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I saw the stock market futures about a half hour before the market opened and I felt it was probably overdone. We have all seen this before with Europe. Crisis after crisis and they always manage to avert "biting the bullet" as it were. I therefore decided that I...
This morning I sold my May $13 calls for $3.94 and July $13 calls for $5.00. The May $13 calls were just bought on March 8 for $3.30 and marks a 19% gain in just a few days. The May $15 were bought for $4.65 and mark a 7.5% gain. I sold both sets of calls as the...
A few more questions on the VIX Index Stock Market Trading strategy from investors. This investor asks a rather interesting question on my outlook for the VIX Index. Here is the investor's question The VIX dropped below 15 today. I remember you have stated that it...
For FullyInformed Members who are following the VIX Index Strategy for Stock Market Trading, today's unemployment news gave the markets a quick burst at the outset and then the market turned back sideways which was my market direction outlook last night. The VIX Index...
I have had a lot of questions regarding the Stock Market Trading Strategy using the VIX Index and I have replied to almost all. However these questions from a FullyInformed Member covers a lot of ground so I thought I would answer them in this article. Here are his...
The S&P 500 has not pushed back across 1500. This is somewhat disconcerting for entering a third trade for today. I am in the process of writing up the second trade but I thought I would post this first. We have had nothing but a series of lower highs right from...
After the market closed yesterday I wrote about the market direction outlook for today and how to lay out your charts for trading today. Today I decided to do the S&P 500 once I noticed in the morning the selling the Dow. I figured if the S&P 500 can get down...
I have enjoyed the market direction view category in which I have been following candlestick charting analysis. I am though not a big fan of candlestick charting as a means to trade within the stock markets themselves or even as a way to follow the movement of the...