When is Earnings Season? Earnings season comes around four times per year, and falls in the months of January, April, July and October. For the most part, the season is over about a month and a half after it starts. The meat of the reports are typically clustered together in about a 3 week period, … Read more
“Trying to do everything means you can do nothing.” – JC People always ask me which lessons our traders have given me that have made the most impact on my trading. Of course, setups are important. But even more importantly, it’s been the lesson that I must focus on a few setups that fit my … Read more
Identifying High Profit Opportunities During Earnings Season One of the most common comments that non-traders will make to me when I tell them that I am a trader is ‘that must be nice when the market is going up, but once it goes down I suspect you’ll be looking for different line of work.’ Of … Read more
Simpler Summary The last two weeks in the market, we have seen a lot more volatility than we’ve gotten in the past few months. The sell-off in the tech sector that began on November 29th, continued into Monday and Tuesday of this week. By Wednesday, the Technology Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) finally made a low … Read more
I am a conservative trader, and I focus on creating a constant stream of income for myself, doing this through the selection of trend-following, directional plays. While trading short term, directional options strategies is in and of itself aggressive, I do this with a more conservative take. I trade with a small account, and my … Read more
Simpler Summary This week, I think our Futures expert, Neil Yeager said it best. “Can anybody tell me about a week in recent memory where we’ve had this kind of craziness in a week?” At the end of this whirlwind week, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve gotten more volatility than what we … Read more
I think it’s safe to say that everybody was looking for a slow week this week, but in the end, we got a nice, solid trading week in which we continued to trade higher in the indexes. I for one, am happy I stuck around to trade it! On Monday morning, the S&P Futures hit … Read more
The market is constantly evolving, and as such, our trading strategies need to do the same. Here at Simpler Trading, we exhibit a variety of income trading strategies, as well as directional positions and setups for choppy markets. Being a successful trader comes through an in-depth understand of varying market conditions, setups and strategies, and … Read more
Simpler Sentiment: Monthly Expiration This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster in the indexes, but at the end of the day, we know and expect that monthly expiration is characterized typically by chop that can whip us around during the week, but we generally end up at the same place that we started … Read more
Simpler Summary: When Will This Trend End? “The markets have been cruising along, although there is an overall feeling that they have come too far, too fast. Case in point here is the Nikkei, which was trading at 19,000 six weeks ago and tagged 23445 this week before having a 1000 point one-day pullback. At … Read more