was pretty clear—the latest round of quantitative easing (QE2) will end as scheduled, but interest rates will ...read more
Why Avoiding Stocks Could Be the Best Trade Right Now
May 17th, 2011 | By Jonas Elmerraji | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Over the Counter Markets, Penny stocks, Pink sheet stocks
If you’ve been trading the market for any length of time, you’ve likely picked up on the fact that we’re currently facing especially tough trading conditions right now. But difficult trades aren’t a reason to panic – instead, they’re an opportunity to reevaluate your trading strategy and reduce your risk. ...read more
