Why You Should Care About The Big Cap Pops and Drops

Mish Schneider | January 28, 2016

Can FB save the bulls?

**Tonight’s Commentary was written by Jonathan Griffin Assistant Director of Trading Education and research.

Now that earnings season is back in full swing, we have to be extra careful in our trading as the markets …


Fed Up with the FED?

Mish Schneider | January 27, 2016

Only the worst weakest Family Member rallied.

**Tonight’s Commentary was written by Jonathan Griffin Assistant Director of Trading Education and research.

We all waited with our eyes glued to the screens for the FOMC rate decision during Wednesday’s action. Would …


These Will Base Quickly and Fly If the Market Holds

Mish Schneider | January 26, 2016

Monkey See, Monkey Do!

After my rendition of “Straighten Up and Fly Right” where the monkey (market) choked (stopped) the buzzard (the selloff), was Tuesday payday?

TLTs, the Interest Rate ETF rose (meaning yields declined) yet again. With the Federal …


Which way will the market fly with a monkey on its back?

Mish Schneider | January 25, 2016

“Straighten Up and Fly Right!”

I can’t think of any song title more perfect to describe the current sentiment of investors. Furthermore, the first line of the song (written by Nat King Cole) is:

“The buzzard took a monkey for …


Has The Probability of a Market Bottom Improved?

Mish Schneider | January 23, 2016

China, Interest Rates and Oil, Oh My!

All we have as traders are our skills and discipline. Some have more skill and less discipline. Others have more discipline and less skill.

Regardless, what virtually none of us have (I say …


Mixed Signals Blur Market Rally

Mish Schneider | January 21, 2016

Was today’s action “Journey of the Sorcerer” or the “Best of My Love”?

Not only has my Economic Modern Family been hit with a weak stock market environment, they’ve also lost not one but two music icons.

After the sad …


Two Rules to Trade By In a "Too" Volatile Market

Mish Schneider | January 20, 2016

This “Too” Shall Pass.

Too, one of my favorite homonyms, is a word I see too often on Twitter. Too has two meanings.

Adverb-

1.to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively

  • in addition; also
  • “The market …


    Is This the Bottom? 5 Signs It Could Be

    Mish Schneider | January 19, 2016

    Will the market drink pulp fiction or the real juice?

    It seems a hard case to make that the market has bottomed. Given the issues with the Granddad Russell 2000s and Granny Retail, best we can say right now is …


    Monkeys & January Calendar Ranges-7 Trades

    Mish Schneider | January 16, 2016

    The best part of last week is that we now have a 10-day trading range for January. This means we can use the low set on Friday as THE LOW to trade against. We can use the high set on …


    How To Trade Bear Market Rallies

    Mish Schneider | January 14, 2016

    Last night, I included 4 “tells” that would help me (and hopefully you as well), determine if the worst is over.

    Let’s review:

  • QQQs if can hold the 23 month by end of January, good clue that worst is over-January