Posts Tagged ‘ trading ’

Finding an Edge When the Market Moves Higher

Feb 2nd, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Small Caps
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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